First Class AC coach for four long-distance trains

MUMBAI: The Central Railway has decided to augment four long-distance trains by attaching a first class air-conditioned coach."We have decided to attach a first class AC compartment in the 22866 Puri-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express from June 3, train...

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WR jumbo block on Sunday to inconvenience commuters

MUMBAI: The Western Railway will carry out a jumbo block between Churchgate and Mumbai Central on Sunday and commuters are likely to be inconvenienced for five hours.The frequency of trains will be disturbed due to the rail block. A WR official said,...

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Three BEST staffers quit tobacco on No-Tobacco Day

MUMBAI: Three BEST employees kicked the habit of chewing tobacco at the launch of a campaign on 'Tobacco free BEST' at Electric House in Colaba. The BEST will also strictly observe the drive by banning chewing of gutkha, tobacco and smoking cigarettes...

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Helpline for power faults during monsoon in island city

MUMBAI: The BEST has announced a helpline for those facing power cuts/interruptions this monsoon. You can lodge complaint on 22843939 and expect the power wing staff to redress the issue at the earliest."You need to give your consumer number while lodging...

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Now, extra coach in Goa bound train for passengers

MUMBAI: This could be good news for passengers. The Konkan Railway has decided to temporarily augment train no. 12051/12052 Dadar - Madgaon - Dadar Janshatabdi Express to clear extra rush of passengers to Goa.Said KR chief spokesperson Vaishali Patange:...

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Uddhav Thackeray visits road repair works in the city

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena CEO Uddhav Thackeray inspected the road repair work going on in the city on Saturday. We said that since the BMC has taken several roads for repairs this year, the number of potholes in the city during the rains will be less. Thackeray...

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Children draft anti-smoking Bill for schools on 'No Tobacco Day'

MUMBAI: Commuters at CST railway station learnt that on Friday, May 30, was World No Tobacco Day when children from civic and government-aided schools performed a skit to discourage smoking and chewing tobacco. The little champions of the Salaam Bombay...

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Nehru's 'Discovery of India' remains a bestseller 50 years after his death

MUMBAI: Hardly any public functions were held to commemorate the 50th death anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on May 27. India's first prime minister had passed away this day in 1964, and although several projects and welfare schemes drafted by...

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Mehboob Khan's sons donate Rs 10 lakh on his 50th death anniversary

MUMBAI: Wednesday, May 28, marked the 50th death anniversary of stalwart film director Mehboob Khan whose pictures 'Anmol Ghadi', 'Aan', 'Andaz', and of course 'Mother India', changed the paradigm of Indian cinema.Two of his sons Shaukat and Iqbal, who...

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Three civic staffers on suspension for bribe charges, reinstated.

MUMBAI: Three civic employees who were caught red-handed accepting bribes two years ago and were on suspension have been reinstated by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC).Junior engineer Prashant Jankar, then in the electrical department...

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300-year-old Matunga temple to reconsecrate idols

MUMBAI: Two old temples in the south Indian enclave of Matunga, one them reportedly 300 years old, will reconsecrate their idols this weekend. The Mahakumbhabhishek of the 300-year-old Shri Marubhai Gavdevi temple and the 75-year-old Sri Sankara Mutt...

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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to take expert advise on mangrove conservation

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to seek assistance of experts for the conservation of mangroves in the city.Civic chief Sitaram Kunte said that a joint tour of civic tree authority members and experts will be organised...

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Clash over parking in Thane

MUMBAI: A clash between two communities over parking on Wednesday night had created tension at Manor in Palghar taluka of Thane district.The dispute started when a Scorpio driver of Khamloli village in Manor was allegedly beaten up by locals of another...

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Portion of Peddar Road caves in

MUMBAI: A 2-metre long portion of Pedder Road caved in at the Gamadia junction on Thursday morning, leading to huge traffic snarls on the key stretch in south Mumbai throughout the day.Officials said that the cave-in happened after a century old stormwater...

