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2 men shot at in Taloja over lift contract spat

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- A dispute over lift maintenance contracts and unpaid dues allegedly ended in gunfire in Taloja Phase 2 early Saturday, with two men shot. Police arrested four men from Pune and are ... Read More


Air disaster upon Mumbai; state mulls mitigation plans

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Worried about rising air pollution in various cities in Maharashtra, the state environment department plans to launch the Maharashtra Clean Air Programme (M-CAP). This would be a lo... Read More


Andheri air 'poor' with 206 AQI; haze grips city

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- A thick layer of haze hung over Mumbai on Saturday as the city's air quality deteriorated, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) rising to 120 from 101 (moderate) a day earlier, ... Read More


Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) join protest against felling of 32k trees in Karjat

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- With the forest department handing out permission to chop over 32,000 trees for a proposed 3,000-MW hydroelectric project in Saidongar and nearby areas in Karjat, Shiv Sena (UBT) le... Read More


NMMC plans daily water cap of 150l per person despite rejecting cuts

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Navi Mumbai residents could see their daily water allowance reduced to 150 litres per person down from 200 litres, despite the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation's (NMMC) genera... Read More


Dharavi man booked for 24 voter deletion bids

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Following a complaint by a Congress MLA, the election authorities have registered the first FIR in the state against a Dharavi resident for submitting 24 applications seeking the de... Read More


Aaditya demands stay on Thane data centre

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray demanded a stay on the Thane AI data centre project until an expert committee headed by Dr Anil Kakodkar submitted its report, citing reside... Read More


BOI officer booked for siphoning off Rs.20.5L via fake entries

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- A Bank of India officer has been booked by Dadar police for allegedly siphoning off Rs.20.5 lakh from two internal branch accounts through five unauthorised transactions over nearly... Read More


CBI officer dismissed in 2017 reinstated while graft trial continues

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- A CBI officer dismissed after being arrested in a Rs.50 lakh bribery case in 2017 is back in service, even as he continues to face trial in the graft case. Former deputy superintend... Read More


BJP accuses Raut of fabricating Jarange tapes

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Days after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil played audio clips that allegedly referred to a Rs 500-crore bribe given to him by deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde to form ... Read More