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HC seeks expert views on air pollution compliance

MUMBAI, Jan. 28 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said that while some steps have been taken to curb air pollution in the city in line with its earlier directions, these were "not sufficient", and s... Read More


BMC budget delayed due to mayoral poll

MUMBAI, Jan. 28 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) budget will be delayed this year, with the mayoral election expected to be held in the first week of February, pushing the presentation ... Read More


35-km metro to link Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports

MUMBAI, Jan. 28 -- The state government has approved a 35-km-long metro line that will connect the Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports. The proposed metro corridor, Line 8, will include a 9.25-km-long und... Read More


Ten days on, BJP-Sena yet to resolve power-sharing feuds

MUMBAI, Jan. 28 -- The BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are at loggerheads once again over power-sharing in key municipal corporations such as Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivli and Ulhasnagar. This has resul... Read More


Varun Dhawan fined Rs.500 for pull-ups inside metro

Mumbai, Jan. 28 -- Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan's brief 'exercise' with his fans - doing a few pull-ups using the grab handles inside a Mumbai Metro compartment on Saturday - has landed him in trouble... Read More


4-yr-old crushed under speaker set up for R-day

MUMBAI, Jan. 28 -- A four-year-old girl died after a large outdoor speaker, installed for a Republic Day programme in a lane at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Nagar in Vikhroli, fell on her on Monday. Accordin... Read More


no more stamp duty on enemy properties

Mumbai, Jan. 28 -- The Maharashtra government has decided to waive stamp duty registration charges on the sale and purchase of so-called "enemy properties" in a move aimed at boosting participation in... Read More


School bus runs over and kills toddler; grandmother injured

MUMBAI, Jan. 28 -- A one-year-old boy was killed and his 68-year-old grandmother was seriously injured after a school bus hit them while they were crossing a narrow street in Girgaon's Khetwadi area o... Read More


Long march likely to be called off

MUMBAI, Jan. 28 -- After an assurance from the state government that it would fulfil their demands in a time-bound manner, the farmers, labourers and fisherfolk whose long march reached Khardi, Shahap... Read More


Student bodies miffed with TISS' draft student council constitution

Mumbai, Jan. 28 -- Nearly two years after student unions were suspended at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, the institute has decided to bring back student representation. On Ja... Read More