RPI workers protest against Maharashtra police

KALYAN: The Republican Party of India workers in Kalyan on Friday damaged KDMT (Kalyan- Dombivli Municipal Transport) bus near Kalyan station in protest against the failure of the Maharashtra police to make a breakthrough in the savage murder of a three-member...

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194 million sq ft Grade A office space expected to be absorbed in India’s top eight cities

MUMBAI: Around 194 million sq ft (MSF) of Grade A office space is expected to be absorbed in India's top eight cities between 2014 and 2018, said a report released by global real estate consultant, Cushman & Wakefield and Global Real Estate Institute...

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School cries foul as BMC razes its rooms

MUMBAI: Four classrooms of Shree Ganesh Vidyamandir, Dharavi, were demolished by the BMC on Thursday. School authorities have alleged that in spite of the paperwork being in place, the BMC conducted the demolition without any notice.School authorities...

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Spooked in Thane city

So you thought there's no room for hauntings in this city? Beneath Thane's modern landscape and highrises, lurk many paranormal tales. Here's looking at some of these urban legends, this Halloween. Spooky incidents, areas rumoured to harbour ghosts...

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ISIS admirer Ansari 'may need psychiatric help'

MUMBAI: The lawyers of city-based software engineer Anees Ansari, arrested for allegedly conspiring to blow up a US establishment here, on Friday told the court that the accused suffered from an unsound mind and may need psychiatric help."We have moved...

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After Gadkari, CM Fadnavis accused of riding without helmet

MUMBAI: A complaint was filed on Friday in a Pune court against Devendra Fadnavis, the new chief minister of Maharashtra, alleging that he had violated the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act by riding a two-wheeler without wearing a helmet during the Assembly...

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Shivaji-based theme to light up Fadnavis's oath taking

MUMBAI: In reminiscent of the glorious rule of Shivaji, the BJP has decided to recreate the coronation scene of the Maratha ruler as Devendra Fadnavis takes his oath at Wankhede Stadium tomorrow. A giant screen will project the image of Shivaji at Raigad...

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‘Ordinary’ viral fever lays Mumbai low while dengue occupies the headlines

MUMBAI: Dengue, the mosquito-borne disease, may have been hogging the headlines after a KEM Hospital resident doctor succumbed to it earlier this week, but it's the more commonplace flu or viral fever that has laid Mumbai low this season.Doctors' clinics...

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Boy hangs self in Mumbai after parents reject demand to study in UK

MUMBAI: A 16-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself after his parents turned down his demand to go to London for studies. The incident took place on Tuesday night at a building at Clare Road in Byculla (W).The Nagpada police, which registered an accidental...

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TOI manifesto for new Maharashtra govt

On March 14 of this year, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, and just before the major political parties announced their manifestos, The Times of India came out with its own manifesto, with detailed proposals for the next government across a wide...

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2 bogies of Amravati Express derail near Kalyan, no casualties

KALYAN: The train services of the central railway between Kalyan and Kasara was affected after two bogies of Amravati Express train, including its engine derailed near Kalyan railway station on Thursday morning.A CR official said that the engine and...

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Run for Unity to mark Rashtriya Ekta Divas in Mumbai on Friday

MUMBAI: Prime minister Narendra Modi's announcement of celebrating October 31 as Rashtriya Ekta Divas will fructify with a run for unity along Marine Drive in Mumbai on Friday. The occasion marks the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,...

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BMC report shows no sign of dengue cases declining

MUMBAI: The incidence of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, across Mumbai is not showing any signs of reducing, indicates the BMC weekly health report.Worryingly, this is despite several fatalities following which the authorities have woken up and...

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Hospitals plan stroke mgmt teams for faster treatmen

MUMBAI : Every day, around 100 Mumbaikars suffer stroke or brain attack but barely 10% of them manage to reach hospital in time for treatment. Recognizing this emergency, city hospitals are planning special stroke management teams.Jaslok Hospital on...

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Remove seal on seized sonography machines of Navi Mumbai: HC

MUMBAI : In a relief for 12 radiologists in Navi Mumbai, the Bombay high court on Tuesday held that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has no legal authority to continue to retain the seal on sonography machines following their acquittal under...

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BEST agrees to increase lights in Mahim lanes

MUMBAI : Activists have been complaining for a year to the BEST and BMC about poor lighting of lanes off L J Road in Mahim. Finally, they have received a response with the BEST acknowledging in writing that there is a "problem" of streetlights and the...

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‘When will state implement panel’s suggestions to protect women?’

MUMBAI : The Bombay high court on Tuesday questioned the state government about the implementation of the recommendations of a panel set up to suggest measures to prevent crime against women.Justices Abhay Oka and A S Gadkari reacted after the government's...

