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Nearly 10 furniture godowns in Bhiwandi gutted in massive fire

THANE, March 20 -- Several warehouses in Bhiwandi were gutted when a massive fire broke out at a furniture warehouse in the Chamunda Complex in Kasheli on Thursday morning. The blaze, which began in a... Read More


SC refuses to cancel bail of accused in baba Siddique case

MUMBAI, March 20 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to interfere with the grant of bail to Akashdeep Karaj Singh, one of the accused in the murder of former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader ... Read More


SGNP gets more guards to tackle encroachments, fires

Mumbai, March 20 -- The Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) is stepping up security and fire prevention measures after a recent spate of forest fires and ongoing concerns over encroachments. The SGNP h... Read More


BEST shuts 10 canteens, seeks emergency tag for LPG supply

Mumbai, March 20 -- The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has urged the state government and the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to classify it as an emergen... Read More


HC strikes down order stalling development of Borivali plot

MUMBAI, March 20 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ruled that a landowner cannot be treated as a "co-promoter" under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act (MOFA) if the developer acted independently, ... Read More


State owes Rs.2,930 crore in RTE dues to private schools

MUMBAI, March 20 -- The state government owes as much as Rs.2,930 crore to private, unaided schools that admit students under the Right to Education quota, over the last ten years. The money is a fee ... Read More


twelve bikers booked for racing on WEH

Mumbai, March 20 -- Twelve motorcyclists have been booked for alleged reckless riding, racing, and attempting to charge at a traffic constable on the Western Express Highway (WEH) on Wednesday morning... Read More


E-way crash kills 3 IIT-B students

NAVI MUMBAI, March 20 -- Three students from IIT-Bombay, who had gone to Lonavala to catch the sunrise, met with a fatal accident on their way back on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Thursday morning. T... Read More


S.I.T formed to probe rape charges against 'godman' kharat

MUMBAI, March 20 -- The Maharashtra government on Thursday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of rape against self-styled godman and numerologist Ashok Kharat, even as... Read More


Outcast for 23 years, Beed farmer faces fresh charges of black magic; FIR against 33 villagers

BEED, March 20 -- A Dalit farmer from Beed has complained to the police, stating that he was accosted, abused and accused of practising black magic and casting spells on women in the village. The inci... Read More