Life term upheld for kids' sex assault

The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of a 50year-old man, monikored 'mama', for sexually assaulting five girls in the 8-13 age group, over a period of two years.

FSSAI rollbacks mandated 'use by date' rule

In an unprecedented move, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has removed the mandatory guideline of displaying 'best before date' boards on containers and trays of non-packaged / loose sweets. Food business operators (FBOs) are no longer legally bound to mention the 'best before' date on such food items and may continue on a voluntary basis.

Building height survey triggers panic

Residents and activists have raised an alarm over a letter issued by Navi Mumbai International Airport Pvt Limited (NMIAL) seeking details of the height of buildings.

WR gears up for big crowds at Charni Road station

Considering the heavy rush at Charni Road station for devotees reaching Girgaon Chowpatty for immersion on September 17 and 18, Western Railway's Mumbai Central Division has made arrangements to manage the crowds.

Man booked for mowing stray dog, activist says two more are missing

The Samta Nagar police have registered an FIR against a 25year-old man for allegedly running over a stray dog with his car.

HC drops ₹20cr case against luxe designers

Imposes ₹2 lakh cost to be paid to Central Police Welfare Fund of Maharashtra Police

Paper Ganpati claims to be most eco-friendly idol in city

The idol made of tissue paper held together with glue and built around a metal frame is entirely recyclable, organisers say

Cop assaults loader, state told to pay ₹50k

The State Human Rights (SHRC) has Commission ordered the state to pay Deepak Yadav, a loader, a amount of compensation Rs50,000 within six weeks for being physically assaulted by a police officer in Dharavi.

Teacher loses ₹9.22 lakh in trading scam

A teacher from St Xavier's High School in South Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs9.22 lakh in a fraudulent trading scheme by two men who posed as managers of a trading company.

BMC accused of not giving details of cooker tender

A complaint has been sent to the state information commissioner against the Maintenance Department of the BMC's L Ward for not furnishing information regarding the pressure cooker tender within the prescribed time frame.

Day after WEH breather, Akurli subway shut for 10 hours

Less than 24 hours after Union Minister Piyush Goyal threw open the stretch of Western Highway (WEH) Express above the Akurli underpass, Kandivali East residents woke up to another traffic chaos.

MMRCL gears up for Metro 3 first key phase

Rail The Mumbai Metro Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) is gearing up for the operation of Metro 3's Phase 1 between Colony-JVLR and Aarey Bandra Kurla Complex.

IIT group backs ties with Israeli universities

A number of students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, have countered the objecby the tion raised Ambedkar-Periyar-Phule Study Circle against the collaboration of the institution with Israeli universities.

Coastal Road-sea link connector to open today

827-metre structure will handle northbound traffic and provide relief to congested streets of south Mumbai

Stepfather of Malaika died from multiple fractures

Anil Mehta, 62, stepfather of actresses Malaika Arora and Amrita Arora, died from multiple injuries, including serious fractures in his right leg and other parts of the body, the post-mortem report has revealed, according to an official from the Bandra police station.

Bank fraud: ED attaches assets worth ₹43.52 crore

The Enforcement Directorate provisionally (ED) has attached movable and immovable properties valued at Rs43.52 crore in connection with the alleged Rs1,438.45 crore bank fraud involvingM/s Ushdev International Limited (UIL) and others.

Court defers framing of charges against lawyer in 2015 hit & run

The sessions court has deferred the framing charges against lawyer Jhanvi Gadkar, booked in June 2015 for drink and drive case killing two, for defence lawyers to counter the prosecution's demand to invoke murder charges against her.

Man held for duping bldr of ₹2cr, 3.5kg gold

The Worli police have apprehended Dhirendra Chandrakant Shukla from Odisha, a wanted real estate agent, on charges of duping Avighna Group of Rs2 crore and 3.5kg gold by promising them a vacant plot in Worli for development. He had been evading arrest since 2023.

Court grants bail to former cop who supplied SIM cards

The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to former constable Vinayak Shinde who was arrested for his alleged role in the Antilia bomb scare case.

Kangana, Akhtar now shift to MP/MLA court

The battle between actor Kangana Ranaut and poet Javed Akhtar is now transferred to a special court for MPs and MLAs, as Ranaut is now a member of Parliament.

First profit for MSRTC in 9 years

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has achieved a notable financial turnaround, reporting a profit of Rs16.87 crore for August 2024.

Daughter deserts NCP's Atram; joins rival camp

In a big jolt to Ajit Pawar's NCP, Cabinet minister Dharmarao Baba Atram's daughter Bhagyashri Atram joined the NCP (SP) on Thursday, despite attempts by the Deputy Chief Minister to dissuade her from crossing over to the rival party.

NITI Aayog proposes 2X growth in MMR

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday released a NITI Aayog report aiming to more than double the economic activity in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to $300 billion by 2030 from the present $140 billion.

MVA a step ahead in seat-sharing consensus

Not a day goes by when the Mahayuti alliance (BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP) is not at loggerheads over one issue or the other, be it whose name should lead the Ladki Bahin scheme or how many seats each partner is staking its claim on.

J&K witnessing a realignment of political forces

The run up to the J&K assembly election has triggered a re-alignment of political forces.

PUTIN WANTS ONE-TO-ONE WITH MODI

Russian President Vladmir Putin on Thursday proposed a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan next month when National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval called on him in St Petersburg.

CCTV footage of time spent at bar is missing

CCTV footage of the bar where Sanket, the son of Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, and his friends, had drinks and food before Sanket's Audi crashed into several vehicles in Nagpur on September 9, is missing.

3 KILLED IN CHEMICAL UNIT BLAST

Three workers were killed and three others injured in a blast at a chemical factory in Roha on Thursday.

Walking where there is no air

Billionaire Jared Isaacman became the first private person to conduct a spacewalk when he briefly exited the SpaceX Polaris Dawn capsule to have a view of the earth which he described as a \"a perfect world.\"

Yechury: Amiable face of the Left

Polyglot, amiable and an eclectic conversationalist who could hold forth on film songs as much as politics, CPI-M's fifth general secretary Sitaram Yechury was the pragmatic leader with friends across the political spectrum.