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Rights activists welcome RSS stand on Sec 377

MUMBAI: A cross-section of human rights activists from South Asia on Wednesday welcomed an apparent softening in the RSS's stand on homosexuality.Commenting on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that renders homosexuality a crime, RSS spokesperson...

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MNS men vandalize Kalyan school

KALYAN: Several Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers, led by party MLA Prakash Bhoir, vandalized Birla School on Wednesday and manhandled its administrator, alleging the school favours Sindhis over Marathis in junior KG admissions.After examining...

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Maharashtra state board HSC results on June 2

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education (MSBSHSE) will announce class XII (HSC) results on Monday, June 2."The results will be declared on June 2 at 1.00pm and students will be able to access it through the website...

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Saïd Business School students to invest $5m in the bond market to deliver positive social impact

MUMBAI: A team of students from Said Business School at the University of Oxford will invest up to $5,000,000 in the bond market focusing exclusively on projects that tackle challenging social issues and deliver meaningful, positive social impact. The...

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MNS target school for not giving admission to Marathi students

KALYAN: MNS workers led by the local MLA Prakash Bhoir vandalise famous Birla school furniture and manhandle school administrator in Kalyan alleging that school favours only Sindhis during admission of junior KG students and not Marathi students.Cops...

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Red beacon on car is 'traditional right': Mumbai mayor Sunil Prabhu

MUMBAI: Mayor of Mumbai Sunil Prabhu on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to rethink its decision of "taking away" the "traditional rights" to use a red beacon by the mayor.Prabhu, in a letter to Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan,...

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Celina Jaitly files police complaint against MLA and mahout for elephant cruelty

MUMBAI: Actor Celina Jaitly has lodged a 'zero FIR' police complaint against the Kolhapur MLA Vinay Kore and a mahout on grounds of animal cruelty, and causing a serious leg injury to the captive elephant, Sunder.Jaitly lodged the complaint at the Colaba...

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Sales tax official in net

MUMBAI: A senior officer of state Sales tax department was caught by the anti corruption bureau (ACB) red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from a garment trader in South Mumbai on Wednesday. Interestingly, a few hours before the trap, the ACB...

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Air Marshal on two-day visit to review operational tasks

MUMBAI: Air Marshal AP Garud, Air Officer commanding-in-chief, Southern Air Command accompanied by his wife Sulochana, president AFWWA (R) SAC, was on a two-day visit to Mumbai on May 20.He visited the Headquarter Maritime Air Operations (HQMAO) based...

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Bangladesh Navy on a goodwill visit to Mumbai

MUMBAI: The Bangladesh Navy Ships Ali Haider and Nirmul sailed to Mumbai on a goodwill visit from May 21 to 23. The ships were commanded by Captain Mohammad Anwar Hussain and Commander Tanzim Faruq, respectively and have a combined complement of 320...

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Karan Johar celebrates his 42 birthday bash amid Bollywood friends in Mumbai

Forty two by age but 20 at heart, Karan Johar, who has recently moved into a plush multi-storeyed pad in Bandra, celebrated his birthday and his new address with his close friends.What happened when the two SRKs met That Vidya Balan likes to refer to...

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NDA may not reverse FDI in multi-brand: Arvind Panagariya

Columbia University professor and renowned economist Arvind Panagariya The author has posted comments on this articleSurojit Gupta, TNN | May 26, 2014, 04.00AM IST Columbia University professor and renowned economist Arvind...

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No plans for Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s 50th death anniversary

MUMBAI: Way back in 1967, the nation was still grieving the loss of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru when a poignant tribute by Mohammed Rafi opened up a wound that was still raw. The 'Naunihal' song 'Meri awaaz suno, pyar ka raag suno', which was picturised...

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Lover's murder: Techie sent to police custody till May 28

MUMBAI: A local court on Saturday remanded the engineer, who was arrested for plotting to kill his former girlfriend and her father, in police custody till May 28.The accused, Amit Jain, was upset with the woman for implicating him in a rape charge following...

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MLA’s car damaged in Powai mishap

MUMBAI: An MLA's private vehicle was damaged on Saturday when a bus rammed into it, which in turn, was hit by a dumper in Powai. A BEST spokesperson said nobody was injured in the accident.The collision took place near L&T Gate 6. "A dumper first...

