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Modi became PM 'out of a divine arrangement': Governor

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- BJP politicians and the writer of a congratulatory tome titled 'Modi's Mission' outdid one another in heaping fulsome praise on PM Narendra Modi at the book's release at Raj Bhavan ... Read More


Advocate petitions NHRC over Diwali pollution, carbide-based firecrackers

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- A Mumbai-based advocate has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking urgent intervention to address the alarming rise in environmental and health hazards cause... Read More


TAMIL NADU S.I.R. SET TO BEGIN IN A WEEK, EC TELLS HC

Chennai, Oct. 25 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Friday informed the Madras high court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Tamil Nadu's electoral rolls will likely start "in a week or so".... Read More


Unease among pilots as air india plans new 'flexi contract' scheme

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Air India is set to introduce a controversial "flexi contract model" that could see widebody pilots working just 15 days a month while narrowbody crews clock 20 days, a move insi... Read More


music composer sachin held for sexual assault

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- MumbaiMusic composer Sachin Sanghvi was on Thursday arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 29-year-old female singer on the pretext of providing her work. Sanghvi was granted ... Read More


ED attaches Rs.67.79 cr assets in bank loan fraud case

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets valued at Rs.67.79 crore in connection with its money laundering investigation against M/s C... Read More


Adman who drifted from cricket and tea-tasting to words and wit

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Some sell products and some sell dreams. Septuagenarian adman Piyush Pandey, who passed away in the early hours of Friday after battling multiple health complications for over a yea... Read More


Mahayuti allies set to go solo in some local bodies in MMR

MUMBAI, Oct. 24 -- In order to avoid rebellion within the ranks of the Mahayuti alliance partners, the combine may go solo in some of the nine municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region ... Read More


Fire engulfs Jogeshwari biz centre; 27 rescued

MUMBAI, Oct. 24 -- A suspected short circuit on the ninth floor of JMS Business Centre, a commercial building in Jogeshwari west, ignited a fire that turned into an inferno within minutes on Thursday ... Read More


Batting prowess powers India to wc semi spot

New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Centuries from openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal powered India to a 53-run victory over New Zealand and secured their place in the Women's World Cup semi-finals on Thursd... Read More