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'After carrying my son's coffin, I have to carry his belongings'

India, Aug. 2 -- Standing at the entrance of the A-Wing on Saturday, Rasool Shaikh, 65, watched as workers and relatives emptied the flat that had belonged to his 34-year-old son, Miraj. After municip... Read More


'Kohinoor was the best place to live in'

India, Aug. 2 -- Harihar Patel, 40, has spent the last 11 years living in a rented flat in the portion of B-wing of the Kohinoor Building that still remains standing, along with his wife, Chandrakala,... Read More


'Rents have shot up SUDDENLY DUE TO DEMAND'

India, Aug. 2 -- The biggest challenge for 54-year-old Gurvijay Yadav is to find another rental accommodation. A resident of A-Wing and a power loom supervisor, Yadav spent Saturday carrying out furni... Read More


Freedom struggle comes to life through artists who lived through the time

MUMBAI, Aug. 2 -- Memories of India's freedom movement, one of the country's most defining phases, are being brought to life through the brush strokes of those who lived through it - students and youn... Read More


Maharashtra's anti-conversion law takes effect

MUMBAI, Aug. 2 -- Maharashtra became the 13th Indian state to notify an anti-conversion law, with the controversial Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act taking effect after the state government publish... Read More


Antilia explosives case: Court frames charges against 10, including 4 ex-cops

MUMBAI, Aug. 2 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday framed charges against ten accused in the Antilia explosives scare case, including former police officers Sachin Waze ... Read More


BMC launches citywide clean-up, plans CCTV at garbage hotspots

Mumbai, Aug. 2 -- CCTV cameras, ward-wise monitoring and stricter penalties for littering will form the core of a new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) drive to eliminate garbage hotspots acros... Read More


5 held for impersonating deceased owners in Rs.2.29-crore land fraud

NAVI MUMBAI, Aug. 2 -- Five persons have been arrested for allegedly selling a 47-guntha plot in Navi Mumbai by impersonating its deceased owners with forged identity documents, cheating buyers of Rs.... Read More


Raj Thackeray alleges theft of Rs.18 cr from donation box at Siddhivinayak Temple

MUMBAI, Aug. 2 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday said that trustees of the famous Siddhivinayak Temple at Prabhadevi had written to deputy CM Eknath Shinde, alleging a thef... Read More


6 die amid rain havoc in Vidarbha; floods ravage villages, kharif fields

NAGPUR, Aug. 2 -- Relentless monsoon rains wreaked havoc across Vidarbha over the last three days, claiming at least six lives, inundating villages, damaging standing kharif crops and crippling road c... Read More