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Daily petrol-diesel sales up by 20% in May due to panic buying

MUMBAI, May 23 -- Assuring citizens that Maharashtra has adequate fuel stocks and there is no shortage of petrol or diesel in the state, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday urge... Read More


Amid heat, power cuts hit Dadar, south Mumbai once again

MUMBAI, May 23 -- Power outages left residents in parts of Dadar, Wadala and Dadar Parsi Colony, as well as in Gaondevi and Girgaon Chowpatty, without electricity at the height of summer on Friday nig... Read More


Cooperate with enumerators, share 'SE ID': BMC

Mumbai, May 23 -- As the second phase of the household listing stage of Census 2027 gets underway in Mumbai, municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide has appealed to citizens who have completed online sel... Read More


Demolition enters final phase; 19 arrested so far for violence

MUMBAI, May 23 -- After three days of razing large portions of Garib Nagar in Bandra East, Western Railway's anti-encroachment drive entered its fourth and penultimate phase on Friday, leaving several... Read More


5 of 100 legal houses rendered unfit in Garib Nagar

MUMBAI, May 23 -- They were assured that their homes would not be touched, with the Western Railway (WR) even announcing on Thursday that bulldozers would not be used against them. However, on Friday ... Read More


Man arrested for abetment after woman dies by suicide

MUMBAI, May 23 -- A 46-year-old woman from Sion's Pratiksha Nagar allegedly died by suicide after being subjected to repeated blackmail and harassment by a man she had befriended months ago, following... Read More


Maharashtra SIR: Voters will have to prove their nationality

Mumbai, May 23 -- With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls set to begin soon in Maharashtra, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that proving nationality is a cons... Read More


Chats, email trail part of BPO case charge sheet

Pune/Nashik, May 23 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Nashik city police on Friday filed the first charge sheet in connection with the alleged instances of sexual harassment, exploitation... Read More


Will big-tech data centres colonise India once again?

India, May 23 -- Sundar Pichai is an unlikely tech CEO. He does not pace the stage or reach for applause. If anything, the man at the helm of Google speaks in a slightly flat cadence, almost like he's... Read More


State assures Jarange of quota roadmap by May 28

MUMBAI, May 23 -- After Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil announced another indefinite hunger strike from May 30, the state government has assured him of a roadmap by May 28, on steps it will... Read More