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Hospitals plan stroke management teams for faster treatment

MUMBAI : Every day, around 100 Mumbaikars suffer stroke or brain attack but barely 10% of them manage to reach hospital in time for treatment. Recognizing this emergency, city hospitals are planning special stroke management teams.Jaslok Hospital on...

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EOW lens on Shilpa Shetty firm for gold discount scheme

MUMBAI: Actor Shilpa Shetty's firm, Satyug Gold, has come under the city economic offences wing (EOW) scanner for its schemes of selling gold at discounts. The EOW has initiated a preliminary enquiry (PE) into the firm's scheme on a reference from market...

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No fitness test for 3 of 10 public vehicles: RTO

MUMBAI: With at least three of every 10 public transport vehicles not having undergone the mandatory annual fitness test, the Regional Transport Office, or RTO, on Monday issued a stern warning to owners of such public transport vehicles. These include...

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‘Start-up challenges same for women, men entrepreneurs’

MUMBAI: Challenges faced by women entrepreneurs are the same as encountered by men, said participants at this year's IIT-Bombay's entrepreneurship contest Eureka!. Putting together finances continue to be one of the major challenges for budding entrepreneurs...

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Kids from BMC schools may get full pants from Class V

MUMBAI: Considering that classes V to VII civic students do not wear the half pants provided to them as part of the free-of-cost school uniform and prefer full pants, the next education committee meeting to be held at the civic headquarters will take...

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Public, private sectors join in ‘Swachh’ drive

MUMBAI: PM Narendra Modi's 'Swachh Bharat' campaign is drawing participation from public and private organisations from Haryana and Maharashtra which have each taken a step forward in Mumbai.Dera Sachcha Sauda, a Haryana-based controversial religious...

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1 in 4 HIV-TB patients is resistant to drugs

MUMBAI: Several HIV-positive people in the city directly contract drug-resistant tuberculosis as their first TB infection, shows a new study by international NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Mumbai. The study, conducted by the BMC along with MSF...

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‘NCP to abstrain if BJP seeks trust vote in Maharashtra'

MUMBAI: The NCP in Maharashtra will abstain from voting in legislative assembly if a minority government headed by the BJP seeks trust vote."If Shiv Sena joins the government, there will be no problem. We will not be part of the government but do not...

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‘NCP to abstain if BJP seeks trust vote in Maharashtra'

MUMBAI: The NCP in Maharashtra will abstain from voting in legislative assembly if a minority government headed by the BJP seeks trust vote."If Shiv Sena joins the government, there will be no problem. We will not be part of the government but do not...

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Not averse to any relief new govt may offer Mumbai's Campa Cola society residents: SC

MUMBAI: The Supreme Court once again offered a glimmer of hope for the beleaguered residents of Campa Cola society in Worli, Mumbai where the fate of over 100 illegal flats hangs in the balance. An SC bench of Justices S J Mukhopadhaya and Sharad Bobde...

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Bar opens its doors for Daniel Pearl memorial concert on Wednesday

MUMBAI: Western music artistes in the city are awaiting the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Concert which will take place in the Fort precinct October 29. Vernon Noronha will sing and play the guitar alongside Hitesh Kumar on the djembe at a bar called...

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Post Diwali sugar-free sweets still in demand in Thane

THANE: Diwali is over, yet, the demand for sugar-free sweets is still going strong in the city. There are many health-conscious Thaneites who, aware of the harmful effects of sugar, are opting for sweets that are without sugar. R K Pandey, from a...

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Waiter held for assaulting employer's wife in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A waiter who was caught stealing cash allegedly assaulted his employer's wife at Palghar on Sunday.Bipinkul Thapa (23), originally from Nepal, was employed in a beer bar at Satpati in Palghar six months ago. The owner Ramesh Dhavne allowed Thapa,...

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‘Women suffer dowry torture, rarely tell parents’

MUMBAI: Indian women suffer silently in the fond hope that husbands and in-laws will treat them properly and do not share with their parents their problems, said the Bombay high court while dealing with a dowry case.A division bench of Justices V M Kanade...

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Spurt in hand, foot, mouth disease

MUMBAI: Children are vulnerable to a relatively new viral infection called hand, foot and mouth disease, warn doctors. Doctors say the number of cases has almost doubled compared to last year."I've been seeing dozens of children in the last few weeks,"...

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2 cops suspended over Sena man’ s killing

MUMBAI: Days after a 27-year-old Shiv Sena worker was killed for intervening in a fight between two groups, assistant inspector Prasad Pitale and sub-inspector Nitin Khairnaar from the Dindoshi police station were suspended on Saturday for reportedly...

