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Mira Road crane crash victim's father on hunger strike, says builder must be booked

India, July 22 -- On hunger strike outside Kashigaon police station in Mira Road since his 21-year-old son, Muzzamil Khokar, was killed in a crane collapse incident last Thursday, Aziz Khokar vouches ... Read More


HC orders removal of encroachments from Charkop pond, calls it "shocking and terrible"

India, July 22 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Mumbai suburban district collector to remove encroachments from a natural pond in Charkop, Kandivali (West), observing that illegal stru... Read More


94 buses under repair since April, BEST mulls penalty on wet-lease operators

India, July 22 -- Amid concerns over repeated accidents involving Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses leading to multiple deaths, the BEST committee on Tuesday discussed various as... Read More


Amnesty, rights organisations warn against Thailand's planned deportation of Chinese reporter

Bangkok, July 22 -- A coalition of 59 organisations, including Amnesty International, has called on the Thai government to immediately halt the planned deportation of detained Chinese investigative jo... Read More


BEST gets state nod to buy 5,000 self-owned AC e-buses

India, July 22 -- After a decade, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has received the state government's approval to procure 5,000 self-owned AC electric buses at an est... Read More


MSRTC crackdown nets 8,839 vehicles in 20 days

India, July 22 -- Pune - A statewide special enforcement drive against illegal transport operations around Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus terminals has resulted in action ag... Read More


What Kamaraj's legacy of governance can teach

India, July 22 -- Over sixty years since he stepped down as chief minister of the erstwhile Madras State, the memory of K Kamaraj still persists in the collective consciousness of the state. In today'... Read More


Man held for assaulting partner's 7-year-old son; child critical

India, July 22 -- A seven-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted by his mother's live-in partner at their rented home in Ambernath on Friday. The accused, arrested by t... Read More


Haryana Police thwart farmers' march to Delhi

Patiala/Karnal, July 22 -- Thousands of farmers from Punjab who set off for the National Capital on Tuesday to protest the proposed India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) called off their march afte... Read More


Double-decker e-bus trial postponed

India, July 22 -- Pune - The much-awaited trial run of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd.'s (PMPML's) new double-decker electric bus, scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed at the last minute.... Read More