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'Should infra come at the cost of our children?'

MUMBAI, July 14 -- A day before her birthday on May 13, doctors at Hinduja Hospital in Khar told Aarika Srivastav's parents that their 14-year-old daughter was brain-dead. For Aarika's mother Binal, i... Read More


MSRTC to earn Rs.600 cr a year by renting out 251 bus depots

Mumbai, July 14 -- The cash-strapped Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has proposed commercialising its 251 bus depots across the state under the public-private partnership (PPP) mo... Read More


Mira Road may lose bus depot to pay-and-park facility, auto stand

MUMBAI, July 14 -- A prime plot measuring 37,000 sq m near Mira Road railway station, reserved for a bus depot, could be turned into a pay-and-park facility and an autorickshaw stand, greatly shrinkin... Read More


Convention centre will fund housing: Mhada defends plan

Mumbai, July 14 -- The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) has defended its controversial proposal to change the land-use reservation of the Neville D'Souza Football Ground at B... Read More


sobo jewellery firm Manager siphons off gold worth Rs.6 crore

Mumbai, July 14 -- A manager employed by a south Mumbai jewellery firm allegedly siphoned off 6.12 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs.6 crore from the company's manufacturing unit in Dagina Bazaar, Mumbade... Read More


Nair hosp to get city's first disaster ward

MUMBAI, July 14 -- More than a century after it was established, Dr BYL Nair Hospital at Mumbai Central is set to become the first civic-run hospital to have a dedicated disaster management ward, a fi... Read More


Why an Elkunchwar play waited 20 years to be staged

MUMBAI, July 14 -- For two decades, it existed more as rumour than theatre. Among actors and directors in Marathi theatre, Mahesh Elkunchwar's 'Eka Natacha Mrityu' ('ENM, An Actor Exits') acquired an ... Read More


53.8k girls secure seats in first special Class 11 admission round

MUMBAI, July 14 -- The state government's first special Class 11 admission round for girls, introduced this year to encourage higher education among female students, has received an overwhelming respo... Read More


HC nixes objections to charcoal phaseout, backs clean fuel push

MUMBAI, July 14 -- Observing that efforts to curb air pollution would fail without the cooperation of all stakeholders, the Bombay High Court on Monday declined to consider fresh objections raised by ... Read More


Is this the solution to manhole deaths?

Mumbai, July 14 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to introduce a prototype 'Manhole Rail Guard' on a pilot basis in L Ward to enhance safety for both pedestrians and civic workers... Read More