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'I spent two months in agony'

India, Aug. 6 -- In April, Ambadas Hundekar, 31, was working his shift at a wine store in Indapur, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, when he felt a shooting pain in his leg. A panicked Ambadas went to the d... Read More


Lease tenure for redevelopment of MSRTC bus stands hiked again, from 60 to 98 years

MUMBAI, Aug. 6 -- Within a year of increasing the lease tenure for private developers constructing Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus stands, the state cabinet on Tuesday approve... Read More


Haemophilia patients in peril as KEM Hospital runs out of drugs for treatment

MUMBAI, Aug. 6 -- KEM Hospital, Mumbai's largest civic-run hospital, has been turning away patients with haemophilia, as it has run out of drugs to treat the condition. Among them was a young woman wh... Read More


notice issued to contractor for hiring fake doc

Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- The VN Desai Hospital in Santacruz issued two show-cause notices on Tuesday to Sai Sanjeevani Agency, a contract organisation that provided trained manpower for the hospital. The inc... Read More


Rod from Metro 5 site falls and pierces head of man in auto

THANE, Aug. 6 -- A 20-year-old man was seriously injured after a metal rod fell from an under-construction metro rail site and pierced his head while he was travelling in an auto-rickshaw in Bhiwandi ... Read More


Navlakha's plea to go to Delhi for 45 days rejected

MUMBAI, Aug. 6 -- The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court recently rejected an application filed by Gautam Navlakha, a civil rights activist booked under the draconian Unlawful Activitie... Read More


Soon, SOPs to curb non-consensual content

BENGALURU, Aug. 6 -- The Union government has set up an expert committee to create a standard operating procedure for combating the spread of non-consensual intimate images (NCII), following direction... Read More


Environmental nod must for constructions over 20K sqm, says SC

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that any construction activity in the country with a built-up area of over 20,000 square metres will require environment clearance as it struck d... Read More


Modi lauds Shah on becoming longest serving Home Minister

NEW DELHI, Aug. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday while acknowledging Union minister Amit Shah as the country's longest serving home minister, said this was just "the beginning" for him, se... Read More


Tejaswin, Indian decathlon's lone ranger, pushes ahead

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- It's been just over a day since Tejaswin Shankar landed from Poland after rewriting his decathlon national record at the Wieslaw Czapiewski Memorial meet, but he has little time o... Read More