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Haze persists as experts split on volcanic ash link

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- Mumbai spent Tuesday wrapped in a persistent haze as air quality deteriorated across several parts of the city, even though temperatures stayed slightly above normal. The minimum te... Read More


Labourer falls off 20th floor of partially complete bldg

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- A 24-year-old labourer died after falling from the 20th floor of an under-construction parking tower on Friday. The Wadala Truck Terminus police have booked the site supervisor, sec... Read More


SEC says tweaking quotas could delay local body polls

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- With the Supreme Court deferring the hearing in the case relating to quotas in local bodies to Friday, the state election commission (SEC) says the polls could be delayed. The SEC s... Read More


SC seeks info on local bodies in Maha with quota above 50%

New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought information on the number of Maharashtra local bodies where total reservation exceeds the 50% benchmark , observing that election to these bod... Read More


BMC starts voter roll clean-up

Mumbai, Nov. 26 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday began the long process of weeding out 1.1 million duplicate names in the draft voter list. The civic body clarified that thes... Read More


Actor accuses husband of domestic abuse

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- Former actor and model Celina Jaitly has filed a domestic violence case against her estranged husband, Austrian hotelier Peter Haag, before a metropolitan magistrate court. On Tuesd... Read More


1 dead, 13 hospitalised due to gas leak in Vasai

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- A 59-year-old man died and 13 others, including five fire brigade personnel, were hospitalised after chlorine gas leaked from an old cylinder in Vasai East on Tuesday afternoon, tri... Read More


Kalyan college gets legal notice after students forced to apologise for namaz

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- A legal notice was sent on Tuesday to Ideal College, Kalyan, where three Muslim pharmacy students were forced by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal to apologise for off... Read More


D-gang drug ring: Siddhant Kapoor quizzed for five hours

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- The anti-narcotics cell (ANC) of Mumbai police crime branch on Tuesday questioned actor Siddhant Kapoor for around five hours in connection with the probe into an alleged drug traff... Read More


'Liberal' SGNP draft plan to be revised

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- The state forest department has raised a series of objections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Draft Zonal Master Plan for the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) surrounding ... Read More