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Protect interfaith couple: HC to police

India, Aug. 15 -- The choice to marry someone from a different faith is safeguarded under the fundamental right to life and personal liberty, even if it challenges social norms and family expectations... Read More


SC pulls up NHAI for levying toll despite road, traffic woes

India, Aug. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for collecting toll from commuters despite unfinished roadworks and chronic traffic snarls, as... Read More


MBBS cutoffs in state drop sharply as merit list announced

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- Cutoff marks for MBBS admissions in Maharashtra have fallen significantly this year, with the State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell attributing the slide to a tougher NEET paper and... Read More


'You are lying': Crucial witness in Jaipur Exp shootout tells defence, sticks to testimony

Mumbai, Aug. 15 -- The trial of former Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary - accused of shooting down his senior officer and three identifiably Muslim passengers on board t... Read More


Vasai illegal bldgs: Former civic officials in ED custody, assets of ex-town planner under lens

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has launched an investigation into the alleged disproportionate assets of YS Reddy, former deputy director of town planning at the Vasai-Virar City ... Read More


Unsafe BMC school wins special award

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- A civic-run school in south Mumbai - Colaba Municipal School -- recently declared unsafe following which its students were relocated to nearby municipal schools recently, has made i... Read More


Maybach runs over homeless woman near carter road

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- The police on Wednesday arrested a 41-year-old chauffeur of a Maybach for running over and killing a 60-year-old homeless woman while she was sitting by the roadside and having tea ... Read More


Oppn, citizen's groups plan stir against PSA

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- Civil society groups, non-profits and opposition parties in Maharashtra have planned a coordinated movement against the controversial Maharashtra Special Public Security (MSPS) Bill... Read More


Sholay celebrates 50 yrs with merchandise, vinyls and a fiery climax

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- Sholay, the 1975 blockbuster, has sustained its cult status in the history of cinema as it exists in actual and inherited memory of generations of movie-goers - its characters and t... Read More


HC refuses nod for Dahi Handi at Bhandup chowk amid Sena-MNS row

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday declined to grant permission for holding the Dahi Handi festival at Ashok Kedare Chowk in Bhandup West to either the Shiv Sena or the Maharashtra N... Read More