Stalwart cartoonist who picked up his sketchpad 'just for fun', turns 100

PUNE, July 29 -- "What started as a fun activity went on to become my identity," said S D Phadnis about his career as a cartoonist, ahead of his 100th birthday on Tuesday. "However, as I kept working,... Read More

Bodies of missing uran fishers wash ashore

MUMBAI, July 29 -- The bodies of the three fishermen, who went missing after the Tuljai fishing boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off the Raigad coast on Saturday, washed ashore on Monday at separate l... Read More

Illegal school in Shivaji Nagar shut, bldg to be razed

MUMBAI, July 29 -- The Bombay high court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to shut down the Red Heart English School, a primary school in the M-East ward which was operating wi... Read More

HC orders razing of illegal 6-storey bldg in Kalyan

MUMBAI, July 29 -- The Bombay high court has directed the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to take appropriate steps to demolish an illegal six-storeyed building at Govindwadi in Kalyan w... Read More

In Rs.381-crore drug bust, police find city's key suppliers of MD

MUMBAI, July 29 -- In a Rs.381 crore Mephedrone (MD) bust, the Sakinaka police have arrested four people and seized 187kg of the synthetic stimulant and its raw materials from a drug manufacturing uni... Read More

No job losses, BMC promises sanitation workers

MUMBAI, July 29 -- In a final resolution to the almost two-month-long conflict between the BMC and the sanitation workers union, both parties signed an agreement on Monday. The agreement promises that... Read More

'clear pending bills equally to protect small contractors'

Mumbai, July 29 -- Less than a week after a young contractor in Sangli district died by suicide over pending dues from the government, the Maharashtra State Contractors' Association on Monday urged th... Read More

BMC scraps plan to turn Sion cycling track into parking lot

Mumbai, July 29 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has withdrawn its decision to convert part of a defunct cycling track opposite Shanmukhananda Hall in Sion into a pay-and-park facility,... Read More

Stray bullet hits woman in Dharavi

MUMBAI, July 29 -- A 32-year-old woman who was talking to her friend outside her house on Sunday night in Dharavi was hit by a stray bullet. It is not yet known who fired the bullet, said police. The ... Read More

Pothole-riddled Vakola flyover triggers massive traffic snarls

MUMBAI, July 29 -- "Traffic movement is slow at Vakola Bridge northbound due to pothole," tweeted the Mumbai Traffic Police on Monday. The problem isn't the typo in the tweet, but the refusal of the M... Read More

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