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services on Metro 2A and 7 disrupted due to tech glitch

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- Metro services on Lines 2A, from Andheri West to Dahisar East, and Line 7, from Dahisar East to Gundavali, were disrupted on Sunday evening following a technical glitch in the signal... Read More


Auto runs over 65-year-old on morning walk

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- A 65-year-old woman died after being run over by an auto-rickshaw in Khar early on Saturday while she was out for a morning walk. The incident took place around 5am on CB Road near P... Read More


Rapido, Ola booked for 'illegal' bike-taxi ops

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- The police have registered an FIR against the directors Ola and Rapido, for allegedly operating bike-taxi services in Mumbai without permission from the state government or the Regio... Read More


3 education officers suspended over Vasai student death

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- Three officials from the Palghar Zilla Parishad's education department have been suspended for alleged negligence, following an inquiry into the death of a 13-year-old student last m... Read More


GMLR flyover delayed by a yr; BMC fines contractor Rs.2.09 cr

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has imposed a penalty of over Rs.2.09 crore on contractor S P Singla for delays in Phase 3 of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) projec... Read More


Be aggressive, fend off BJP unions: Uddhav

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- After the two recent attempts by BJP-led employee unions to take over the unions of five-star hotels from the Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Bhartiya Kamgar Sena (BKS), Uddhav Thackeray has stepp... Read More


Conservation versus modernity at the Art Deco hub of Mumbai

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- A classic conservation versus modernity battle is gathering steam at India's most famous sea-front. Marine Drive, described by UNESCO as the "Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles ... Read More


HC orders fresh check on Pedder Road 'illegal flat'

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- The Bombay High Court has ordered a fresh verification of whether a premises inside the historic Art Deco Marlboro Housing Society on Pedder Road can legally be treated as an indepen... Read More


Nigerian man walks free after over 8 yrs in jail in drug case

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- The Bombay High Court has acquitted a Nigerian national, Mathew Okako Okofor, 42, in an NDPS case after holding that investigating officers failed to follow the mandatory procedure f... Read More


Sion plot allotted to VHP at Rs.10k/yr for cancer home expansion

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- The Maharashtra government has allotted a prime plot measuring 7,658 square metres in Sion to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) for a period of 30 years, at an annual rent of Rs.10,186... Read More