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mamata's anti-bjp front pitch finds no takers in wb

kOLKATA, May 11 -- The Congress and Left parties on Sunday rejected an offer by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to form a united platform against the Bharatiya Janata Party. Banerjee, the for... Read More


hc raps ec for not replying to plea by losing tn hopeful

Chennai, May 11 -- The Madras High Court on Sunday told the Election Commission to file an affidavit explaining why it had not responded to representations by DMK leader KR Periyakaruppan, who lost th... Read More


punjab minister arora sent to 7-day ed custody

Gurugram, May 11 -- A special PMLA court in Gurugram has remanded Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody for a week in connection with the multi-crore G... Read More


3 historic prisons to be moved to free up land

MUMBAI, May 10 -- The state home department has decided to shift the two central prisons of Thane and Nagpur and the district jail of Wardha out of city limits. The decision to shift the 15-acre histo... Read More


How Ira Khan has turned a personal battle with mental health into a lifeline for others

MUMBAI, May 10 -- She is soft-spoken, spirited and a gentle force of nature. That's Ira Khan, 29, founder of one of the coolest mental wellness spaces in the city, the Agatsu Foundation and Community ... Read More


Kharat remanded to magisterial custody

Nashik, May 10 -- The court of judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) PR Phulari in Rahata, Ahilyanagar district, on Saturday remanded the arrested self-styled godman, Ashok Kharat, to 14 days of magi... Read More


A year on, Gorai mangrove park remains shut

MUMBAI, May 10 -- Nearly a year after it was declared complete, Mumbai's much-publicised mangrove park at Gorai continues to remain inaccessible to the public, with repeated inauguration delays trigge... Read More


HC awards Rs.10 crore to family of Dubai-based businesswoman killed in 1994 Bhiwandi crash

MUMBAI, May 10 -- Thirty-two years after a Dubai-based businesswoman died in a road crash near Bhiwandi while traveling to Shirdi, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that her family was entitled ... Read More


13 million rides a day, but city's shared auto network runs without regulation

MUMBAI, May 10 -- While Mumbai locals are celebrated as the city's "lifeline", millions across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) depend on shared autorickshaws to complete the final stretch of thei... Read More


Draft labour codes allow women on night shifts, tighten strike norms

MUMBAI, May 10 -- The Maharashtra government has published its draft rules for the new labour codes announced by the central government late last year, amid stiff opposition from labour unions. The dr... Read More