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'No diesel to search for missing girl': Nagpur cop's insensitive response lands him in trouble

NAGPUR, May 21 -- A senior police officer in Nagpur was shifted to the control room on Wednesday after a massive backlash erupted over an allegedly insensitive response to a family desperately searchi... Read More


Once again, train wrongly routed at CSMT

Mumbai, May 21 -- In the second operational lapse in less than a month, a suburban local meant to enter platform number six at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) got diverted to platform ... Read More


Couple arrested for assaulting bikers, stealing

MUMBAI, May 21 -- A real estate agent was allegedly attacked with a chopper and robbed of his gold chain by a couple in Kandivali on Sunday. The accused, identified as Payal Palkar alias 'Butler' and ... Read More


Five doctors among 15 named in human egg donation racket

THANE, May 21 -- The Badlapur police have completed their investigation into the illegal human egg donation racket unearthed in Badlapur, and filed a charge sheet of almost 5,000 pages before the Ulha... Read More


BMC officer untraceable after fraud allegations by Javed Jaffrey's wife

MUMBAI, May 21 -- Assistant municipal commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mahesh Patil has gone untraceable following allegations of his involvement in a Rs.16.24-crore fraud targ... Read More


Pillion rider run over by BEST bus after bike skids

MUMBAI, May 21 -- Six days after a 52-year-old BEST bus conductor was crushed to death in a four-bus chain collision in Andheri West, a 26-year-old accountant died after falling off a motorcycle and c... Read More


Int'l smuggling racket busted at mum airport; DRI seizes 3 kg gold

MUMBAI, May 21 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a "highly organised" gold-smuggling syndicate operating through Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, s... Read More


Display of fees outside college now mandatory

Mumbai, May 21 -- Following complaints from students and parents about colleges across the state levying hidden charges during admission, the state government has made it mandatory for all higher educ... Read More


BMC's school privatisation push opposed

MUMBAI, May 21 -- The BMC's decision to hand over six civic-run schools to private parties under the public-private partnership (PPP) model has drawn criticism. The PPP model has, however, been oppose... Read More


HC quashes extortion case against former Mumbai CP

MUMBAI, May 21 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed the first information report (FIR) against former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey for allegedly misusing his position to initiate ... Read More