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'Incestuous sexual assault shakes trust'

India, Aug. 7 -- Incestuous sexual violence by a parent tears through the foundational fabric of familial trust and must invite the severest condemnation in both language and sentence, the Supreme Cou... Read More


'Homes in projects stalled due to NGT order may be dearer by 7-8%'

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- Although the Supreme Court on Tuesday restored the power of the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) in all states to approve realty projects measuring over 20,000 s... Read More


Drunk constable rams car into two-wheeler in Ghansoli; bystanders catch, confront him

NAVI MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- A serving constable of the Mumbai Police was booked on Tuesday after he allegedly drove under the influence of alcohol and rammed his car into a two-wheeler in broad daylight in... Read More


cop held for taking bribe; constable flees with loot

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is on the lookout for a constable who fled with a bribe of Rs.25,000 while the female police sub-inspector who allegedly demanded the bribe has been ... Read More


State plans to have NCC-like training for kids from Class 1

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- Maharashtra school education department is exploring the idea of introducing National Cadet Corps-like training for school students starting from Class 1. A high-level meeting was he... Read More


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