Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Koliwada demarcation push ahead of BMC polls

MUMBAI, 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 reaffir... Read More


Teacher acquitted in 7/11 blast case seeks Rs.9-cr compensation

Mumbai, Sept. 13 -- Ten years after he was acquitted by a trial court in the 7/11 serial train bomb blasts in Mumbai in 2006, Wahid Shaikh, a school teacher, filed a complaint before the National Huma... Read More


3 from Raj held in Vasai with2 kg heroin

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- Three men hailing from Rajasthan were found in possession of heroin worth Rs.8 crore and arrested by the Mira-Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar police on Thursday. The accused arrived at Vasai... Read More


MMR's First ever 12-seater school van registered at Thane rto

Mumbai, Sept. 13 -- The first 12-seater school van in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) which adheres with the state government's new school van policy guidelines has been registered at the Thane R... Read More


Conflicting claims by accused, complainant in INSAS case: Cops

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch on Friday conducted recreated crime scene in the New Navy Nagar area of Cuffe-Parade, as part of their investigation into the theft of an INSAS rifle from t... Read More


Civic bodies must pay for deaths, injuries caused by potholes: HC

MUMBAI, 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 F... Read More


Relief for Thane church mired in land dispute

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- A civil court in Thane has issued a temporary injunction to stop any demolition or damage to the St John Baptist Church. The church, also known as Our Lady of Mercy Church, is loca... Read More


Bomb hoax disrupts HC proceedings for 2 hours

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- Proceedings at the Bombay High Court were stalled for two hours on Friday after an email sent to the court's official email address threatened the iconic court building would be bl... Read More


Could the country's circular economy be a gamechanger?

India, Sept. 13 -- Indians have always lived with contradictions. Splurge on the newest iPhone then haggle ferociously with the vegetable vendor over a hundred rupees. I grew up in a world where "used... Read More


Probe in custodial death of 27-yr-old transferred to CBI

MUMBAI, Sept. 13 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered the transfer of the investigation into the alleged custodial death of 27-year-old city resident Vijay Singh to the Central Bureau of Inves... Read More