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HC orders Mumbai Congress chief's assets attached
The Bombay HC directed city police to register an FIR against Cong leader Kripashankar Singh for 'criminal misconduct' under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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State must maintain law & order: Katju
Press Council chairman Justice Markandey Katju has hit out at the state government over the attacks on journalists.
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Exams hit school schedules
While HSC exams are under way and SSC exams are to begin in a week, schools listed as centres for both are facing problems.
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Man hit by train, dies after help arrives late from station
A 27-year-old man died after he was hit by a train while crossing the tracks near Govandi on Wednesday evening.
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BEST proposes bus fare hike
Barely a week after the civic elections, BEST has proposed fare hikes ranging from Re1 to Rs6 in its ordinary and limited buses depending on the distance travelled by a passenger, from 2km to 15km and upwards.
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Cab driver injures three in Pune
A cab driver, who drove his vehicle into a "no entry" zone in the Cantonment area here, collided with four cars and some two wheelers, injuring three persons last night, police said.
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Car driver injures three in Pune
A car driver, who drove his vehicle into a "no entry" zone in the Cantonment area here, collided with four cars and some two wheelers, injuring three persons last night, police said.
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Countdown to celestial show begins today
The countdown to one of the most interesting celestial phenomena will begin Wednesday when five planets, visible to the naked eye, will be seen on a single night.
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Tradition and modernity subtly synchronised in Pune
Though part of this city has become a veritable concrete jungle, its heritage cannot be shrugged off. Pune’s cultural heritage is in its past architecture mingled with history.
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Edifices, customs steeped in
Though part of this city has become a veritable concrete jungle, its heritage cannot be shrugged off. Pune’s cultural heritage is in its past architecture mingled with history.
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Derecognise institutions if they admit ineligible students: HC tells board
In a far-reaching order, Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has asked Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to 'de-recognize institutions if they wrongly admit ineligible students'.
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Court rejects bail pleas of Pramod Khandelwal, architect, contractor
The district court has rejected the bail pleas of the accused in the warehouse collapse case on Tuesday.
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Cabinet decision on mayor post's reservation today
The state cabinet is set to meet on Wednesday in Mumbai to take a final call on the mayor post's reservation issue.
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Old NMC office bearers still in charge, but without most powers
"Code of conduct came to an end on January 18, after the declaration of results on February 17.Now, office bearers may avail all facilities they used to get earlier.
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NMC publishes gazette notification of 145 corporators
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has completed the lengthy 50-day election programme with the final step of issuing gazette notification of the 145 elected corporators.
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HSC student battling for life to appear in Thursday's exam
The board authorities have arranged for him to write his paper on Thursday from the centre nearest to his hospital.
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We will analyse what went wrong in civic elections: Prithviraj Chavan
Chavan was in Nashik on Wednesday evening to inaugurate the 55th All India Police Duty Meet, hosted by Maharashtra Police Academy (MPA) in the city.
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Mumbai univ VC gets a breather
Single-judge SJ Vazifdar was the third judge to whom the matter was assigned after a division bench gave a split verdict last year.
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People assume I am a spoilt brat because I am a film star: Saif Ali Khan
Khan was arrested by Colaba police on the charge of assaulting South African businessman Iqbal Sharma but later released on bail as the sections under which he was booked were bailable.
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Govt likely to withdraw all additional charges against Abu Salem
The decision in principle was taken at meeting in the Ministry of Home Affairs where officials from the CBI, the Law Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs also participated.
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For the 1st time, car rally for visually impaired in city
The organisers of the event call it a “rally with a difference” and indeed it is one.
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Prediction better, economic models should match
“Even as predictions in the Indian subcontinent has improved, a lot needs to be done here as well as across the world,” said World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Secretary-General Dr Michel Jerraud.
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German firm sets up shop, to recruit for firms across the globe
In a move that will help professionals from the city get jobs at different levels in companies across the world, German company, Steinbach and Partner, opened its subsidiary in Pune here on Tuesday.
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NET/SET: Senate members approach VC
Over 840 candidates were recruited during this period by UoP. Lifting the exemption as per the government resolution (GR), issued by the Government of Maharashtra (GoM) September 8, 2010, will mean many finding themselves out of jobs, including some who have already been on the GoM payroll for over 20 years now.
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7 of gang that robbed, killed elderly women in villages nabbed
The Pune rural police have arrested seven members of a gang that allegedly murdered two elderly women and assaulted two others to rob them in separate incidents in the district.
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City Briefs: Man held for staging son’s kidnapping
The Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly staging his son’s kidnapping to get ransom from in-laws and to teach his wife a lesson for walking out on him.
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Mumbai weather: City feels the heat on hottest Feb day in past 10 years
Mumbai experienced its hottest February day in the past decade on Tuesday recording a scorching 39.1 degrees in Santacruz, seven degrees above normal.
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MMRDA to seek Centre help for funding part of Metro line 3 project
Officials from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority will meet representatives of the Central government next week to discuss securing financial assistance for the construction of the costly Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro rail corridor.
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Mumbai taxi union wants fare hike, threatens strike
The Mumbai Taximen’s Union has demanded a hike in fare following the increase in the price of compressed natural gas and plans to call a strike if the authorities do not agree.
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36 candidates won by less than 500 votes
A detailed look at the results of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections shows that very close fights were witnessed in 36 of the 227 wards across Mumbai, wherein the margin of victory between the winner and runner-up was less than 500 votes.