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Fire in Kamothe apartment kills 17-year-old girl and her mother

PANVEL, Oct. 22 -- A fire ripped through a residential flat in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai early on Tuesday morning, killing a 17-year-old and her mother. Fire officials suspect that an electrical fault coup... Read More


A Mumbai warhorse readies for its final journey

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- While Mumbai dazzles in the festival of light, a familiar silhouette fades from its streets. The last of the BEST's 11-metre-long buses - one of 500 inducted in 2009 - is set to mak... Read More


26-yr-old mistaken for thief, beaten to death

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- A 26-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death on Saturday night by staff members and labourers working at a housing society in Goregaon, suspecting him to be a mobile thief. The p... Read More


VVCMC to step up demolition drive, to use explosives

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- Grappling with an avalanche of unauthorised constructions, the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) has decided to blast its way through the problem, quite literally. With... Read More


Blaze in Vashi bldg engulfs six flats; 4 dead, 10 injured

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- Four persons, including a six-year-old child and an 84-year-old bedridden woman, were killed and 10 others suffered injuries after a fire broke out at Raheja Residency, a housi... Read More


2 men cheat cancer patient by assuring MHADA flat at Rs.30L

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- The Vikhroli police registered an FIR on Monday against two men for allegedly defrauding a cancer patient, under the guise of providing him a cheap MHADA house from a "special schem... Read More


Bankrupt HDIL's 426-acre Dahisar plot to be auctioned

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- One of the land parcels of the collapsed Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) is up for grabs. The 426-acre plot, situated at Dahisar West, was mortgaged to take a ... Read More


Fire crackers push AQI up to 211, showers bring relief

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- The large-scale bursting of firecrackers throughout the city in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, which was Day 1 of Diwali, significantly affected the air quality in man... Read More


Forts hold their own in housing societies during Diwali

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- Celebrating Maharashtra's vibrant heritage and its landscape studded with ancient fortifications, local communities are outdoing themselves this Diwali with elaborate fort-themed Di... Read More


HC quashes FIRs against rakhi Sawant and ex-husband

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- The Bombay High Court recently quashed the FIRs registered against Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant and her ex-husband Aadil Khan after the duo decided to withdraw all allegations again... Read More