Palghar (Maharashtra), Jan 13 A boat with at least 40 students on board capsized off the Dahanu coast in Maharashtra on Saturday, an official said. Following a massive search and rescue operation, 32 of them were saved from the Arabian Sea. A search was on to find the remaining missing students amidst fears of some […]
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5 wrestlers, among 6 killed in Maharashtra road accident
Mumbai, Jan 13 : Five wrestlers and a driver were killed in a major road accident in Sangli district of Maharahstra early on Saturday, police said. The accident took place around 1 a.m. when an SUV carrying the grapplers rammed headlong into an oncoming tractor carrying sugarcane. Five others, including wrestlers, were injured in the […]
Maharashtra opposition says Gadkari ‘helping Pakistan’ by anti-Navy remark
Mumbai, Jan 12 : The opposition in Maharashtra — the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) — on Friday took strong umbrage to Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari’s statements on Thursday, saying he “wants to help Pakistan” by throwing out the Indian Navy from Mumbai. “Gadkari says that the Indian Navy will not be […]
Foundation stone of cruise terminal laid at Mumbai port
Mumbai, Jan 11 : Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday laid the foundation stone of an international cruise terminal at the Mumbai port. Slated to cost Rs 300 crore, the proposed terminal will have facilities like arrival and departure lounges and cater to around 700,000 tourists annually. It is expected […]
Maharashtra CM faces serious threat to life: Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai, Jan 10 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis faces serious threat to his life from certain pro-Hindutva elements, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh President Prakash Ambedkar claimed on Wednesday. To justify his contention, Ambedkar pointed to a Facebook post of one Raosaheb Patil, who Ambedkar claims is a “close aide” of Sambhaji V. Bhide, President of Shri […]
India’s first all-women station in Mumbai enters Limca records
Mumbai, Jan 8 : The first all-women station in India, Matunga on Central Railway (CR), manned by a staff of 41 women, has entered the Limca Book of Records, an official spokesperson said here on Monday. The unique initiative was taken by CR General Manager D.K. Sharma in July 2017 with the aim of empowering women, […]
Mumbai Shiv Sena leader stabbed to death, two arrested
Mumbai, Jan 8 : Shiv Sena leader Ashok Sawant was stabbed to death outside his home here late on Sunday, police said Monday, adding two alleged assailants have been arrested fro the crime. According to police, Sawant, a former municipal corporator, was returning home around 11 p.m. from a meeting in Thakur Complex, to his apartment […]
International Scotch Day to take place on Feb 8
Mumbai, Jan 8 : International Scotch Day, a global celebration in honour of Scotland’s whisky, will take place on February 8 with a series of events to mark the event. Now in its second year, International Scotch Day invites people from all parts of the world to raise a glass of Scotch to celebrate the […]
Mumbai Shiv Sena leader stabbed to death
Mumbai, Jan 8 : Prominent Shiv Sena leader and former municipal corporator Ashok Sawant has been stabbed to death outside his home here, an official said. According to the police, Sawant had returned home from a meeting around 11 p.m. when two persons who lay in wait, pounced on him with knives and choppers outside […]
Fire breaks out in Mumbai court building
Mumbai, Jan. Jan 8 : A massive fire broke out in the Mumbai City and Sessions Court building in Fort, southern part of the city here on Monday. According to the BMC Disaster Control, the fire was noticed on the third floor around 7 a.m., and eight fire-tenders have rushed to the spot to douse […]