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Taliban regime unveils plans to build dams on Kunar river

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has unveiled plans to build dams on the Kunar river, a move that could restrict water flows to Pakistan's Indus river, with the development comi... Read More


TRUMP SCRAPS CANADA TRADE TALKS OVER ANTI-TARIFF AD

Washington, Oct. 25 -- US President Donald Trump said he was ending "all trade negotiations" with Canada because of a television ad opposing US tariffs that uses a voice-over by former President Ronal... Read More


US to expand use of face scans at borders

India, Oct. 25 -- The US will expand the use of facial recognition technology to track non-citizens entering and leaving the country in order to combat visa overstays and passport fraud, according to ... Read More


Amended law aiding redevpt of cessed bldgs

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Two years after the state amended the Mhada Act to fast-track the redevelopment of dilapidated cessed and non-cessed buildings in the island city, it has started getting results. In... Read More


Woman jailed for 7 years for trafficking minor girl

THANE, Oct. 25 -- A sessions court has sentenced a 51-year-old woman from Dahisar to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for trafficking and sexually exploiting a minor girl, following a police trap ... Read More


BMC, MMRDA get legal notice over plan to fell 706 trees on EEH

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- In yet another step in the growing opposition to the proposed felling of 706 trees along the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) for an elevated road project, a legal notice has been serv... Read More


24-year-old stabs former girlfriend, dies by suicide

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- A 24-year-old man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death and later died by suicide at Kalachowki on Friday morning. Police said the incident took place at around 10.30am at Dattaram Lad... Read More


Behave, we're tracking your phones: BJP's Bawankule tells party workers

NAGPUR/MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- Senior BJP leader and state revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has kicked up a controversy after claiming in a party meeting that the mobile phones and WhatsApp activi... Read More


41 yrs on, HC refuses to stall redevpt of graft-hit Pratibha

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- The Bombay High Court has refused to stall the redevelopment of the controversial Pratibha Tower in the upscale Breach Candy area of south Mumbai. It has allowed the housing society... Read More


HC orders BMC to clear debris on defunct cycling track in Sion East

Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove debris and garbage from a plot of land on Flank Road in Sion (East), where a defunct cyclin... Read More