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SC directs Ulhasnagar civic body to complete nominated corporator appointment on Sept 28

BEST Bus Division Income Rises By ₹497 Crore In 2025-26 As Deficit Narrows Despite Financial Challenges

Mumbai: The BEST Bus Division’s financial position improved significantly in 2025-26, with its total income rising by nearly ₹497 crore to ₹2,136.46 crore, compared with ₹1,640.21 crore in 2024-25. The division’s deficit also narrowed by ₹540.46 crore, even as it continued to rem...

Mumbai Police File FIR Against Contractor After Labourer Dies of Electrocution

VHP Seeks Removal Of Prayer Hall Near Mumbai Airport After MMRDA Rejects Temporary Shed Request For Cab Drivers

Mumbai: Days after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) rejected a request seeking permission to erect a temporary shed for Hindu cab drivers near T2 to conduct prayers during Shravan, saying that the airport area has no reservation for religious structure...

Indian Tennis Player Parikshit Somani Banned For 4 Years In Doping Case

London, Sep 23: Indian tennis player Parikshit Somani was on Wednesday banned for four years in a doping case after testing positive for prohibited substance trimetazidine. Somani receives doping ban The 26-year-old Somani, whose career ranking rose to No. 256 in doubles, tested ...

Ex-IIT Delhi director backs Prof Suryanarayana Doolla, suggests 5-year BTech programme

V Ramgopal Rao expressed concern regarding the vilification of Professor Suryanarayana Doolla following a student's tragic death. IIT Bombay has initiated an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the suicide of BTech student Sahil Wakode. Doolla has been placed on leave to e...

Aaditya Thackeray rejects all accusations, Rs 500 crore compensation claim in Disha Salian case

Court allows ED request to move extradition proposal to bring back Torres case accused from UAE

17 model toolhouses from Dharavi exhibition give built form to housing study

NMMC Plans ₹5-Crore Pedestrian Bridge Near Digha Railway Station To End Risky Thane-Belapur Road Crossing

Navi Mumbai: For residents and daily commuters in Digha, reaching the railway station currently means taking a risky detour across the busy Thane-Belapur Road. This is set to change with the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) planning to construct a pedestrian bridge near D...

IIT-B student’s parents claim they were driven out of city despite hunger strike plan

CCTV footage shows student’s movements in exam hall

Two positions emerge among student groups at IIT Bombay

IIT Bombay does not have a formally registered student organisation representing all students. However, several student collectives have been active on campus at different times, addressing student issues and, in some cases, social and political issues...

‘Denial Cannot Be Defamation’: Aaditya Thackeray Rejects ₹500-Crore Defamation Notice In Disha Salian Case

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: In the case of the defamation notice issued by Satish Salian, father of former celebrity manager Disha Salian, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has denied the allegations, saying a denial cannot be recast as defamation. Thackeray Refuses To Apo...

Bhopal Sealing Drive Yet To Resume After Supreme Court Flags Claims Of Shops Reopening

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not yet resumed its sealing drive against commercial establishments operating in residential areas, despite the Supreme Court raising concerns over sealed premises allegedly reopening and stressing strict complia...

Maharashtra: Railway Magistrate Warns Nanded DRM Of Contempt Over Bedbug-Infested VIP Room Sofas At Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Station

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, September 23, 2026: A stringent order has been issued by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Railways, against the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Nanded Division, after the DRM allegedly failed to comply with directions issued following a complaint ...

Mumbai: BMC Approves ₹11.18 Crore Election Works Awarded Without Tenders, Including ₹10.81 Crore For SIR

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The BMC Standing Committee has approved election-related works worth Rs 11.18 crore that were awarded without inviting tenders. The expenditure covers transportation of election equipment, EVM warehouse repairs, deployment of manpower and food arrangem...

Mumbai MACT Awards ₹4.54 Lakh To BMC Worker Injured In 2017 Accident, Directs Tata AIG To Pay First And Recover From Owner

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Mumbai, has directed Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd to pay Rs 4.54 lakh in compensation to a 52-year-old BMC worker who suffered multiple fractures after being knocked down by a car while she was super...

Bombay HC Questions Framing Of Charges Against NCP Leader Nawab Malik Amid Pending ED Document Plea

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned how charges could have been framed against NCP leader Nawab Malik in a money-laundering case when his plea seeking seized documents not relied upon by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was still pending. Mal...

IIT Bombay forms panel to probe student’s death

The Mumbai Police have transferred the probe into Sahil Wakode’s death to the Crime Branch; Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla, who has been named in the case, has been sent on leave...

