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Loudspeaker row: Police cite plaints of 'mental distress' to HC

MUMBAI, July 10 -- The Mumbai police on Wednesday filed a reply in the Bombay High Court detailing the procedure followed by them in imposing fines and terminating loudspeaker licences of five mosques... Read More


Urdu Sahitya Academy move put on hold

MUMBAI, July 10 -- In a significant development, the Maharashtra government has put the proposed relocation of the Urdu Sahitya Academy on hold. The decision was announced after a high-level meeting c... Read More


Malaika Arora dropped as a witness in Saif's 2012 brawl case

MUMBAI, July 10 -- Actor Malaika Arora was dropped as a witness on Wednesday from the 2012 brawl case involving actor Saif Ali Khan after she failed to support the prosecution case. The trial court al... Read More


State govt to enact law against religious conversions, demolish illegal churches

Mumbai, July 10 -- The Maharashtra government will enact a strict law to curb cases of religious conversion and also demolish unauthorised churches that have come up across the state, especially in tr... Read More


Teacher held for raping student applies for bail

MUMBAI, July 10 -- A 40-year-old English teacher from a prominent Mumbai school, arrested last week for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student, has moved the sessions court seeking bail. ... Read More


Thief, murderer caught after evading police for three years

MUMBAI, July 10 -- Three years ago, Nagji Patel, stole Rs.10 lakh in cash from a steel trading firm he worked at in south Mumbai. As he evaded the police, Patel brutally murdered an old rival in Rajas... Read More


Porsche case: 2 hospitals asked to swap samples

PUNE, July 10 -- The prosecution in the Pune Porsche crash case on Tuesday alleged that attempts to tamper with the blood samples of the minor accused were made not only at Sassoon General Hospital bu... Read More


HC dismisses plea seeking repeal of BNS sections

New Delhi, July 10 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Parliament to abolish sections dealing with the offences against the state and public tranquillity fro... Read More


CBFC limits cuts to 2 in Suresh Gopi's film, producers agree

Kochi, July 10 -- The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Wednesday said it was willing to revise its earlier demand for 96 cuts in the Malayalam film "JSK: Janaki v/s State of Kerala" to ju... Read More


Relentless rains cripple Nagpur, 100 plus areas flooded, rescue ops on

NAGPUR, July 10 -- Three days of continuous, intense rainfall have plunged Nagpur into crisis, flooding over 100 localities and sparking frantic rescue operations across the city. At least 50 people h... Read More