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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


Fed may ease capital rules for big banks

India, March 20 -- Wall Street lending giants would get relaxed capital requirements under proposals unveiled by the Federal Reserve on Thursday, in a move that could potentially unleash billions of d... Read More


Crash highlights hidden 'black spot'

PUNE, March 20 -- The fatal accident near the Panvel exit on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway has turned the spotlight on a recurrent danger zone that continues to evade the list of officially designated "b... Read More


Sunrise drive turns fatal: 3 IIT-B students killed on expressway

NAVI MUMBAI, March 20 -- An early-morning drive to catch the sunrise in Lonavala turned tragic for three Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) students who were killed in a high-speed crash on... Read More