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Labour flown in to finish metro, avoid fines

Mumbai, July 10 -- Since the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions hit labour supply across industries, contractors engaged in construction of metro rail corridors in the Mumbai Metropolitan Regi... Read More


Form team to clear footpaths of encroachments: HC to BMC

MUMBAI, July 10 -- The Bombay high court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to constitute a three-member team to identify and remove unauthorised structures and encroachments fr... Read More


Rs.1L reward for information on trafficker Salim Dola

MUMBAI, July 10 -- The Mumbai unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has announced a cash reward of Rs.1 lakh for credible information on the whereabouts of alleged narcotics trafficker, Salim Ism... Read More


Regret I could not learn Hindi in school: Governor

Mumbai, July 10 -- Amid the ongoing row over introducing Hindi as a third language in primary schools in Maharashtra, state governor CP Radhakrishnan has said that learning the language is needed to u... Read More


Dharavi man killed, 10 others injured in Kharghar hit-and-run

NAVI MUMBAI, July 10 -- A late-night joyride turned tragic for a group of 11 young dancers from Dharavi on Wednesday after a speeding car rammed into their bikes at Kharghar. One rider died and ten pe... Read More


23 years on, CBI gets woman deported from USA in Rs.1.44 crore gold import scam

MUMBAI, July 10 -- After more than two decades on the run, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has finally brought back businesswoman Monika Kapoor from the United States to face trial in a Rs.1... Read More


'Alleged adultery cannot be only reason for paternity test'

MUMBAI, July 10 -- The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court recently quashed a family court's order allowing DNA profiling to ascertain a child's paternity on the grounds of the mother's alleged adul... Read More


Another HC judge recuses from hearing HDFC CEO's plea

MUMBAI, July 10 -- A fourth judge from the Bombay high court has recused himself from hearing a plea filed by the chief executive and managing director of HDFC Bank, Sashidhar Jagdishan, to quash a br... Read More


Loudspeaker row: Police cite plaints of 'mental distress' to HC

MUMBAI, July 10 -- The Mumbai police on Wednesday filed a reply in the Bombay High Court detailing the procedure followed by them in imposing fines and terminating loudspeaker licences of five mosques... Read More


Urdu Sahitya Academy move put on hold

MUMBAI, July 10 -- In a significant development, the Maharashtra government has put the proposed relocation of the Urdu Sahitya Academy on hold. The decision was announced after a high-level meeting c... Read More