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Rainfall in state claims at least 6 lives in 2 days

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Various parts of the state, including rain-deficit Marathwada, witnessed a heavy downpour since Friday evening, resulting in a rise in the water levels of dams and reservoirs. The d... Read More


Vikhroli Parksite mudslide buries 2

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- At Varsha Nagar in Vikhroli Parksite, fear is a constant companion and denial a survival tool. But time ran out for a father and his teenage daughter in the early hours of Saturday,... Read More


Police bust cable theft racket in Sion, arrest 15 posing as MTNL workers

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- It looked like routine repair work. A JCB machine at the site, men in reflective safety jackets digging up the road in the dead of night, even documents to show they were contractor... Read More


Schools not exempt from environment protection rules: SC

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Industrial sheds, schools, colleges and hostels for educational institutions will no longer benefit from an exemption from obtaining environmental clearances under the Environment I... Read More


State govt to lease farmland to increase forest cover, boost eco-tourism

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- The state is chalking out a new forest conservation policy that will allow the government to lease private agricultural land for tree plantation, thereby increasing forest cover fro... Read More


State govt forms rules forchild artistes, with riders

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- The state government has decided to amend the Maharashtra Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1997, and set up a taskforce in 36 districts to draw up a comprehensive ac... Read More


Two dead, 95 injured during Dahi Handi

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Despite heavy rains, Dahi Handi festivities on Saturday saw large turnouts across the city and Thane, but also left two people dead and 95 injured, including two in critical conditi... Read More


Chhetri's omission: A question of answers

Kolkata, Aug. 17 -- At 10.44pm on Independence Day it became clear that Sunil Chhetri will not figure in Khalid Jamil's plans for the CAFA Nations Cup, the new India head coach's first assignment begi... Read More


'Rs.150/sq ft bribe rate fixed under ex-VVCMC chief'

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting a money laundering probe into the construction of 41 illegal, now-demolished buildings in Vasai East, has found that former VVC... Read More


29 villages of Palghar added back to VVCMC

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- In a notice issued on August 14, the state government included 29 villages of Palghar district in the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC). The districts, which were a par... Read More