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41 yrs on, HC refuses to stall redevpt of graft-hit Pratibha

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- The Bombay High Court has refused to stall the redevelopment of the controversial Pratibha Tower in the upscale Breach Candy area of south Mumbai. It has allowed the housing society... Read More


HC orders BMC to clear debris on defunct cycling track in Sion East

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove debris and garbage from a plot of land on Flank Road in Sion (East), where a defunct cyclin... Read More


Modi became PM 'out of a divine arrangement': Governor

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- BJP politicians and the writer of a congratulatory tome titled 'Modi's Mission' outdid one another in heaping fulsome praise on PM Narendra Modi at the book's release at Raj Bhavan ... Read More


Advocate petitions NHRC over Diwali pollution, carbide-based firecrackers

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- A Mumbai-based advocate has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking urgent intervention to address the alarming rise in environmental and health hazards cause... Read More


TAMIL NADU S.I.R. SET TO BEGIN IN A WEEK, EC TELLS HC

Chennai, Oct. 25 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Friday informed the Madras high court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Tamil Nadu's electoral rolls will likely start "in a week or so".... Read More


Unease among pilots as air india plans new 'flexi contract' scheme

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Air India is set to introduce a controversial "flexi contract model" that could see widebody pilots working just 15 days a month while narrowbody crews clock 20 days, a move insi... Read More


music composer sachin held for sexual assault

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- MumbaiMusic composer Sachin Sanghvi was on Thursday arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 29-year-old female singer on the pretext of providing her work. Sanghvi was granted ... Read More


ED attaches Rs.67.79 cr assets in bank loan fraud case

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets valued at Rs.67.79 crore in connection with its money laundering investigation against M/s C... Read More


Adman who drifted from cricket and tea-tasting to words and wit

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Some sell products and some sell dreams. Septuagenarian adman Piyush Pandey, who passed away in the early hours of Friday after battling multiple health complications for over a yea... Read More


A musical delight: Pitbull in India, Shashwat Goes Global

India, Oct. 25 -- Rapper and singer-songwriter Pitbull, aka Armando Christian Perez, is all set to return to India this December with his I'm Back world tour. The Grammy Award-winning artist will perf... Read More