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8 dead, 1 missing as heavy rains batter Maha

MUMBAI, Aug. 29 -- Heavy rains over the past 24 hours have wreaked havoc across large parts of Maharashtra, claiming eight lives and leaving one person missing. The downpour has disrupted normal life ... Read More


Shaktipeeth E-way route cleared except in Kolhapur

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The state government has given the green signal for the Shaktipeeth Expressway, confirming its route, except in Kolhapur district, where villagers are upping the ante against the pr... Read More


Ulhasnagar activist who fought noise pollution allegedly dies by suicide

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- A well-known female social worker, aged 51, who fought several battles in court against noise pollution, the use of DJs and firecrackers allegedly died by suicide early on Thursday ... Read More


Teachers worry about burden as state's new academic calendar out

MUMBAI, Aug. 29 -- For the first time, the Maharashtra school education department has released a comprehensive academic calendar detailing all educational, extracurricular, and administrative activit... Read More


Suspecting affair, man burns wife

Navi Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- A 35-year-old man was arrested for murdering his wife on Monday by setting her on fire, after suspecting that she had been unfaithful to him. The Uran police said that the vict... Read More


Birthday turns into day she died

India, Aug. 29 -- More than 30 hours after the bodies of his wife Arohi, 25, and one-year-old daughter Utkarsha were recovered, rescuers found the body of Omkar Jovil, 25, at 12 noon on Thursday. The ... Read More


Nivalkar family of three perish

India, Aug. 29 -- The bodies of the Nivalkar family of three, who lived on the fourth floor, were discovered on Thursday, by sniffer dogs of the NDRF. Sachin, 40, Supriya, 38, and their 11-year-old so... Read More


4 friends came with big dreams, 1 survives

India, Aug. 29 -- Deepak Singh Bora, 25, a native of Uttarakhand, and his three roommates, who worked for a cruise company, lived on the second floor of the building. While Bora and his three colleagu... Read More


Sion society's wait continues: 12 years but still no compound wall

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- Residents of a housing society in Sion's Pratiksha Nagar have run from pillar to post for the past 12 years, trying to get compound walls erected around their buildings. Despite the... Read More


Eviction order against consumer org quashed

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The City Civil Court in Mumbai struck down a BMC order declaring the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) an "unauthorised occupant" of its own building, Grahak Bhavan, observing that the ... Read More