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Sena-BJP together would've won over 200 seats: Sanjay Raut

MUMBAI: Had the Shiv Sena and BJP contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections together, they would have won more than 200 seats, Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has said.However, the voters have brought the two parties to such a situation that they...

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Shiv Sena should sit in opposition, former MP Bharatkumar Raut says

MUMBAI: Senior journalist and former Shiv Sena MP Bharatkumar Raut has said the party should sit in opposition and not have a post-poll alliance with BJP."Shiv Sainiks put up boards appealing leaders to show self respect. Hope Shiv Sena leadership takes...

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Sixty-year-old beggar held red hand while kidnapping a kid in Kalyan

KALYAN: A-60 year old beggar has been arrested red handed for allegedly kidnapping four year old kid in Kalyan. The police suspect that accused could be part of a gang running begging racket.The accused identified as Anil Desai, he is resident of Saki...

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Mumbai records hottest October day in 10 years

MUMBAI: The city's scorching heat hit a new high on Thursday with maximum temperatures touching 37.2 degree Celsius. The Santa Cruz observatory recorded the highest maximum temperature in the past 10 years. The all-time record so far has been 37.9 degree...

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Event manager killed as a result of firing in D N nagar

The author has posted comments on this articleMateen Hafeez, TNN | Oct 24, 2014, 12.27AM IST Page 1 of 4 MUMBAI: Two persons opened fire and attacked on two other persons with choppers at a flat in D N Nagar on Thursday night in which an event...

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Family struggles to come to terms with the gradual changes in terror suspect case

MUMBAI : A middle-class family has been struggling to come to terms with the gradual change in Anis Ansari - from being a studious boy interested in a career to a radicalised youth - they have noticed for some time. While the family openly spoke about...

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BMC babus' bribe rate card for builders: Rs 1,200 a square feet

MUMBAI: Corrupt officials in the BMC's building proposals department are extorting huge sums from developers to clear legal projects. The situation is such that recently a group of 25 top builders met to decide on approaching senior department officials...

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Babu in rape case told not to alter FB profile

The author has posted comments on this articleShibu Thomas, TNN | Oct 24, 2014, 02.20AM IST Page 1 of 4 MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed a senior state bureaucrat facing rape allegations not to make any changes to his Facebook...

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Mumbai-Nashik seaplane runs into rough weather

MUMBAI: Activists, NGOs oppose landing site at Gangapur Dam, says it will affect birds.A plan to connect Mumbai with Nashik by seaplane has run into rough weather. The proposed landing site at Gangapur Dam, near Nashik, has been opposed by activists...

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Smoke from local slows down CR

MUMBAI: Services on the Central Railway were disrupted for a few minutes after smoke started emanating from a CST-bound local between Mulund and Bhandup at 8.30 am on Thursday.The rake was held up for 15 to 20 minutes and later withdrawn from service....

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Event manager killed as a result of firing in D N nagar

MUMBAI: Two persons opened fire and attacked on two other persons with choppers at a flat in D N Nagar on Thursday night in which an event manager was killed.The accused, whose identity was not known, and the deceased, Deven Desai, an event maanger,...

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Family struggles to come to terms with the gradual changes in terror suspect case

MUMBAI : A middle-class family has been struggling to come to terms with the gradual change in Anis Ansari - from being a studious boy interested in a career to a radicalised youth - they have noticed for some time. While the family openly spoke about...

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BMC babus' bribe rate card for builders: Rs 1,200 a square feet

MUMBAI: Corrupt officials in the BMC's building proposals department are extorting huge sums from developers to clear legal projects. The situation is such that recently a group of 25 top builders met to decide on approaching senior department officials...

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Mumbai records hottest October day in 10 years

MUMBAI: The city's scorching heat hit a new high on Thursday with maximum temperatures touching 37.2 degree Celsius. The Santa Cruz observatory recorded the highest maximum temperature in the past 10 years. The all-time record so far has been 37.9 degree...

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Babu in rape case told not to alter FB profile

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed a senior state bureaucrat facing rape allegations not to make any changes to his Facebook page, even as it granted him interim protection from arrest till October 31.Vivek Dahiphale, a joint secretary...

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Western Express Highway choked as work begins on Kherwadi flyover

MUMBAI: Motorists complained of bumper-to-bumper traffic along the entire Western Express Highway on Wednesday as the city's development agency began work on the north-bound arm of the Kherwadi Junction flyover in Bandra (E). The traffic police faced...

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Parsi couples settling down get preference for flats: BPP

MUMBAI: Bombay high court has rejected the plea of Dahanu resident Rohinton Taraporewala for a house meant for the poor among Parsis in Andheri.In his plea challenging the Bombay Parsi Punchayat's decision not to allot him a flat, Taraporevala said he...

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