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Parties should eschew discrimination over caste and creed: CJI

MUMBAI, July 9 -- "India achieved freedom after a long battle, and if the freedom has to be sustained, political parties will have to put discrimination over caste and creed aside and ensure that the ... Read More


MNS, Sena (UBT) defy cops to stage protest march at Mira Rd

MUMBAI, July 9 -- Tensions escalated in Mira Road on Tuesday with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena (UBT) leading a massive protest march on the Marathi language controversy - defying pro... Read More


Wall to ring-fence 36 kms of national park

MUMBAI, July 9 -- The state government is building a boundary wall around the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), Borivali, and has plans to install CCTV cameras within to monitor the movement of leop... Read More


new MCZMA committee gets centre's nod

MUMBAI, July 9 -- After eight months, the central government has approved the new Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA). It had earlier rejected two panels that the state had suggested... Read More


Duo who extorted Rs.2.5 cr from CA held for suicide abetment

MUMBAI, July 9 -- Two days after a Santacruz-based 32-year-old chartered accountant died by suicide, the Vakola police arrested a man and a woman, both of whom claim to be models and aspiring actors, ... Read More


Singer, 2 others, booked for video stunt on sea link

Mumbai, July 9 -- The Bandra police on Tuesday evening booked Indian singer-songwriter Yasser Desai, 35, and two others for endangering his life after he climbed the edge of the Bandra Worli Sea Link ... Read More


Man booked for harassing grandmother

MUMBAI, July 9 -- A 27-year-old man from Goregaon was booked on Monday for allegedly harassing his 76-year-old grandmother for money and property. The grandmother, Smita Rajput, told the police that h... Read More


Palava flyover a 'skidding zone', four days after its inauguration

THANE, July 9 -- The Katai-Nilje flyover, commonly known as Palava flyover, was inaugurated on July 4 at the hands of Shiv Sena MLA Rajesh More, from Dombivli. On the same day, two bikers skidded on i... Read More


Panel formed to remove illegal religious bldgs

Mumbai, July 9 -- The state government will appoint a high-level committee under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner to remove illegal religious structures in Mumbai, industries ... Read More


Grateful minister urges alma mater PES educationtrust to go autonomous

MUMBAI, July 9 -- A senior minister, grateful to his alma mater for "shaping his political and public career", has urged the trust that runs the college to apply for autonomous university status. The ... Read More