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Auto driver slapped by Sena (UBT) workers over 'anti-Marathi' remark

MUMBAI, July 14 -- A video rant against the imposition of Marathi language has come back to haunt a Virar auto-rickshaw driver-quite literally. Days after his comments went viral and sparked outrage, ... Read More


'No liquor shop licences without legislature's nod'

Pune, July 14 -- Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday clarified the government has made a rule that no licences for liquor shops will be given without taking the legislature into confidence. His... Read More


Man goes to pee in lift duct, falls to his death

Mumbai, July 14 -- A 55-year-old man died after accidentally falling from the 18th floor of a building in Wadala on Sunday morning when he went to pee in the empty lift duct which was under constructi... Read More


7 arrested for using fake Schengen visa

Mumbai, July 14 -- The Sahar police on Friday arrested seven men from Gujarat after they were detained at Dubai airport by immigration officials and then deported to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Intern... Read More


All's not well among allies?

India, July 14 -- Three instances in the past few days have fuelled speculations that things are not hunky-dory between the BJP and ally Shiv Sena. First, a probe announced by chief minister Devendra ... Read More


Bank guarantees in state reach Rs.62K crore

MUMBAI, July 14 -- With the highest ever bank guarantee of Rs.62,569 crore in the financial year 2024-25 for loans taken by its own public sector undertakings and the interest on them, the total cumul... Read More


Raut says Raj, Uddhav alliance necessary to protect Maharashtra

MUMBAI, July 14 -- As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections draw near, the political temperature in Maharashtra has shot up, fuelled by the growing buzz of a possible truce between th... Read More


Fake identities, pics, dates: How a gang duped lonely men for 3 yrs

Mumbai, July 14 -- When 52-year-old F Shaikh (name changed to protect identity) matched with a certain Priya Singh on a dating app in late April, he was elated. Though married for nearly three decades... Read More


HC enhances compensation to paralysed accident victim

MUMBAI, July 14 -- The Bombay high court recently enhanced compensation to a victim of a road accident that rendered him vegetative. An additional Rs.40.35 lakh in damages is to be paid to the 33-year... Read More


Deprived of loudspeakers, mosques adopt novel means to continue broadcasting azaan

MUMBAI, July 14 -- After the police, following court directives to enforce noise pollution regulations, removed loudspeakers from all religious structures in the city, Mumbai's mosques are looking for... Read More