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BEST bus runs over cabbie cleaning car

MUMBAI, June 5 -- What began as a routine stop to clean his cab ended in catastrophe for a 50-year-old aggregator driver on Thursday morning when a BEST bus lost control and rammed into his parked veh... Read More


Displaced by razing, port families march for homes

MUMBAI, June 5 -- More than 2,000 residents who lost their homes in recent demolitions by the Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) took to the streets on Thursday, marching from New Tank Road in Darukhana to ... Read More


Mahayuti wins 6 council seats unopposed

MUMBAI, June 5 -- After a week of high-stakes conflict in the ruling Mahayuti, marked by rebellion followed by hectic negotiations to stem dissent, the run-up to the Maharashtra Legislative Council el... Read More


85-year-old woman killed for seven grams of gold

MUMBAI, June 5 -- An 85-year-old woman from Alibag, who was reported missing after her family lost contact with her, was allegedly strangled to death by two relatives for gold ornaments weighing six t... Read More


3 firms in race for Gilbert Hill revamp

India, June 5 -- Mumbai: Three companies have expressed interest in redeveloping more than 100 acres of prime land around Gilbert Hill in Andheri, officials familiar with the matter told Hindustan Tim... Read More


NCP MLC candidate's Rs.10 crore 'loan' to Jay Pawar raises eyebrows

MUMBAI, June 5 -- NCP candidate Vikram Kakade was elected unopposed to the legislative council on Thursday, but an entry in his election affidavit is raising eyebrows, much like his candidature itself... Read More


Garib Nagar fenced to curb encroachment

Mumbai, June 5 -- A fortnight after nearly 500 slum tenements were razed in Garib Nagar in Bandra East, the Western Railway (WR) has finished erecting a fence around 50% of the 5,200-square metre rail... Read More


Aaditya raises a stink over mining nod in 'tiger corridor'

MUMBAI, June 5 -- Controversy has erupted over permission granted by the state government and state wildlife authorities for an iron ore mining project in Gadchiroli as the site allegedly overlaps wit... Read More


Former minister and six-time MLA Anantrao Thopte dies at 93

PUNE, June 5 -- Former Maharashtra minister and six-time Congress MLA Anantrao Thopte passed away at a private hospital in Pune on Thursday. He was 93. A veteran politician from Pune district, Thopte ... Read More


5 killed in Muzaffarpur private hospital blaze

Patna, June 5 -- At least five patients, including a government employee, died after a fire broke out at a private hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district early on Thursday, prompting the administrat... Read More