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HC seeks BMC report on families with multiple hawker licences

MUMBAI, July 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought a detailed report from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after it was informed that around 85 families have illegally obtained more... Read More


Cops recover knife used in local train stabbing incident

MUMBAI, July 1 -- The Borivali Government Railway Police (GRP) on Tuesday informed a metropolitan magistrate that they had finally recovered the knife allegedly used in the June 23 fatal stabbing of a... Read More


Another shock for Sena (UBT) as MLC defects to Shinde camp

MUMBAI, July 1 -- Days after the defection of six of its MPs to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) received yet another jolt on Tuesday when its MLC Sachin Ahir joined... Read More


special team to crack down on Bishnoi gang

MUMBAI, July 1 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the state government will constitute a team of police officers to tackle organised criminal networks such as the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. He also ... Read More


WR ticket checkers turn 'spitting monitors'

MUMBAI, July 1 -- On a busy morning at Borivali railway station, ticket checking (TCs) staff are on the lookout for commuters - not those without tickets but those who spit and litter on railway premi... Read More


Family thrown out of disputed flat gets HC relief

Mumbai, July 1 -- Eleven months after a family was "physically thrown out" of their flat in Andheri East, mortgaged by its previous owner with both the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Saraswat Co-op... Read More


Vijaya Mehta, who transformed Marathi theatre with experimental plays, passes away at 91

MUMBAI, July 1 -- Renowned actor-director Vijaya Mehta, who drastically transformed Marathi theatre with a slew of experimental plays which resonated with Mumbai's cultural renaissance in the 1960s, d... Read More


IMD issues orange alert: Heavy rain to lash city till Friday

Mumbai, July 1 -- The city is set for four days of heavy rain from Wednesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert for the city till July 4, warning of heavy to very ... Read More


SIT arrests wife of mastermind behind TET 2026 paper leak

THANE, July 1 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Maharashtra Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 question paper leak has arrested Suman Gupta, wife of the alleged mastermind of the ... Read More


City faces 565 MLD water shortage; BMC cuts 2,257 illegal connections

Mumbai, July 1 -- The city is grappling with a daily water shortage of 565 million litres (MLD), with demand touching 4,665 MLD against a supply of 4,100 MLD, the state government informed the legisla... Read More