Mumbai
From Bollywood glitz to local charm, explore the latest updates, events, and stories that capture the spirit of this bustling metropolis.
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Akasa Air launches daily direct flight from Kuwait to Mumbai
Akasa Air, a new Indian airline, has launched its daily direct flight from Kuwait to Mumbai. This makes it the fifth international destination for the airline, which completed two years of flying…
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Govt made its favourite petitioner approach HC to derail MVA bandh: Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday alleged that the Maharashtra government used its “favourite petitioner” to approach the court to stop the bandh called by the Maha Vikas Aghadi…
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Prisoners given tasks in jail based on caste: Prof GN Saibaba
Hyderabad: Former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba has endured it all. Finally free after falsely being implicated in a Maoist-links case against him in 2014, he has spent a decade inside the…
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HC takes suo motu cognisance of Badlapur sexual abuse case; hearing on Thursday
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in Badlapur town of Maharashtra’s Thane district.…
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Centre provides Z-Plus security cover to Sharad Pawar
Mumbai: The Central government on Wednesday accorded the highest Z-Plus security cover to Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar, party officials said. The Union Home Ministry has directed the Central Reserve…
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Congress MLA Siddiqui attends Maha DyCM Ajit Pawar’s rally
Mumbai: Congress MLA from Mumbai, Zeeshan Siddiqui, on Monday joined the NCP’s ‘Jan Sanman Yatra’ led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and claimed his party was ignoring him as he…
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Etihad to operate Airbus A380 on Mumbai-Abu Dhabi route
Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad Airways has announced plans to operate its iconic Airbus A380 plane to Mumbai for a special four-month period as it celebrates 20 years of its service to India.…
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Mumbai: Two held after assault on woman doctor at Sion hospital
Mumbai: Police have booked three persons, including two women, and detained two of them after a female doctor was allegedly assaulted at civic-run Sion hospital in the early hours of Sunday, August 18,…
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Why didn’t BJP give Maratha quotas, questions Raj Thackeray
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray has sought to know why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been in power at the Centre for 10 years, failed…
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Maha govt plans to deposit first two instalments of Ladki Bahin Yojana before Raksha Bandhan
Mumbai: Amid a rush for enrolment for the Maharashtra government’s much ambitious Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, of the 1.40 crore applications received so far, 1.29 crore have been held valid. The…
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Hoarding crash: HC order on ad firm director’s plea against arrest on August 9
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it would on August 9 pass order on a petition filed by advertising firm director Bhavesh Bhinde, an accused in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse…
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US woman found in Maha forest tells police she had chained herself to tree
Mumbai: The 50-year-old American woman found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district has now told police she had shackled herself and no one…
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Man on death row for 2013 Hyderabad terror attack acquitted in Mumbai case
Mumbai: Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Aijaz Shaikh, who was sentenced to death for the February 2013 Hyderabad terror attack, was on Friday acquitted by a Mumbai court in a 2010 case related…
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Mumbai may lose over 10% land by 2040 due to rising sea levels: Study
New Delhi: More than 10 per cent of the land in Mumbai and up to 10 per cent in Panaji and Chennai is at risk of inundation by 2040 due to climate…
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Defamation case: Court grants Uddhav & Raut 2 more weeks to pay Rs 2k condonation cost
Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut two weeks to deposit Rs 2,000 as the cost for allowing their condonation of…
