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CBI court refuses to release Choksi's aide in PNB fraud

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- A special court constituted under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday rejected a plea by Sunil Bajranglal Varma, former international business head of fugitive diama... Read More


don't panic if you hear sirens in fort today

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- The civic body has asked citizens not to panic or assume there is an emergency if they hear sirens go off in South Mumbai on Thursday and Friday. The BMC will be testing prototype si... Read More


'Activist', aide booked forRs.2cr extortion bid

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) of the crime branch has booked a man posing as a social activist and his accomplice for allegedly threatening and trying to extort around Rs.2 crore fro... Read More


Court warns mayor Tawde of bail cancellation for continuos absence

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- The sessions court on Wednesday imposed a Rs.1,000 cost on each of three accused, including Mumbai mayor Ritu Tawde, for repeatedly avoiding personal appearance in a 2016 assault cas... Read More


Unease in NCP over conceding seat to BJP

Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- Discontent is brewing within the Sunetra Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) again, this time over the party's failure to secure the Pune graduates' constituency as part of th... Read More


MPSC training exam cancelled at Pune and Nanded centres

PUNE, Oct. 8 -- The screening examination for selecting candidates for pre-training for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission's (MPSC) Combined Group B and C examinations has been cancelled at two... Read More


CM meets Shah, seeks central assistance to tackle drought; war room operational in Latur

Mumbai/Pune, Oct. 8 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday met union home minister Amit Shah and union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and discussed the severe drought situation i... Read More


Public toilet deaths: FIR against factory for storing toxic substances

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- Nearly 10 days after two young men died after inhaling poisonous gas inside a public toilet in Goregaon, the Vanrai police have registered an FIR against a metal plating unit for all... Read More


HC on MPSC protesters: 'They are students, not anti-nationals'

Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- Protesters demanding greater transparency in Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exams have the right to agitate if they believe there are lapses in the recruitment process,... Read More


As wholesale banana prices fall to Rs.5/kg, farmer destroys crop

Pune, Oct. 8 -- Wholesale banana prices have fallen to their lowest levels in drought-hit Jalgaon, Maharashtra's largest banana-producing district, amid export disruptions to conflict-hit West Asia. I... Read More