The quota of Haj pilgrims is likely to reduce this year as the Central government is contemplating on cutting down the quota fixed for private tour operators, Union minister of external affairs Salman

In the largest public private partnership (PPP) with the government of Maharashtra, a consortium of private companies has signed a PPP of `150 crore with the government of Maharashtra, and of `100 cro

After two building collapses in Mumbra, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has decided to take no chances as far as dilapidated buildings are concerned.

Targeting public works minister Chhagan Bhu-jbal, senior BJP leader Dr Kirit Somaiya on Sunday demanded a probe into the alleged involvement of Mr Bhujbal’s personal assistant Shailash Changle in a sl

A 30-year-old woman, wanted in an alleged theft case, who was working as a domestic help of former Miss World (1998) Yukta Mookhey for the past eight days, has been arrested along with her aide on Sat

The Mumbai crime branch arrested a member of fugitive Ravi Pujari’s gang on Wednesday from Chembur.

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has given approval in-principle to build the memorial of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji in the Arabian Sea.

While the heavy showers have already riddled the city roads with potholes, as many as three roads caved-in at various places in the city on Thursday.

Union minister for environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan, has favoured setting-up of a corpus fund to aid quick response to fight oil spills off the Indian coast.

The service tax department of the Government of India is coming up with a one-time amnesty scheme called Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES), to benefit service tax defaulters from July t