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Mid-day meals serve expired energy bars with glass shards

MUMBAI, March 18 -- Energy bars or nutribars meant to support the mid-day meal programme in Mumbai's municipal schools triggered a stormy discussion among corporators on Tuesday. Mayor Ritu Tawde dire... Read More


A surgeon's photographic journey into stillness with quiet precision

MUMBAI, March 18 -- At first glance, Ishrat Syed appears to inhabit two distinct worlds-of the precise and interventionist surgeon, and of the patient and receptive photographer. Yet in 'My Silk Road'... Read More


Frauds promise Bandra flat, dupe polio patient of Rs.1.3 cr

MUMBAI, March 18 -- The Bandra police have arrested a man for allegedly defrauding a 55-year-old polio-affected woman by luring her with the promise of a flat in an ongoing construction project in Ban... Read More


IIT-B pre-summit to host 137 startups

Mumbai, March 18 -- As many as 137 startups from across the country will converge at IIT Bombay in Powai this weekend to showcase their ideas at the Bharat Innovates Deep-Tech Pre-Summit, a platform a... Read More


Proceedings against ex-DRDO scientist shifted to JMFC court

Pune, March 18 -- Proceedings in the espionage case against former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist Pradeep Kurulkar have taken a key procedural turn. A sessions court ha... Read More


Puris and papads off at Rama Nayak's

MUMBAI, March 17 -- Perched unobtrusively on the first floor of the municipal market right outside Matunga (Central) station, A Rama Nayak's Udipi Shri Krishna Boarding - founded in 1942 by the pionee... Read More


Navi Mumbai factories fear closure as war in West Asia cripples supply chain, shuts eateries

Navi Mumbai, March 17 -- The spiralling war in West Asia and disruption in ship movement via the Strait of Hormuz is leaving a heavy toll on the Navi Mumbai-Panvel-Uran economic corridor. A large chun... Read More


Why a caterer replaced modak with shrikhand

MUMBAI, March 17 -- On a busy afternoon at Nikhil Caterers' central kitchen in Dadar, its owner Nikhil Tipnis is in the midst of an unusual negotiation - he is gently persuading a long-time client to ... Read More


Police deployed to curb LPG blackmarketing: Min

Mumbai, March 17 -- Food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Monday informed the legislative council that the state government has authorised police protection for liquefied petroleum gas (... Read More


Mayor Tawde dismisses LoP's demand for a security guard

MUMBAI, March 17 -- A fresh disagreement erupted at the BMC on Monday after Kishori Pednekar, leader of the opposition (LOP), wrote to the civic administration seeking deployment of security personnel... Read More