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CM gives nod to set up authority for revival of rivers in state

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- After a survey by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) found 55 rivers in Maharashtra as polluted, the state government on Tuesday decided to set up Maharashtra State River Rej... Read More


27 residents of Tardeo bldg get 3 weeks to vacate

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted three weeks' time to 27 families residing on the upper 18 floors of a highrise in Tardeo to vacate their flats, which lack an Occupancy Cer... Read More


Sports hub planned beneath racecourse

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- More than 140 years after it first opened, Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse will concede ground to the modern age. Beneath its legendary green, an underground, world-class sports comple... Read More


Abu Salem must serve full prison term of 25 years, till 2030, state tells HC

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- The state government has informed the Bombay High Court that gangster Abu Salem Abdul Qayyum Ansari, one of the convicts in the March 1993 Mumbai serial bombings case, is not entitle... Read More


BMC to recommend heritage tag for Savarkar Sadan again

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday informed the Bombay high court that its Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) will send a fresh recommendation to th... Read More


1 from bishnoi gang among 7 arrested thieves

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- Seven, including one from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang were arrested on Tuesday after the police heard they were on their way to rob a jewellery shop in Mira Road. The anti-extortion sq... Read More


Fadnavis, Shinde name a GM each for BEST in latest tussle

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- A post usually shunned by IAS officers - the general manager of the distressed BEST - ended up with two officers at the helm, leaving the Mahayuti government with egg on its face and... Read More


State speeds up process to attach assets of fraud firms

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- The Maharashtra government wants to speed up the process of attaching properties of firms involved in cheating and swindling investors' money. It has stipulated specific deadlines fo... Read More


NGT takes note of illegal quarrying in Navi Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on August 4, took suo motu cognisance of the alleged illegal quarrying behind the Tata Memorial Hospital's Advanced Centre for Treatment and Educati... Read More


Protestors tear down Dadar kabutarkhana cover, feed pigeons

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- Despite the order by the chief minister and an upcoming Bombay high court hearing, a mob of around 1,000 people descended on the Dadar Kabutarkhana on Wednesday morning. With women t... Read More