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Some BEST double deckers' height to be cut by 17 cm

Mumbai, Sept. 4 -- The next time you're on a BEST double-decker bus and you feel you've grown taller by a few centimetres, don't get too excited. It's probably the bus that's getting shorter. More tha... Read More


Rs.1,111-cr wage revision mooted for BEST, wet-lease employees

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- The BEST has proposed an upward revision in the salaries of its own employees as well as those of wet-lease operators, placing an additional burden of Rs.1,111 crore on the undertak... Read More


ex-ceo of RCFL gets bail in Rs.4,097-cr bank fraud case

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- A special CBI court last week granted bail to former director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) Devang Mody in a Rs.4,097-crore bank fraud ... Read More


Law officer served notice over 'aggressive' outburst in court

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to the Secretary and Senior Legal Advisor of the department of law and judiciary, Dilip Ghumare, for an allegedly "aggressi... Read More


No one should politicise Ajit dada's death: Sunetra

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- "It felt as if the sky had come crashing down on us," said deputy chief minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar, her first-ever public comment on the death of her husband and prede... Read More


Man who was given expired saline dies; two nurses suspended

NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- A 50-year-old Vashi resident, Gopiram Bhivaji Khadse, died at Hiranandani Fortis Hospital on Thursday, days after allegedly being administered expired intravenous saline at the... Read More


71-year-old woman injured in Bhandup hit and run dies

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- A 71-year-old woman who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident at Quarry Road in Bhandup West on Monday succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday. According to the Bhandup pol... Read More


ED seizes assets worth Rs.2.11 crore, freezes Rs.37 cr in Parimatch probe

MUMBAI, Sept. 4 -- The Enforcement Directorate's Mumbai unit on Wednesday seized movable assets worth Rs.2.11 crore and froze bank funds worth Rs.37 crore as part of its money-laundering investigation... Read More


38 rescued after ferry breaks down

Mumbai, Sept. 4 -- Thirty-eight people, including four crew members, were rescued after a ferry broke down approximately 1.5 nautical miles from the Gateway of India on Thursday evening. According to ... Read More


Popular anti-noise pollution activist assaulted by goon

PUNE, Sept. 4 -- In an incident that triggered widespread condemnation from citizens, political leaders and social organisations, Vidyanand Bapat, a 37-year-old Narayan Peth resident who has long camp... Read More