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Residential market sees 9% YoY growth in Q3

In its latest report 'India Real Estate: Residential and Office Q3 2024 (July-September 2024)', Knight Frank India revealed that Mumbai's residential market recorded the highest sales among the eight Indian cities, with 24,222 units sold - a 9% year-on-year (YoY) growth.

Missing girl calls out rape by father on being traced

Girl revealed that her father gave sleeping pills to her mother to sexually exploit her

PM to give infra boost to MMR, Thane, Navi Mum

MEGA MAKEOVER | Aqua Line aims to modernise transport & reduce travel time; Pod taxi launch for last-mile connectivity

Bandra West's woes continue despite Shelar's stellar record

UNHAPPY RESIDENTS | Despite being affluent and centrally located, the constituency grapples with a list of civic problems like traffic and hawkers

New pumping station to boost water supply

It will divert excess water to the Bhandup filtration plant and add 90MLD to the city's daily supply

Coldplay: Book My Show files complaint

A legal manager from Book My Show has filed a complaint with the Vile Parle police, alleging that tickets for the Coldplay concert were being sold by an unidentified individual through unknown mobile numbers, fake Instagram pages, and fraudulent websites.

Right-wing groups demand ban on non-Hindus at garbas

With Navratri festivities having begun across the country, Hindu organisations have asked Garba dance venues to restrict entry to only Hindus.

Man killed in Grant Road slab collapse

A portion of a slab fell from a four-storey MHADA building on Maulana Shaukat Ali Road in Grant Road on Thursday, resulting in the death of a man.

Man loses ₹13L to fraudster impersonating IAS officer

An electrical contractor has lodged a police complaint claiming that he was duped by a fraudster to the tune of Rs13 lakh by impersonating the MD of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (MSEDCL), IAS Lokesh Chandra.

34% water lost to theft and leakages

RESOURCE WASTE | Hydraulics Department facing 38% shortage of engineers, hindering efforts to repair leaks and check pilferage

Gargai Dam project still awaiting state govt approvals

The BMC's ambitious Gargai Dam project, approved in 2020 to address the increasing water demands of Mumbai, has encountered significant hurdles.

Baby kidnapper held in Jaipur

In a major success, the Mumbai crime branch’s Unit 1 has rescued a one-year-old girl child, who was kidnapped while her parents were asleep on a footpath outside Eros Cinema, Churchgate. The woman who took the child was caught in Jaipur.

Dead body most honest witness: HC on police ‘encounter”

The HC expedited the magisterial inquiry into the custodial death of the Badlapur sex assault accused

Road deaths spike in Navi Mumbai

Road accident fatalities have declined in Mumbai and Thane, but significantly risen in Navi Mumbai and Thane rural areas in August 2024 compared to the same month last year.

Most costly home deal for Borivali 4BHK apartment

In perhaps the most expensive real estate deal in Borivali, a 4-BHK apartment measuring 2,497 sq ft has been sold for Rs14 crore; Rs56,000 per sq ft, including three car parking slots.

Rahul shifts focus to Maha

After campaigns in Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is set to intensify his campaign in Maharashtra, focusing on issues of reservation and the Constitution.

Med colleges force min to call meeting

A day after private medical colleges in Maharashtra threatened the state government of stalling the second round admissions to MBBS and BDS (dental) courses, sources said that state minister for medical education Hasan Mushrif will chair a meeting today (Friday) to address the concerns.

SIMI could be behind Malegaon blast

The 2008 Malegaon blast could have been carried out by the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the lawyer of prime accused and BJP leader Pragya Thakur argued before a special court on Thursday.

Defamation: 'Raut did not take due care'

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, despite being an MP from whom 'high degree of responsibility' is expected, did not take 'care and caution' while making certain statements, a Mumbai court said while convicting him in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife Medha Somaiya.

Chinese spying threatens India's poll process

Security agencies found ingredients of Chinese covert operations

‘Fielding Nawab Malik is part of BJP's plan to reduce Muslim MLAs’

“Nawab Malik of NCP (Ajit Pawar) is certain to be fielded against me in the upcoming assembly election,” Samajwadi Party's three-time MLA from Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar, Abu Azmi, 69, said on Thursday.

Patil defects, Nilesh jumps to safer side

MAHAYUTI'S DILEMMA | Harshvardhan Patil plans to join NCP(SP), Nilesh Rane is likely to join Shinde’s Sena, may contest from Kudal

Sena UBT alerts people to govt's 'misdeeds' with 'Gondhal Geet'

Shiv Sena(UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray hinted at launching a strong attack against the BJP and Amit Shah over the Union minister's remarks about breaking UBT and NCP(SP) party workers to win elections.

HOP ON, HOP OFF HAS BJP BLUSHING

Dealing a body blow to the ruling BJP, the former state Congress president Ashok Tanwar quit the saffron party and returned home in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.

CLASSICAL LANGUAGE STATUS FOR MARATHI

Similar status accorded to Pali, Prakrit, Assamese & Bengali, taking the total number of languages in this category to 11

SC halts probe at Isha ashram in Coimbatore

The Supreme Court on Thursday halted the police probe into the alleged illegal confinement of two women at spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation ashram at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, reports Bar and Bench.

Pawar dangles 10% Muslim seat carrot

Even as the BJP has made it clear that it will continue its Hindutva agenda and make it one of the biggest issues in the upcoming assembly poll campaign, its alliance partner, NCP chief and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar surprised many on Thursday by announcing that his party wanted to give 10 per cent of tickets in the assembly polls to candidates from the Muslim community.

No need to criminalise marital rape

Centre says it is not a legal matter for SC to address

Biden not to back strike on N-sites

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would not support a strike by Israel on Iranian nuclear sites in retaliation for Tuesday's missile attack.

Slew of infra projects, slew of questions, too

The tripartite Mahajruti government, which was by far on autopilot mode until recently, has lately become the buzzword for action, announcing a slew of projects - mostly infrastructure, seemingly blind to financial constraints and the red flags raised by the finance department.