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Charges of rape: Arrested professor’s kin on the run

NAVI MUMBAI: The relatives of a professor from a Kharghar engineering college arrested on rape charges, are absconding from their Sangli home, police said. The relatives - the professor's mother, paternal uncle, sister and her husband - have been booked...

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Four ‘insurance agents’ assault housewife, rob Rs 6 lakh valuables

Mumbai: Posing as insurance agents, four people gained entry to a flat in a housing society in Chinchpokli on Friday after. Once inside, they assaulted the housewife with a grinding stone and fled with gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 6 lakh.The incident...

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Jailed for rape, techie plots to kill ex-lover and her dad, held

MUMBAI: A techie, thirsting for revenge after being accused of rape by a young woman, was arrested from Malad (W) where he had come prepared with weapons to kill her and her father. The accused, Amit Jain, had procured the weapons from Madhya Pradesh...

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Jewellery worth 2.5L stolen from train to UP

MUMBAI: A Jogeshwari housewife's plans to attend a wedding in UP with her family were ruined after her jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh was stolen from a long-distance train on Thursday. Sunita Yadav said the incident occurred between Bandra Terminus and...

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Jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh stolen from train to UP

MUMBAI: A Jogeshwari housewife's plans to attend a wedding in UP with her family were ruined after her jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh was stolen from a long-distance train on Thursday. Sunita Yadav said the incident occurred between Bandra Terminus and...

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Four ‘insurance agents’ assault housewife, rob Rs 6L valuables

Mumbai: Posing as insurance agents, four people gained entry to a flat in a housing society in Chinchpokli on Friday after. Once inside, they assaulted the housewife with a grinding stone and fled with gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 6 lakh.The incident...

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Heart attack to hospital takes 6 hrs

MUMBAI: With three million cases every year, heart attack may be the commonest grave ailment in India. But Indians seem to be dimly aware of its calling card—be it the sudden pain in the chest, upper back or jaw—and often don't react appropriately. A...

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Shatrughan Sinha in Kokilaben hospital for checkup

MUMBAI: BJP MP — actor Shatrughan Sinha is admitted at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Andheri (W). Sinha, who was previously admitted to the same hospital in February 2012 after suffering an allergic reaction, is undergoing a routine health check, said...

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Shatrughan Sinha in hospital for check up

MUMBAI: Veteran Bollywood actor and BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, who underwent bypass surgery last year, is undergoing a "routine" check up at a suburban hospital here today.Sinha was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in July last year after he complained...

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Shatrughan Sinha in Kokilaben hospital for check-up

MUMBAI: BJP MP — actor Shatrughan Sinha is admitted at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Andheri (W). Sinha, who was previously admitted to the same hospital in February 2012 after suffering an allergic reaction, is undergoing a routine health check, said...

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450 live cartridges found from nullah in communally-sensitive Bhiwandi

BHIWANDI: Around 450 live cartridges were found in drain packed in a gunny bag from Gayatri Nagar area in Bhiwandi on Saturday afternoon.The bag found at around 12.15pm during drain cleaning work by local civic staff.During drain cleaning work, staff...

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450 live cartridges found from drain in communally-sensitive Bhiwandi

BHIWANDI: Around 450 live cartridges were found in drain packed in a gunny bag from Gayatri Nagar area in Bhiwandi on Saturday afternoon.The bag found at around 12.15pm during drain cleaning work by local civic staff.During drain cleaning work, staff...

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Techie, set to shoot his ex-girlfriend, nabbed by police

MUMBAI: A software engineer was nabbed by the police in suburban Malad today as he was allegedly about to ambush and gun down his former girlfriend, who had accused him of rape.Police claimed to have prevented the attack by arresting Amit Jain (31) in...

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Have a knack for mobile applications? Create a few of your own

From a calorie counter to flashlights and maps for navigation, smartphones are flooded with applications, making mobile app developers a much wanted species.The industry is experiencing a sharp rise in text messaging , smartphone purchases and mobile...

