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How NCPA is helping underprivileged kids turn into classical dancers

MUMBAI, Feb. 16 -- If someone had told 12-year-old Manas Ahire, a slum boy from Filterpada, Powai, that he would one day be a classical dance teacher, he would have probably dismissed it out of hand. ... Read More


Police registers FIR against Maharashtra Cong chief Sapkal

PUNE, Feb. 16 -- The Pune City Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal in connection with remarks made during a media interac... Read More


Sanjay Raut expresses displeasure over Uddhav, Raj staying off ZP campaign

MUMBAI, Feb. 16 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday indirectly questioned his party leadership's decision to stay away from campaigning in the recent Zilla Parishad (ZP) elections, saying ther... Read More


First test for new deputy CM

India, Feb. 16 -- After his staffer was caught red handed accepting a bribe, Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) minister Narhari Zirwal has found himself in trouble. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) ... Read More


Ruckus outside Cong office in Pune over Sapkal remark

PUNE, Feb. 16 -- Violence broke out outside the Congress Bhavan in Pune on Sunday after BJP workers protested against a controversial remark by Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal, trig... Read More


Coastal Rd work halted briefly as residents panic over tremors

MUMBAI, Feb. 16 -- Work on the Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road project was temporarily halted on Saturday after test piling activity triggered panic among residents of Charkop in Kandivali West. The re... Read More


Thane mayor seeks urgent steps over water crisis

Thane, Feb. 16 -- The newly-elected Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) mayor Sharmila Rohit Pimpalolkar convened her first official meeting with civic officials on Friday, placing the city's worsening ... Read More


HC orders inclusion of experts in panel on Ulhas river pollution

MUMBAI, Feb. 16 -- The Bombay High Court has ordered the reconstitution of a High Court-Constituted Committee (HCCC) to address the discharge of untreated waste into the Ulhas River, warning the munic... Read More


Nine booked in Rs.24-cr Arunachal road scam

MUMBAI, Feb. 16 -- Six officials of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) have been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly cleari... Read More


maha issues work order for 2 Karjat dams to boost water supply

India, Feb. 16 -- Mumbai: The state government has issued work orders for two dams in Karjat with a total storage capacity of 18.954 thousand million cubic feet (TMC), ending a nearly two-decade dry s... Read More