NIA doesn’t object plea to discharge 9 Muslims
The NIA in its reply before a special court on Thursday did not raise any objection to the discharge applications filed by nine Muslims, arrested in connection with 2006 Malegoan blasts case, stating
MMRDA’s rental scheme a non-starter?
Even as it has been five years since the MMRDA’s rental-housing scheme was launched amidst much fanfare to stem the exponential mushrooming of slums in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the future
Man stabbed 8 times over enmity, dies
A 22-year-old man, along with three of his brothers and mother, stabbed a 40-year-old small-time businessman to death over a four-year long past enmity in the Malwani area of Malad (west) early on Tue
Ahir threatens defamation suit
Minister of state for transport Sachin Ahir on Tuesday came down heavily on BJP and its newly-appointed spokesperson Keshav Upadhye for circulating photographs of alleged Shakti Mills gangrape accused
Gangrape: Voice technology to cement proof
Scientists of the Gandhinagar Forensic Laboratory in Gujarat will use a new voice analysis forensic technology in the investigation of the gangrape case.
Ex-TMC commissioner gets ACB clean chit
According to the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s aff-idavit filed on Tuesday in the Bombay high cou-rt, the agency has given a clean chit after probing allegations of corruption against former Thane municipa
FDA seizes gutka worth `1.37 lakh
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a seizure of `1.37 lakh worth of gutka from a certain Suresh Thakkar staying in an upmarket residential area in Borivali (west).
Teacher-student panel gives feedback
Following the University Grants Commission (UGC) order to universities in the country to stop dissection and experimenting on animals, the University of Mumbai has formed a committee that includes stu
‘Khabris’ may get promoted soon
The ‘soul’ of the police department, the informer or ‘khabri’ could soon have the position of a home guard.
Bogus ration cards: Rationing officers could face FIR
With pressure mounting to curb the increasing incidents of bogus ration cards in Maharashtra, the state government has decided to tackle such cases strictly.