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BMC issues Rs.100-crore tender to improve footpaths in city

MUMBAI, Nov. 21 -- Signalling a major policy shift toward pedestrian-first planning in Mumbai, the BMC floated a Rs.100-crore tender on Thursday for 16.55 km of footpath. The project, which includes 1... Read More


sit-ups death: Police arrest school teacher

Mumbai, Nov. 21 -- Mamta Yadav, the Vasai school teacher who forced a 13-year-old student to do 100 sit-ups as a punishment for arriving late, eventually leading to her death, was arrested by the poli... Read More


19-year-old ends life after spat over language

THANE, Nov. 21 -- A 19-year-old college student from Kalyan died by suicide on Tuesday evening, hours after a heated spat with co-passengers in a crowded local train. The argument had allegedly occurr... Read More


SUV plunges into gorge in Tamhini Ghat; 6 dead

Pune, Nov. 21 -- Six youngsters from Pune were killed after the Mahindra Thar SUV they were travelling in lost control and plunged nearly 500 feet into a gorge in Tamhini Ghat on the Pune-Raigad borde... Read More


Six youths killed as SUV plunges 500 ft into gorge

Pune, Nov. 21 -- Six young men from Pune were killed after the Mahindra Thar they were travelling in reportedly lost control and plunged nearly 500 feet into a gorge in the Tamhini Ghat on the Pune-Ra... Read More


sc points to flaws in order on punjab case

New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday held that not only did the two-judge bench order in April in the Tamil Nadu governor case create "confusion and doubt" on the issue of gubernatorial... Read More


sc on guv, prez assent

New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- The Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench on Thursday ruled that governors and the President cannot be bound by judicially imposed timelines in granting assent to state l... Read More


u.s. okays javelin, excalibur sales

NEW DELHI, Nov. 21 -- India is set to import Excalibur artillery munition and the Javelin anti-tank missile system from the US at a cost of nearly $93 million to boost the army's operational readiness... Read More


Teen dies by suicide after heated spat over language in local train

THANE, Nov. 21 -- A 19-year-old college student from Kalyan died by suicide on Tuesday evening, hours after a heated spat with co-passengers in a crowded local train over the language he used to ask c... Read More


Construction to be halted if AQI is 200+

MUMBAI, Nov. 21 -- In light of rising air pollution with the advent of winter, Mumbai's civic body has sounded a warning for construction sites and industries: if the air quality index (AQI) of a ward... Read More