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GST collections rise 4.6% to Rs.1.96 lakh-crore in October

New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in October neared Rs.1.96 lakh crore - the fifth highest monthly collection since the tax regime's 2017 launch despite consumers postpon... Read More


Oppn marches against 'vote theft', to move court

MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- Opposition leaders from the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) along with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) participated in the "Satyacha Morcha", on Saturday, to protest against alleged ... Read More


BJP protests MVA's 'fake narrative'

MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- Calling the Opposition's march against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls an attempt to "set a fake narrative", sensing their defeat in the ensuing local body polls, the Bhara... Read More


Row in Kerala over poverty declaration

India, Nov. 2 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday declared that the state was free of extreme poverty, a claim that the Opposition termed as "fraud". Vijayan made the announcement in... Read More


10-yr-old girl rescued from sex abuse; 70-year-old NRI man, mother arrested

NAVI MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Navi Mumbai Police stormed a Taloja flat on October 30, rescuing a 10-year-old girl from the clutches of a 70-year-old London-based NRI... Read More


Rs.5.3-cr forex trading fraud drives woman to die by suicide

NAVI MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- In yet another tragic case, a digital cyberfraud pushed his victim to die by suicide. When a 36-year-old woman was defrauded of over Rs.5.3 crore over two years, the months of f... Read More


Leprosy now a 'notifiable disease', every case to be reported to state

MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- The Maharashtra government has declared leprosy a notifiable disease, making it mandatory for all healthcare providers to report every diagnosed case within two weeks to district hea... Read More


Restaurants can serve herbal hookah: HC

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- The Bombay High Court recently ruled that restaurants are permitted to serve hookahs that do not contain tobacco or nicotine, hearing a petition filed by a few restaurateurs earlier ... Read More


Light rain cools Mum, showers likely till Tue

Mumbai, Nov. 1 -- The city witnessed light rain throughout the day on Friday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting similar weather conditions till November 4. "The cyclonic circu... Read More


Kids told they'd be 'kidnapped' for film

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- The terrifying hostage crisis that played out in Powai on Thursday had been meticulously planned by the now-deceased hostage-taker and short filmmaker, Rohit Aarrya, who held 17 teen... Read More