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Power cuts prompt BEST to outsource cable maintenance

MUMBAI, July 23 -- In what is perhaps a first for the BEST Undertaking, it is set to outsource the maintenance of its 80-year-old underground power cable network in Mumbai to a third party. BEST sourc... Read More


Decks cleared to facilitate passive euthanasia, living wills in pvt, govt hospitals

MUMBAI, July 23 -- All public and private hospitals across the state must set up dedicated committees to facilitate passive euthanasia and execute living wills, following a state government resolution... Read More


HC slams 'VIP treatment' to Sena corporator held for assault

MUMBAI, July 23 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday pulled up the Maharashtra Police for allegedly extending "VIP treatment" to Shiv Sena councillor Ramesh Mhatre, arrested for allegedly assaulting ... Read More


Dadar-Mahim has 22 of city's 50 dangerous trees: Survey

MUMBAI, July 23 -- Dadar-Mahim in G North ward has emerged as Mumbai's biggest tree safety concern, accounting for 22 of the 50 dead or dangerous trees identified during a joint inspection across 12 m... Read More


Police crackdown akin to undeclared Emergency: Student leaders, lawyers

MUMBAI, July 23 -- Even as student leaders and lawyers continued raising serious concerns about the police crackdown on students in Mumbai, the Mumbai University senate also entered the fray, voicing ... Read More


Thousands throng streets across city even as cops digitally track protesters

MUMBAI, July 23 -- Police in Mumbai are digitally tracking student protestors, demanding that they share live locations, and even turning up at their homes to pressure them to stay away from the Cockr... Read More


Sena (UBT) to hold protest at Shivaji Park on July 24

Mumbai, July 23 -- The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday announced that it is organising a "peaceful protest" at Shivaji Park on July 24 in support of the Cockroach Janata Party-led agitation at Jantar Man... Read More


Model citizen stops van with detained protesters; says the police knew they were in the wrong

Mumbai, July 23 -- Rhiya Ahir, a 27-year-old model, had not planned on becoming one of the defining faces of the protest at Shivaji Park on Wednesday. Ahir was walking towards Shivaji Park around 4.30... Read More


Pawar, Sule meet PM Modi amid buzz over NCP reunion

MUMBAI, July 23 -- NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and the party's working president Supriya Sule met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his parliament office in New Delhi on Wednesday morning. The meeti... Read More


3 arrested for killing teacher, trying to usurp her property

THANE, July 23 -- The Kalyan police on Wednesday arrested three men for allegedly killing a school teacher cum insurance agent with an intention to usurp her property. Sangeeta Chandanshive's body was... Read More