The proposal for setting up seven new coastal police stations in Mumbai and Konkan has been stuck with the Union government for the past year.
A bus belonging to the Maharashtra state road transport corporation (MSRTC) going from Kolhapur to Belgaum on Saturday was blocked near Nipani allegedly by activists of the ' Kannad Vedike' and after asking passengers to come out, the activists threw stones at the bus tried to set it ablaze.
Till last week, Sudhir Tendulkar was living in a 135-sqft room in a chawl. Today, the 60-year-old is mesmerised by the view of the Mahalaxmi racecourse and the sea visible from his new home on the 23rd floor. Naresh Kamath reports.
Does the roof of the dream flat you just bought leak or are its walls already developing cracks? You can now sue the builder under the Consumer Protection Act.
Dr Rajendra Bharud, 24, will soon wear a khaki police uniform instead of his doctor's white coat and trade his stethoscope for a gun.
While the government is keen on making the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) a unified area for plying autos and taxis, the transport department is probably doing the opposite.
To spread the message of ill-effects of radiation emitted from cell phone towers installed in residential areas, residents of Peddar Road took to the streets on Sunday. Under the aegis of Citizens against Health Hazards from Mobile Towers, an awareness campaign-cum-protest was held against the disorderly installation of cell phone towers in their locality.
Beware of the blankets and linen the railways provide you. They are not washed often enough, and may be in use well after they should have been disposed of.
Residents living in buildings around the hotel Oakwood Premier, where the police busted a rave party and detained 96 persons, including two IPL players, are relieved after the raid and detentions.
Puja Changoiwala reports.
Mumbai police detained 96 people, including two IPL players, during a raid on a rave party at a plush hotel in suburban Juhu on Sunday night.
Puja Changoiwala reports.
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he is not in favour of banning the controversy-ridden Indian Premier League (IPL).
For Karan Gour, sound and cinema have been inexorably linked since he was a schoolboy in Tamil Nadu, creating detailed images and characters to accompany the music he listened to on his headphones.
In the winter of 1978, Hemanta Mishra led the king of Nepal deep into the country’s Chitwan forest and helped him shoot down a greater one-horned Asian rhinoceros, one of Nepal’s most endangered animal species.
A new book on the hills of Mumbai, being launched this week at the Bhutan literature festival, explores the odd shape of Andheri’s Gilbert Hill to uncover a city’s lost topography. Aarefa Johari writes.
Standing in the shade of her red sun umbrella, Vaishali Thakur squeezes half a lemon into a glass, adds a dash of salt and black pepper masala, pours in some ice-cold water and mixes vigorously. Sindhu Mansukhani writes.