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Pune-Mum rail route to be shut for third day

Pune, July 8 -- One of Maharashtra's busiest rail corridors connecting its two largest cities is set to remain shut for an unprecedented third consecutive day on Wednesday, an exceptionally rare disru... Read More


Woman suffers spine injuries in tree collapse

Thane, July 8 -- A 25-year-old woman sustained severe spinal injuries after a tree collapsed on her while she was returning home from work in Thane on Tuesday evening. The victim, Drushti Kadam, a res... Read More


VIHAR LAKE SPILLS; RAIN revives RESERVOIR levels

MUMBAI, July 8 -- Vihar Lake overflowed at 9 pm on Tuesday, becoming the first of the city's seven drinking water reservoirs to reach full capacity this monsoon, weeks after the city grappled with dwi... Read More


Assembly tightens orchestra rules to curb dance bar licence misuse

Mumbai, July 8 -- The Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill bringing live orchestra performances in hotels, restaurants and bars under the ambit of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance... Read More


Sena corporator assaults KDMC hosp docs, nurses

MUMBAI, July 8 -- The medical staff of a hospital run by the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) was allegedly assaulted by Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his supporters on Monday aft... Read More


13-yr-old boy falls into lift shaft, dies

Mumbai, July 8 -- A 13-year-old boy died after plunging into the lift shaft of a 12-storey Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) building in Kurla's Nehru Nagar on Monday night. Police suspect negligenc... Read More


Worli sea face flat sold for Rs.162.2 crore

Mumbai, July 8 -- The Worli Sea Face has witnessed yet another high value property transaction, with Radhi Girish Navani - wife of the chief executive officer of a United States-based software firm, G... Read More


Spate of exits in environment ministry triggers buzz

New Delhi, July 8 -- The appointment of an assistant private secretary to the Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav, Siddharth Yadav, was terminated on Tuesday, according to a government order da... Read More


HC commutes death penalty of 2 in 2013 murder to 30-yr term

MUMBAI, July 8 -- Observing the crime as brutal but still not qualifying as "the rarest of rare one" case warranting capital punishment, the Bombay High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded t... Read More


BJP set to sweep Bengal RS polls as TMC factions decide they won't contest

Kolkata, July 8 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to win all three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal in the July 24 bypolls, as both factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have decided not... Read More