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'If Uddhav and I can come together, why can't you forget your differences?'

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- If Raj and Uddhav Thackeray can come together after 20 years, why should party workers fight among themselves? This is what Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray asked... Read More


duo discharged in drug seizure case due to poor evidence

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The sessions court on Monday discharged two men who were named as accused in a 2024 pharmaceutical drug seizure case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, ... Read More


Coming soon: 238 AC locals, automatic closed door non-AC coaches

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- Two years after tenders to procure air-conditioned (AC) locals were floated and quickly withdrawn (the railways could not furnish cogent reasons for it), the Indian Railways (IR) cle... Read More


'Japanese' FB friend dupes bizman of Rs.52L in crypto fraud

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- A 65-year-old businessman from Powai lost Rs.52 lakh after an allegedly Japanese woman he befriended online convinced him to invest in Bitcoins and duped him in a cybercrime fraud fo... Read More


Vet dept dy commissioner, guard booked in bribery case

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The Mumbai unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked two employees of the department of animal husbandry and dairying, including a deputy commissioner and a guard,... Read More


Bldg declared unsafe: 1.5k Colaba BMC school students study online

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- For the last fortnight, 1,500 students from the English-medium section of a civic-run school in Colaba have been attending classes online. The shift to virtual learning began after t... Read More


SC order paves way for 27% OBC quota in local polls

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct local body elections according to the number of wards in 2017 and the new structure of wards being... Read More


Monorail set for overhaul with 5-yr pvt contract

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- In a bid to revive Mumbai's struggling monorail system, the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL)-a subsidiary of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority ... Read More


After trial drags on for 49 yrs, 71-year-old confesses to theft

Kanpur, Aug. 5 -- On Saturday, a weary Kanhaiya Lal stood before the chief judicial magistrate, Jhansi, and confessed to theft and embezzlement from a cooperative society. The trial had dragged on for... Read More


No case filed under Atrocities Act, issue resolved, sa: police chief

PUNE, Aug. 5 -- The Pune police have denied allegations of caste-based abuse and assault by officers during a raid on a residence in Kothrud, even as the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (S... Read More