2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (320+ words) Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed the University of Mumbai (MU) to ensure that animal lovers and voluntary organisations are not prevented from feeding stray dogs on the Kalina campus. The directive was issued after the Maharashtra Navnirman…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (309+ words) The state transport authority (STA) intensified crackdown on app-based cab drivers operating within the city despite the suspension of aggregator licence, issuing 75 challans and impounding seven vehicles on Thursday. A day before it had issued 63 challans and impounded five vehicles,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (250+ words) PUNE: A 28-year-old competitive examination aspirant was allegedly abducted from Narayan Peth in the early hours of Thursday and assaulted after two men objected to his communication with a female friend of one of the accused, police said. The incident…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (337+ words) MUMBAI: For a locality with a population of over 3,76,000, Versova could soon lose a planned fire station if a BMC proposal to delete the reservation and convert the land for residential use goes through. Versova residents currently rely on the…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (174+ words) A court acquitted local Punjabi singer Gurinderpal Singh alias Vadda Garewal on Thursday in a case involving alleged possession of 30 grams of opium, holding that the prosecution failed to prove that the contraband was in his conscious possession. Special court…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (395+ words) MUMBAI: Stating that the civic body’s assurances on cleanliness had only remained “on paper”, the Bombay high court on Thursday warned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of contempt action against its ward officers if they failed to tackle the city’s…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (240+ words) MUMBAI: The CBI has booked two Mumbai-based construction firms based on a Supreme Court directive which had sought an investigation of construction firms across the country over allegations related to criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct. The two cases, against…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (247+ words) MUMBAI: A school in Mira Road founded by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Narendra Mehta has withdrawn a circular instructing students to make sure their tiffins did not include edibles that included onion, garlic, potato and other “kanda-mool” vegetables during…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (260+ words) A 24-year-old motorcyclist and his 22-year-old friend were killed after he lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into metal fencing along the central verge of the Delhi-Mathura Expressway in Faridabad on Thursday, police said. Neither was wearing a helmet....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (276+ words) Singapore, Sept 11 A cadet delegation of the National Cadet Corps of India experienced Singapore's multicultural society, national development and diplomatic links with their country during a week-long youth exchange programme. The team, comprising two officers and 10 cadets, visited Singapore from…...