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BEST bus fare hike to come into effect from today, to generate Rs.590 crore annually

MUMBAI, May 9 -- Beginning today, BEST commuters will have to shell out double the minimum fare and more money for longer routes. The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) o... Read More


Malad road widening to engulf bldg compounds

Mumbai, May 9 -- Residents of Mamlatdarwadi in Malad West are in the process of moving the Bombay high court (HC) in a desperate bid to save their compounds from being engulfed by road widening work b... Read More


Sharad Pawar's remarks spark reunion buzz; Sule firm about staying with Oppn

MUMBAI, May 9 -- On two different instances recently the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar's remarks that a section of the party wants to reunite with deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar... Read More


Academics concerned about decline in arts results, enrolments

MUMBAI, May 9 -- The performance of Arts students in the Class 12 examinations has seen a significant decline over the past five years even as the enrolment numbers for the stream have dipped too. Acc... Read More


Over 50k housing projects registered with MahaRERA

Mumbai, May 9 -- With the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) recently completing seven years of establishment, the total number of housing projects registered hit the 50,000 mark.... Read More


PIL on heritage tag for Savarkar home

Mumbai, May 9 -- Based on Hindustan Times' May 5 story on the possibility of demolition of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's residence, Savarkar Sadan, in Shivaji Park, a public interest l... Read More


in six days, 275 Bangladeshis detained in city

MUMBAI, May 9 -- The Mumbai police has detained 275 Bangladeshi nationals in Mumbai in the last six days, taking the tally of illegal Bangladeshis detained since January to around 650. Police said 350... Read More


5 men, 2 women booked for gang-rape of 21-year-old

THANE, May 9 -- The Titwala police on Wednesday registered a case against five men for allegedly gang-raping a 21-year-old woman. Two women involved in the incident were also booked for helping in the... Read More


Brokerage firm staffer held for Rs.1.58-cr fraud

MUMBAI, May 9 -- A former employee of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd was arrested by the Dadar police on Wednesday for allegedly siphoning off around Rs.1.58 crore from the demat account of a cu... Read More


Chhota Rajan gets bail in attempt-to-murder case

MUMBAI, May 9 -- A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday granted bail to gangster Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan in connection with a 2009 attempt-to-murder ca... Read More