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Patankar: India's oldest Test player

Mumbai, April 11 -- During his playing days, cricketer Chandrakant Patankar largely lived in the shadow of more accomplished players. Because his career coincided with that of the late Naren Tamhane, ... Read More


2-year-old stuck in Ujjain borewell dies

India, April 11 -- The body of a two-year-old boy who fell into a 200-foot borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain was recovered on Friday after a 22-hour rescue operation. The boy, identified as Bhagirat... Read More


'Civil war' between 2 chimpanzee factions

India, April 11 -- For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting, travelling and groo... Read More


451 illegally stored LPG cylinders seized in raid

MUMBAI, April 11 -- In a crackdown on LPG black marketing triggered by the ongoing West Asia crisis, the food and civil supplies department seized 451 LPG cylinders and eight vehicles from the Wadi Bu... Read More


School bus rules beefed up post Badlapur case

Mumbai, April 11 -- The state government has published the amended school bus rules, outlining a set of strict conditions that school managements and transport operators must follow while ferrying stu... Read More


two fort road contractors booked for noc violations

MUMBAI, April 11 -- Two contractors carrying out road repairs in Fort have been booked by the Azad Maidan traffic division for allegedly violating No Objection Certificate (NOC) conditions and causing... Read More


BMC wrests control of Cuffe Parade garden from residents

MUMBAI, April 11 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took back control of the verdant Cuffe Parade Residents' Association (CPRA) Greens Garden from the association on Thursday, following r... Read More


Again, MMRDA contractor flouts dust-control norms at Laxmi Niwas

Mumbai, April 11 -- Construction work on the Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector at Elphinstone Road is once again violating dust mitigation norms. Demolition of Laxmi Niwas, one of the two buildings being... Read More


RailOne app's geo-fencing glitch exposes its inherent flawed design

Mumbai, April 11 -- A geo-fencing glitch in the newly launched RailOne ticketing app has left Central Railway (CR) officials scrambling, after it emerged that passengers can book unreserved tickets wh... Read More


State to issue Thane-Mira Rd metro tender next week

Mumbai, April 11 -- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will float a tender next week for construction of Metro line 10, which will connect Gaimukh on Ghodbunder Road with Shi... Read More