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SpiceJet aircraft loses wheel during take-off, lands safely

India, Sept. 13 -- One of the landing gear's wheels of a SpiceJet aircraft with 75 people on board detached as the jet departed from Kandla for its journey to Mumbai on Friday, triggering a full emerg... Read More


Ganga, Yamuna recede further; muck chokes localities

Prayagraj, Sept. 13 -- The water levels of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers continued to recede for the third consecutive day on Saturday, though the rate of decline remained slower than on previous occasi... Read More


Need for clarity on rights of viable foetus, says HC while allowing minor to terminate 27-week pregnancy

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday emphasised the urgent need for legislation to define the legal rights of a viable foetus in late-term pregnancy termination cases. A bench of just... Read More


'Civic bodies must be made to pay for citizens' loss due to potholes' : HC

India, Sept. 13 -- Observing that the municipal corporations must be made liable to pay for the loss caused to citizens, due to potholes, including loss of lives and limbs, the Bombay High Court on Fr... Read More


Civic bodies must be made to pay for citizens' loss due to potholes: HC

India, Sept. 13 -- Observing that the municipal corporations must be made liable to pay for the loss caused to citizens, due to potholes, including loss of lives and limbs, the Bombay High Court on Fr... Read More


Demolition begins on British-era Elphinstone Bridge

India, Sept. 13 -- Around 10 pm on Friday, amid heavy police presence, the 112-year-old Elphinstone Bridge, connecting Prabhadevi and Parel, was shut for demolition to make way for the under-construct... Read More


Eight tigers from Tadoba to be resettled in Sahyadri reserve

India, Sept. 13 -- Eight tigers will be relocated between reserves in Maharashtra, a human intervention, paradoxically, to rein in their numbers in the Tadoba-Andhari and Pench tiger reserves, thronge... Read More


Shelar pushes for koliwadas to be demarcated, entered in DCPR

India, Sept. 13 -- With municipal elections looming, the state government is hoping to fulfil a long-standing demand of the Koli community, one that will safeguard their cultural identity and reaffirm... Read More


'We have lost': Residents accept defeat as Elphinstone Bridge closes

India, Sept. 13 -- As the official time for the Elphinstone Bridge's closure-Friday midnight-crept closer, preparations began on multiple fronts. To enforce the closure, over 250 police officers were... Read More


Anish Damania to join state think tank

India, Sept. 13 -- The Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA), a state government-owned think tank, on Friday appointed finance expert Anish Damania as an honorary advisor. Damania, a man... Read More