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Civic engineers threaten to stage protest

MUMBAI: The municipal engineers' union has threatened to stage a three-day protest against the BMC administration from May 27 to 29 for not fulfilling their demands. The agitation is likely to affect essential services such as water supply and collection...

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Have a knack for mobile applications? Create a few of your own

From a calorie counter to flashlights and maps for navigation, smartphones are flooded with applications, making mobile app developers a much wanted species.The industry is experiencing a sharp rise in text messaging , smartphone purchases and mobile...

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HC respite for engineering student whose caste claim rejected midway

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has quashed and set aside an order of the Caste Scrutiny Committee of Maharashtra government which had invalidated the claim of a student, who was pursuing the final year in engineering, that he belonged to the Scheduled...

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Minors rescued from flesh trade in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Four girls, including three minors were rescued from a resort in Nalasopara where they were allegedly forced into the flesh trade.Five persons including the resort manager Sudarshan Kotian (28) who doubled up as a pimp have been arrested. The...

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Election commission urges citizens to enroll for the voters list

MUMBAI: The state election commission has urged citizens to enroll for the voters list."From May 29 onwards we are launching a drive across the state to enrol voters. All citizens whose names do not figure on the list must take this opportunity to fill...

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Don’t auction sand, put it back in creeks, say activists

MUMBAI: To prevent illegal sand mining, activists have demanded that sand be tracked electronically from the extraction point to the transport permits and octroi nakas to building sites, to ensure excess sand is not used.Activist Sumaira Abdulali who...

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Engineering student booked for rape of girlfriend

MUMBAI: A 21-year-old medical student has complained of being raped by her boyfriend, who is an engineering student, at the latter's Borivali West residence on Wednesday. The victim said she had gone to end their relationship when the incident took place....

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BMC zeroes in on 430 Campa Colas in city

MUMBAI: While the BMC is gearing up to demolish Campa Cola's illegal floors, there are 430 other buildings that have made unauthorized additions.The 430 buildings were found during a ward-wise survey by the BMC to identify structures where illegal floors...

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Asangaon commuters find reservation centres shut, block local trains

KALYAN: Asangaon commuters block local trains for more than one hour after finding the long-distance reservation booking counters at the station shut perpetually. The rail roko at both up and down line led to delay of local services between Kasara and...

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Leading solicitor Subhash Kothari passes away

MUMBAI: Subhash Kothari, senior solicitor and partner at one of India's oldest law firms Kanga & Co passed away this week. His demise leaves a huge hole at the law firm established in 1890 where he headed a large and active litigation department...

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Inspired by BJP's Modi gambit, MNS may project Raj Thackeray for CM

MUMBAI: Leaders of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) today said they were in favour of projecting the party president Raj Thackeray as the chief ministerial nominee ahead of the coming assembly elections in Maharashtra.The MNS office-bearers met here...

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Bomb scare delays Roha-Diva train by over 4 hours in Maharashtra

NAVI MUMBAI: The Roha-Diva passenger train has been delayed by over four hours at the Roha station on the Konkan Railway route due to a bomb scare early on Tuesday.The train was supposed to depart from Roha at 5.30am on Tuesday, but an anonymous caller...

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Second round of education quota admissions in Mumbai expected from Friday

MUMBAI: The second round of online admission for the 25% reserved seats under the right to education is expected to begin on Friday, said officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday.The first round will conclude on Tuesday.Of...

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Labourer held for killing employer in Kalyan

MUMBAI: A labourer, Bhim Singh (28), was arrested on the charge of killing his employer, Gauri Prasad (58), in Kalyan on Monday. Prasad had caught Singh trying to steal 400 bags worth Rs 37,000 from his godown, said the police. "Singh wanted money for...

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Woman falls at Andheri station, taken to Palghar hospital

MUMBAI: A woman slipped into the gap between the platform and the train at Andheri while trying to board a long distance train to Palghar on Monday evening.Sudaivi Meher (35) slipped while trying to board the crowded ladies compartment of the Mumbai-Surat...

