A young woman in a plain, orange sari, wearing a nose ring and a bindi, stares coyly at her reflection in the mirror.
In 2003, professor Veena Sahajwalla successfully recycled plastic and rubber tyres to manufacture 'green steel' in Australia.
Vowing to end the "misrule" of Shiv Sena-BJP combine in the civic body, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan today said the Congress-NCP coalition was committed to making Mumbai a "livable city".
An Air Traffic Control staff at the Mumbai airport averted a tragedy on Wednesday evening by aborting the takeoff of Jet Airways' Goa-bound flight carrying 158 passengers when another plane was about to touch down.
After the Western and Central line, it was the turn of commuters travelling on the Harbour line to face disruption on Wednesday.
Three elite units of the Mumbai police crime branch have been jointly conferred the annual Deepak Jog Memorial award for the best detected case in 2010.
Amid the din of protest slogans and cries for independence, more than 30 Tibetans in the city participated in a peace protest at the Azad Maidan grounds on Wednesday.
In a move aimed at increasing transparency in monitoring pollution and reducing paper work, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has introduced a system of auto renewal of permission for industries to operate.
The LT Marg police on Tuesday arrested two Bangalore-based jewellers for their involvement in duping a jeweller from Mumbai of ornaments worth Rs 1 crore.
Things are only getting worse for Aarti Thakur, who is in the dock for battering her seven-year-old stepdaughter. Out on bail after being arrested by the Dharavi police, Thakur was sent back behind bars by the local magistrate's court on Wednesday. This time, she faces charges that could put her in jail for life.
A fire broke out at the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) godown at Turbhe on Wednesday morning, destroying over 3,480 bags of sulphur. Though no casualties were reported, four people have been admitted to the hospital after complaints of suffocation.
The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has sought permission from the home ministry to register a First Information Report (FIR) against importer Bimal Aggarwal over irregularities in the purchase of bomb suits after the 26/11 terror attack.
For the Shiv Sena, the Mumbai civic body is nothing but a hen that lays golden eggs, said Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray in an interview with HT, a week before Mumbai witnesses a triangular contest in the civic polls between the Sena-BJP alliance, the Congress-NCP combine and the MNS.
Six members of a family, including two women and three children, lost their lives after a dumper they were travelling in plunged into a river while crossing a bridge at the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in the early hours of Wednesday.
Two years ago, he dealt a blow to the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance by winning seven Assembly seats in Mumbai and spoiling the prospects of several other candidates. Now, with the February 16 civic polls, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray is gunning for a bigger role.