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HC flags poor slum planning, orders audit

MUMBAI, May 9 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the state government to set up an expert committee within four weeks to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improveme... Read More


Yellow alert for heat till Sunday

MUMBAI, May 9 -- On Friday, the city, which has been on yellow alert (indicating hot and humid conditions) for the last three days, recorded above-normal temperatures in the suburbs. At Santacruz, the... Read More


City's peak power demand breaches May 2024 record

Mumbai, May 9 -- Around 2:50pm on Friday, Mumbai's peak power demand touched 4,329 megawatt (MW), outstripping the earlier high of 4,307 MW recorded in May 2024. The western and eastern suburbs, where... Read More


Day after Nida Khan's arrest, Sambhajinagar AIMIM corporator booked for sheltering her

NASHIK, May 9 -- Nashik city police have booked a first-time AIMIM corporator from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mateen Patel, for allegedly sheltering Nida Khan, the absconding accused in the TCS-linked... Read More


28-yr-old man dies after bike hits Metro barricade on EEH

MUMBAI, May 9 -- A late-night ride home after dinner with a friend ended in fatality for a 28-year-old finance company employee who lost control of his two-wheeler and crashed into an iron barricade i... Read More


Court rejects Indrani's plea to travel abroad

MUMBAI, May 9 -- A special CBI court on Friday rejected a fresh plea filed by Indrani Mukerjea seeking permission to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom, observing that the Sheena Bora murder trial... Read More


HC denies bail to accused in Baba Siddique murder case

MUMBAI, May 9 -- The Bombay High Court has denied bail to Chetan Dilip Paradhi, an accused in the murder of former minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ziauddin Abdul Rahim, also known... Read More


Insects released in Vadale Lake to clear weeds

PANVEL, May 9 -- In a first-of-its-kind ecological intervention in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday launched a biological-control campaign to clear in... Read More


Scindia unveils tech-driven postal modernisation plan

MUMBAI, May 9 -- The central government is working to transform postal services across the country by modernising post offices and equipping them for future needs through integration with technology, ... Read More


Thane civic officer with connection to Ashok Kharat arrested in sexual exploitation case

THANE, May 9 -- The Kolhapur Police have arrested Mahesh Aher, a suspended Assistant Municipal Commissioner (AMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), who had been absconding since April 20 after... Read More