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City records coldest day of season at 15.6degC

Mumbai, Dec. 12 -- The city recorded its coldest morning of the month on Thursday, with the Santacruz observatory logging a minimum temperature of 15.6degC, 3.2degC below normal, according to the Indi... Read More


State announces action against all illegal hawkers in Mumbai

NAGPUR, Dec. 12 -- The state government on Thursday announced in the legislative assembly that barring the 32,415 licenced and surveyed hawkers in Mumbai, all others would face action. In a Calling At... Read More


New amnesty scheme to give OCs to over 20k buildings in Mumbai

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- With two final phases of local body polls on the anvil, the state government has announced yet another amnesty scheme for residents of over 20,000 buildings in Mumbai seeking occupa... Read More


Babulnath Temple land lease renewed for 30 years at Rs.1

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- The state has renewed the lease on land housing a portion of the Babulnath Temple complex, one of Mumbai's most revered temples, for a period of 30 years, for a nominal Rs.1. The de... Read More


Jesuit priest to challenge reports declaring Stan Swamy's death as natural

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- Father Frazer Mascarenhas, former principal of St Xavier's College and a close associate of the late Father Stan Swamy, told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that he will challenge... Read More


Lokayukta Bill cleared; CM in its ambit

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- The Maharashtra State Lokayukta Amendment Bill, 2025, was passed by both houses of the state legislature on Thursday, after incorporating three minor amendments suggested by the cen... Read More


Court allows Andekars to contest polls from jail

Pune, Dec. 12 -- A Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court has cleared the way for alleged gangster Bandu alias Suryakant Ranuji Andekar and two of his family members to conte... Read More


2008 rioting case: Raj pleads not guilty in Thane court

THANE, Dec. 12 -- MNS chief Raj Thackeray and seven party workers appeared before a Thane court on Thursday in connection with a 2008 rioting case, in which several north Indians were allegedly beaten... Read More


Incentive FSI for revamp of over 13k cessed buildings

NAGPUR, Dec. 12 -- To pave the way for the redevelopment of cessed buildings governed by the pagdi system in the island city, the Maharashtra government has announced initiatives such as additional fl... Read More


State clears II&S policy, sets $1 trn goal by '30

NAGPUR, Dec. 12 -- The state cabinet on Thursday cleared its ambitious Industries, Investment & Services (II&S) Policy 2025, outlining a roadmap to become India's first trillion-dollar state economy b... Read More