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Shah Rukh Khan slams reports of making anti-Modi comments

MUMBAI: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has slammed claims that he had made anti-Narendra Modi comments on Twitter.There was a buzz in the social media that the 48-year-old actor had apparently tweeted that he will leave India if Modi becomes Prime Minister,...

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Shah Rukh Khan denies making anti-Modi comments on Twitter

MUMBAI: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has slammed claims that he had made anti-Narendra Modi comments on Twitter.There was a buzz in the social media that the 48-year-old actor had apparently tweeted that he will leave India if Modi becomes Prime Minister,...

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2002 hit-and-run case: More trouble for Salman Khan, 4th witness says actor was 'drunk'

MUMBAI: In more trouble for actor Salman Khan, the fourth witness in the 2002 hit-and-run case has identified the actor and said that he was drunk on the night of the incident.The witness who worked in a bar claimed Salman along with his friends had...

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Waiter identifies Salman Khan, says he served drinks to his group

MUMBAI: A bar waiter on Monday identified actor Salman Khan in a court saying he had come along with his friends in a group to have drinks in a five-star hotel on the same night, hours before Khan allegedly ran over his car over people sleeping on footpath...

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IPS coaching institute director held for cheating students

MUMBAI: The DN Nagar police arrested a director of a coaching institute on Sunday for cheating 11 students. The accused lived in Pune and was operating his business from a shop in Andheri.The accused had claimed that he would help the students clear...

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Virar resort owner, lifeguard held for negligence after boy dies in pool

MUMBAI: A week after a six-year-old boy died after drowning in the swimming pool of a resort in Virar, the owner and lifeguard were arrested by the police. They were later released on bail.Aman Shaikh, a resident of Kurla had gone to Swagat resort in...

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Virar resort owner and life guard held for negligence after boy dies in pool

MUMBAI: A week after a six-year-old boy died after drowning in the swimming pool of a resort in Virar, the owner and life guard were arrested by the police. They were later released on bail.Aman Shaikh, a resident of Kurla had gone to Swagat resort in...

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Upset over no male child, man sets wife ablaze

MUMBAI: A 28-year-old Virar man has been arrested for allegedly setting his wife ablaze on Sunday afternoon. He was reportedly unhappy with her for not bearing him a male child. The couple has three daughters.According to the Virar police, Sandeep Yadav,...

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4 Mumbai Lok Sabha seats may see re-election if MPs charged with serious criminal cases are found guilty within a year

MUMBAI: There might be a re-election in four of the six Lok Sabha constituencies in the city within a year if the victorious candidates are convicted in the criminal cases against them, said the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) in its analysis...

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Not debris, it’s soil at Tower of Silence, Parsi committee members say

Earlier this week, four Bombay Parsi Punchayet trustees accused Chairman Dinshaw Mehta of dumping around 300 trucks of debris at the sacred Tower of Silence (see pic) and exposing colonies nearby to the threat of landslides.On Saturday, Mehta and Dr...

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Captain Nair, founder of Leela hotels, dies at 92

MUMBAI: Indian hospitality doyen and Padma Bhushan awardee, C P Krishnan Nair, 92, passed away in the city on Saturday after a brief illness. Nair, founder of the Leela chain of hotels, breathed his last at 3.40am at the Hinduja Hospital, where he was...

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Milkman gets Rs 1 lakh as payout for cattle death

THANE: The Thane Motor Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) recently awarded Rs 1 lakh to a milk vendor for the death of his cattle that were hit by a truck. The plea was made by Deonarayan Jaiswar from Ambernath against New India Assurance Company...

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80 RTO transfers may hit work in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Transport-related work across Maharashtra is likely to be affected statewide for a few days as the government transferred around 80 officials across regional transport offices.An official said, "This can have some impact on RTO-related work where...

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Borivali local skips Khar station

MUMBAI: A Borivali slow local train from Churchgate skipped its mandatory halt at Khar station on Western Railway on Sunday afternoon. It led to confusion and scare among the commuters, who had plans to alight at the station.WR sources said that the...

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