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Truck Driver run over while changing tyres on atal setu

NAVI MUMBAI, April 25 -- A 46-year-old truck driver was killed after an unidentified vehicle knocked him down and fled while he was changing a tyre on the Mumbai-Panvel stretch of Atal Setu on Thursda... Read More


BMC initiates groundwork for desilting lakes

Mumbai, April 25 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started the process to desilt its drinking water lakes, with surveys underway to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) and assess... Read More


'All educated people should speak up for city'

MUMBAI, April 25 -- "No one wants to be an activist," chuckles Alan Abraham, 51, joint principal architect at Abraham John Architects (AJA), an architecture and urban planning firm, founded by his fat... Read More


Cancer patient dies by suicide

Mumbai, April 25 -- A 25-year-old man undergoing treatment for blood cancer at KEM Hospital died by suicide on Friday morning. The man was reportedly depressed due to the prolonged illness, which coul... Read More


Haji Noorani residents given 1 week to vacate

MUMBAI, April 25 -- Residents of Haji Noorani Chawl, the second of two buildings required at Elphinstone for the construction of the Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor received a reprieve on Friday after t... Read More


Inviting pvt players to run schools on BMC land draws flak

MUMBAI, April 25 -- The civic education committee is opposing the public private partnership (PPP) model in the BMC's school education department. Under this policy, six plots owned by the BMC reserve... Read More


State to launch 'MahaSarathi': a unified database

Mumbai, April 25 -- In a move to simplify access to welfare schemes and cut down on paperwork, the Maharashtra government is set to launch 'MahaSarathi', a unified citizen database, likely on May 1. T... Read More


Rule mandating Marathi for drivers sparks political stir

MUMBAI, April 25 -- Amid the tussle between unions and the state government after the latter's push for Marathi language proficiency among auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers, the transport department decl... Read More


HC denies bail to UP bizman arrested in Baba Siddique murder case

MUMBAI, April 25 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of a businessman from Uttar Pradesh arrested in 2014 for his alleged role in the murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) l... Read More


Unions launch signature drive against Marathi mandate

MUMBAI, April 25 -- Auto-rickshaw and taxi unions across Mumbai launched a mass signature campaign on Friday opposing the state government's directive mandating Marathi language proficiency for driver... Read More