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Supplier held at airport in Nesco drug deaths case

MUMBAI, May 2 -- Nearly 20 days after two MBA students died of a suspected overdose after consuming Ecstasy pills along with alcohol at a techno music concert at the Nesco Exhibition Centre in Goregao... Read More


Parel chawl residents resist eviction, seek time till May 30

MUMBAI, May 2 -- When officials arrived late on Thursday night to snap power lines, residents of Haji Noorani Chawl in Elphinstone refused to budge, triggering a tense stand-off that spilled into Frid... Read More


SGNP puts Rs.10K annual pass hike on hold after backlash

MUMBAI, May 2 -- A proposed 26-fold hike in annual passes at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, from Rs.383 to Rs.10,000 for regular visitors and from Rs.45 to Rs.5,000 for senior citizens, has been put on ... Read More


After Iran ordeal, peace and stability feel surreal, say seafarers

MUMBAI, May 2 -- When they set sail from Jebel Ali in Dubai to Khorramshahr in Iran on February 28, they were full of hope. For three Indian seafarers on cargo carrier MV Ilda, the voyage across the S... Read More


BJP-Sena turf war intensifies in a scramble to broaden reach

MUMBAI, May 2 -- The growing feud between leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena - partners in the ruling Mahayuti coalition - reflects their competing efforts to expand their footp... Read More


Accused posted fiancee's pvt photographs before crime

Mumbai, May 2 -- A 27-year-old man accused of killing his fiancee and her mother in Virar allegedly circulated the woman's private photographs after her family opposed the marriage. The victims, Nancy... Read More


Frauds powered by AI: The evolution of Jamtara boys

India, May 2 -- Over the last week, technology journalists started to talk of a surge in synthetic loan applications powered by generative AI. In one documented case, a mid-sized digital lender receiv... Read More


Rs.58-crore cyber fraud accused gets bail due to lack of evidence

MUMBAI, May 2 -- The sessions court granted bail to Bipingiri Rameshgiri Goswami, an accused in a Rs.58.13-crore digital arrest fraud case, because the prosecution failed to produce independent materi... Read More


15 years on, CBI court convicts PNB official, 7 others in fake LC scam

MUMBAI, May 2 -- A special CBI court on Thursday convicted eight people, including a senior Punjab National Bank (PNB) official, for defrauding State Bank of India (SBI) of Rs.8.64 crore through forge... Read More


MSRDC eyes pvt land for green scheme; slammed

MUMBAI, May 2 -- The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation's (MSRDC) aspiration to acquire several hectares of privately owned land parcels for afforestation across the state has drawn critic... Read More