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state sets up panel to draft new policy for gymkhanas

Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- Maharashtra's revenue department has constituted a committee under the Konkan Divisional Commissioner to formulate a new policy for gymkhanas operating on government land, according... Read More


3 BEST bus accidents reported in 24 hours; two collisions, one blaze

MUMBAI, Feb. 19 -- Within a span of less than 24 hours, three separate incidents involving Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses were reported, one on Tuesday night and two others on... Read More


'Pollution has no respect for national boundaries'

Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- Recalling his historic spaceflight in 1984, wing commander Rakesh Sharma said he saw a forest fire in what was then Burma, now Myanmar. The plume of smoke, carried by upper atmosphe... Read More


$25 mn to aid clean energy shift

Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet on Wednesday launched the India Grids of the Future Accelerator (IGFA) platform through which it will deploy up to $25 million in th... Read More


Shopping for partners: Political rivals form unlikely pacts for power in local bodies

MUMBAI, Feb. 19 -- When (an undivided) Shiv Sena walked away from its three-decade old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 to form the government with its traditional political riva... Read More


BJP's 9 corporators to support Congress-led front in Bhiwandi

MUMBAI, Feb. 19 -- A splinter group of nine corporators from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have declared their support to the Congress-led Bhiwandi Secular Front (BSF) for the mayoral elections to ... Read More


India can be global south's climate solution innovator: Hillary Clinton

Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- India can take the lead in the global south in building creative and innovative climate solutions which can help the world deal with climate change at a very local and individual le... Read More


7 yrs on the run: Gangster 'Bobby Kabootar' arrested

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Delhi Police on Wednesday said they arrested fugitive gangster, Mehfooz Ali alias Bobby Kabootar, who is a key member of the Lawrence Bishnoi-Hashim Baba gang. The 43-year-ol... Read More


'Can't do whatever you want': SC slams Elvish

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored the stringent safeguards under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, and asked the Uttar Pradesh government to examine the nature of permission... Read More


From SoBo run to date with B'wood

MUMBAI, Feb. 18 -- One of the first images of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Mumbai -- the first leg of his three-day trip to India for bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi -... Read More