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Gangster Dawood Ibrahim's remaining properties auctioned

MUMBAI, March 20 -- After at least four failed attempts since 2017, the competent authority under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEMA) has finally foun... Read More


Mobile blackout set to hit Aqua Line as MMRCL junks contract

Mumbai, March 20 -- Commuters on the 33.5-km Aqua line or Mumbai Metro 3 may soon face total mobile and internet blackout as the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) has terminated its contra... Read More


Water metro plan for MMR gets CM's nod

MUMBAI, March 20 -- The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has unveiled an ambitious plan to develop a 36-route water metro network across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, aimed at carrying up to 18 mill... Read More


3 acquitted in 16-year-old arms act case

MUMBAI, March 20 -- Sixteen years after they were arrested allegedly for possessing illegal weapons including a carbine and over 70 live cartridges, a magistrate's court has acquitted three individual... Read More


Two weeks on, civic officials assaulted again by hawkers

Mumbai, March 20 -- Less than two weeks after officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were attacked during an anti-encroachment drive in Kandivali, civic officials were once again al... Read More


Kharat built an empire mingling with the powerful

PUNE/NASHIK, March 20 -- For over two decades since he retired from the merchant navy, Ashok Kharat, 67, cultivated an aura that charmed the wealthy and powerful such as politicians, realtors and busi... Read More


SIT to probe rape allegations against self-styled 'godman'

MUMBAI, March 20 -- Maharashtra government on Thursday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of rape against self-styled godman and numerologist Ashok Kharat, even as pol... Read More


State to set up first translation academy after Marathi gets classical status

MUMBAI, March 20 -- The Maharashtra government will establish the state's first translation academy to promote Marathi language and literature. The move comes soon after Marathi was granted the status... Read More


Sr citizen critically injured after being hit by BMC dumper

Mumbai, March 20 -- A 76-year-old woman was critically injured after being hit by a garbage dumper operated by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mahim on Wednesday morning. Police have r... Read More


UP hosp staffer held for rape after deaf-mute patient found pregnant

KANPUr, March 20 -- A contractual sanitation worker of the psychiatry ward of the Saifai-based Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS) has been arrested on charges of rape after a 38-year... Read More