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1 more held for WB student's gang-rape

India, Oct. 14 -- A fifth person was arrested on Monday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in a forested area near her college campus in Durgapur, West Bengal, l... Read More


24-year-old abandons her newborn baby near temple

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- A 24-year-old woman was booked on Sunday for allegedly abandoning her newborn boy at the Bhaktidham Temple in Chunabhatti. The woman is undergoing treatment in Sion Hospital and wou... Read More


Hackers demand $1 mn from insurer, threaten to sell data

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- Life insurance provider Generali Central Insurance Company Limited has fallen prey to the Medusa ransomware group, a highly active malware that pressures firms into paying ransoms b... Read More


BMC issues notices to 9 wards over road widening scheme

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- In the wake of serious allegations surrounding the misuse of a key development control regulation (DCR) related to road-widening, the BMC has issued notices to all ward officers in ... Read More


In one day, 1,600 sign petition against EEH tree-felling

Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- When the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced that it would axe 770 trees along the Eastern Express Highway (EEH), it took just a day for over 1,600 people to sign a p... Read More


Cash-strapped govt puts populist schemes on hold

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- Hundreds of youths who completed their apprenticeship under the 'Mukhya Mantri Yuva Karyaprashikshan Yojana', a scheme launched by Eknath Shinde during his chief ministership and de... Read More


Congress keen to fight polls alone, says Chennithala

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- Congress workers are keen to contest the upcoming local body elections on their own steam but a final call is yet to be taken. This was stated by Ramesh Chennithala, All India Congr... Read More


Health a concern even as pigeon enters political fray

Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- A bird that had divided the city between concerns over public health and religious sentiments, on Saturday became a political symbol. Even as the newly formed Shanti Doot Jankalyan ... Read More


26-year-old man with flair for female voices behind MLA sextortion attempt

THANE, Oct. 14 -- A 55-year-old BJP MLA from Chandgad in Kolhapur, Shivaji Patil, who had rushed to the police last week claiming that a woman was trying to extort him with threats of leaking "obscene... Read More


New, young faces to get 50% NCP (SP) tickets: Sharad Pawar

Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) will allocate 50% of its tickets for the upcoming local body elections across Maharashtra to young candidates from non-political... Read More