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SC upholds order on MGNREGA in Bengal

India, Oct. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta high court order which directed that MGNREGA, the 100-day job guarantee scheme, be implemented prospe... Read More


2023 IIT-B report flagged low survival rate of Aarey saplings

Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- A 2023 report by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay found a poor survival rate of saplings planted by MMRCL as part of compensatory afforestation in Aarey Colony. A thr... Read More


HC: Flat occupant using common facilities can't refuse maintenance

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has ruled that an occupant of a flat in a co-operative housing society cannot refuse to pay monthly maintenance charges if they continue to use the building's ... Read More


Ex-VVCMC chief urges state govt to reinstate him

Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- Former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar, who spent nearly two months in jail in connection with the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money launde... Read More


Will revoke nods: SC raps state for poor afforestation

Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Maharashtra government over the compensatory afforestation carried out in lieu of trees cut in Aarey forest to make way for infrastructure pr... Read More


School bus driver held for threatening kids' parents

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- A 37-year-old school bus owner-driver was arrested for trying to extort money from several parents by sending them threatening messages claiming he would kidnap their children if th... Read More


Yellow alert: IMD says rain to go on till Oct 29

Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- Unseasonal rains are expected to continue in the city as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has extended its 'yellow alert' till Wednesday. As per the IMD, the city is likely... Read More


State govt clears Rs.87 crore to build 12-storey court complex in Mulund

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- In a major development, the state law and judiciary department has granted administrative approval to demolish the ageing Mulund court building, one of the oldest government structu... Read More


Aaditya finds 19.3k 'suspicious' voters in Worli constituency

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- Taking a leaf out of Rahul Gandhi's book, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday made a presentation on alleged anomalies in the voter list of his constituency, Worli, c... Read More


police nab man who helped fake scientist forge BARC ID

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- Ten days after the arrest of a 55-year-old Versova resident for posing as a nuclear scientist from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the Mumbai Police have now caught the ma... Read More