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MMRDA inks debt deals worth $48bn

Mumbai, April 9 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Tuesday signed multiple agreements to raise debt worth $48 billion (Rs.4.07 lakh crore) from several domestic financi... Read More


3 Nigerian men living illegally and their flat owners booked

MUMBAI, April 9 -- Three Nigerians were booked under Foreigners Act on Monday for illegally staying in Vasai East with expired visas. Their flat owners were also booked for disobeying public servant's... Read More


Sindhi camps in state to be regularised

MUMBAI, April 9 -- Thousands of Sindhi families who had settled in Maharashtra as refugees during the Partition of India in 1947 can finally own the homes they have lived in for the last 75 years. Und... Read More


Trio flung off flyover as car crashes into their bike; 1 dead

Navi Mumbai, April 9 -- A 28-year-old pillion rider lost her life, and two others - the rider and a 10-year-old child - were severely injured after an allegedly speeding car rammed into their bike on ... Read More


police invite objections to elphinstone bridge closure

MUMBAI, April 9 -- The Mumbai Traffic Police on Tuesday issued a notification proposing traffic diversions and regulations that will be enforced once the 125-year-old Elphinstone Bridge is demolished.... Read More


Salian's lawyer gets contempt notice from HC

MUMBAI, April 9 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday initiated criminal contempt proceedings against Satish Salian's lawyer, advocate Nilesh Ojha, for allegedly defaming a high court judge during a pre... Read More


Shinde's pet project stalled over lack of NOCs

MUMBAI, April 9 -- The Munawale water sports project in Satara, a pet scheme of deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde launched during his tenure as CM, is now facing environmental issues. The work order... Read More


To overcome shortage, state to promote artificial sand

MUMBAI, April 9 -- To cope with the shortage of natural or river sand, the state government has decided to promote artificial sand, also known as M-sand. The use of M-sand will be encouraged by making... Read More


10-yr-old raped, killed, dumped in duct

THANE, April 9 -- A 20-year-old Mumbra resident was arrested late at night on Monday for allegedly raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl from the same neighbourhood. The man had lured the girl into ... Read More


Blackbucks arrive at Byculla zoo from Pune

MUMBAI, April 9 -- After almost six years, a set of three new blackbucks (also associated with a prominent film star) have arrived at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Garden, popularly known as ... Read More