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Will appeal to NDA MPs too for votes, says Oppn V-P pick

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- B Sudarshan Reddy, the opposition INDIA bloc's candidate for the vice-presidential elections, on Friday met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar to... Read More


Fee authority to conduct surprise checks in colgs

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- For the first time, the State Fee Regulatory Authority (FRA) has decided to conduct surprise inspections of professional colleges across Maharashtra from October onwards. The move c... Read More


Orange alert after downpour

Mumbai, Aug. 30 -- The city woke up to cloudy, overcast skies on Friday, with bouts of showers disrupting normal life intermittently. By afternoon though, the rain turned into a constant downpour, pro... Read More


Mulund aviary to be modelled after Jurong bird park

Mumbai, Aug. 30 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is in the process of developing a bird park in Mulund that will house exotic species from across the world in enclosures that replicate ... Read More


28 Ramabai Apts families move out

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- A day after the rescue effort concluded at the site of the collapsed Ramabai Apartments, some residents milled around still in a daze while others hastened to vacate the building co... Read More


VVCMC had asked Ramabai builder, landowner to do structural audit in May

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- A preliminary investigation by the Virar police in the collapse of one wing of Ramabai Apartments, which resulted in the death of 17 people, has revealed that the Vasai Virar City M... Read More


45-yr-old woman dies in Saki Naka wall collapse

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- Amidst constant rains, the collapse of a retaining wall in a passage in Saki Naka at around 3:30pm on Friday led to the death of one person. The deceased, 45-year-old Mangala Gaonka... Read More


Oppn MVA, ruling NCP back Jarange

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- The Opposition-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance came out in full support of Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, with MLAs and MPs from its three parties meeting him on ... Read More


Thousands of protesters slow down city

MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- Like a messiah to the Maratha morcha activists, Manoj Jarange-Patil arrived in Mumbai with 25,000 supporters, bringing parts of the country's commercial capital to a near standstill... Read More


Med services hit by stir, hosps keep beds ready

Mumbai, Aug. 30 -- Services at three government hospitals in south Mumbai - Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) Hospital, St George's Hospital and JJ Hospital - were hampered on Friday due to the ongoing protest at ... Read More