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44 Somalian pirates get life sentence for '24 hijacking case

MUMBAI, July 21 -- A Mumbai sessions court on Monday sentenced 44 Somalian pirates to life imprisonment, nearly a month after they pleaded guilty to hijacking two vessels in the Gulf of Aden in 2024 a... Read More


103 unrecognised law colleges get 6 months to obtain BCI approval

MUMBAI, July 21 -- The state's higher and technical education department has given 103 law colleges in Maharashtra six months to obtain approval from the Bar Council of India (BCI) after it was found ... Read More


Woman kills partner, keeps body under tap

THANE, July 21 -- The Manpada police in Dombivli on Monday recovered a chopped, decomposed body from a rented apartment, after the tenant allegedly sent a voice message to the flat owner, saying she h... Read More


BEST bus rams into divider; 1 dead

MUMBAI, July 21 -- A pedestrian was killed and ten others were injured when a BEST bus crashed into a road divider at Mankhurd on the Sion-Panvel highway on Monday morning. Among the injured were the ... Read More


'Brakes failed, so I rammed the divider to avoid hitting people'

MUMBAI, July 21 -- A pedestrian unused to Mumbai's chaotic streets, a BEST bus driver who says the brakes failed, and passengers who complain that buses on route 501 are routinely in poor condition. A... Read More


Rs.45 cr approved for AI-enabled bird park project in Bhandup

MUMBAI, July 21 -- The Mumbai Suburban District Planning and Development Committee (DPDC) has approved Rs.45 crore for the Bhandup Bird Park project, an eco-tourism facility planned inside the Thane C... Read More


Wadias' Thane plot price slashed as banks look to recover dues

THANE, July 21 -- The Central Bank of India has once again put Wadia Realty's nearly 95-acre land parcel on Ghodbunder Road in Thane on the auction block, slashing the reserve price by more than Rs.15... Read More


245k engineering applications confirmed

Mumbai, July 21 -- A total of 245,000 students have confirmed their applications for first-year engineering (BE/BTech) admissions in Maharashtra after the State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell complet... Read More


BMC schools yet to receive free supplies

Mumbai, July 21 -- Although more than a month has passed since the academic year commenced at schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a majority of the 310,000 students enrolled i... Read More


'Citizens bearing brunt of fake birth certificate crackdown'

MUMBAI, July 21 -- The BMC's crackdown following the detection of nearly 20,000 allegedly bogus birth certificates dominated discussions in the civic body's House on Monday, with corporators across pa... Read More