Navi Mumbai: Class 6 Students Explore Science Through Hands-On Workshop In Seawoods

Navi Mumbai, September 23, 2026: A hands-on science workshop was organised for Class 6 students of Dnyandeep Seva Mandal High School in Seawoods on Tuesday to encourage curiosity, creativity and scientific thinking among children from underserved communities. Interactive Science ...

Mumbai Ganesh Visarjan 2026: Over 24,000 Police Personnel To Be Deployed Across City; AI, Drones And CCTV To Monitor September 25 Immersion

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The Mumbai Police have made elaborate security arrangements across the city ahead of Ganesh idol immersion, with more than 26,000 police personnel to be deployed to maintain law and order. Special attention will be given to major Ganesh mandals, sensit...

Mumbai Consumer Commission Orders Axis Bank To Refund USD 30,570.70 Over Fraudulent Card Transactions

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Axis Bank to refund USD 30,570.70 to an account holder who was working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after the amount was allegedly fraudulently withdrawn from his account in 2011. The commission...

Mumbai Consumer Commission Rejects Advocate’s Complaint Over ₹1,000 Shoppers Stop Vouchers

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Suburban Mumbai, has dismissed a complaint filed by a Saki Naka-based advocate against Shoppers Stop Ltd after the advocate failed to establish his claim that he was allegedly cheated by the store ov...

23-year-old stabbed to death by father after intervening in parents’ quarrel

The deceased, Sahil Sachin Chikne, was at home when his father, Sachin Bajrang Chikne, returned after an argument with his wife, Sandhya, 40

Labourer electrocuted at under-construction site in Mumbai, contractor and supervisor booked for negligence

The labourer was using a core-drilling machine when its wire allegedly got cut and he suffered an electric shock.

Paisley Opens New Flagship Boutique In Lucknow, Celebrating 25 Years Of Design Heritage

Lucknow, 23 September 2026: Paisley, a renowned name in Indian traditional textiles, craftsmanship and contemporary design, has marked 25 years of its design journey with the grand opening of its new flagship boutique in Lucknow. The new boutique, located on the first floor of th...

BEST plans to hike fines for wet-lease operators over faulty buses

BEST currently fines operators ₹500 per day when its staff detects a technical defect, with the maximum penalty capped at ₹3,000 per bus

₹5,600-cr NSEL case: PMLA Court refuses to release ED-attached assets for insolvency process

Special Judge Nitin V Jiwane on Tuesday rejected a plea by resolution professional K Sivalingam, who had sought restitution of the properties so they could be used in the company’s insolvency resolution process...

Navi Mumbai Ganeshotsav 2026: NMMC Hosts ‘Kala Ganesh Mahotsav’ With Music, Art And Sculpture At Vashi’s Vishnudas Bhave Natyagruha

Navi Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) organised the ‘Kala Ganesh Mahotsav’ at Vishnudas Bhave Natyagruha in Vashi, bringing together music, devotional art, painting, sculpture and calligraphy as part of the celebrations after the Maharashtr...

Mumbai Cyber Fraud: 74-Year-Old Pune Retired Official Duped Of ₹1.28 Crore In ‘Digital Arrest’ Scam; FIR Registered

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: A 74-year-old retired government official has fallen prey to scammers in a digital arrest fraud and ended up losing Rs 1.28 crore. Statistics revealed that this year the city police have registered 95 cases of digital arrest, out of which only 36 cases...

Ex-IIT Delhi director backs Professor Doolla, suggests 5-year BTech programme

Tejashwi Yadav Demands Fresh Elections In Bihar, West Bengal Over ECI Row

Patna: Amid political uproar that erupted after a newspaper report revealed a rift within the Election Commission of India (ECI), RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday demanded fresh elections in Bihar and West Bengal, alleging that the EC was functioning as a “puppet” of the BJ...

BEST Extends Abhay Scheme-2026 Cut-Off To August 31, 2023; Upto 19,000 Consumers To Benefit

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The BEST committee on Wednesday approved an extension of its Abhay Scheme-2026, bringing electricity consumers with dues pending up to August 31, 2023, under the scheme. Earlier, the scheme covered defaulters with dues up to March 31, 2022. The extensi...

Instagram ‘escort service’ ad costs man from Maharashtra Rs 5 lakh

Mumbai Among India’s Leading Organised Retail Markets With 23.8 Msq Ft Stock: CRE Matrix

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: Mumbai has emerged as one of India’s largest organised retail markets, with 23.8 million sq ft (msf) of organised retail stock across shopping malls, office-led amenity retail and high streets, according to CRE Matrix’s India Real Estate Horizons – Ret...

Aaditya Thackeray rejects Rs 500 crore notice, says Disha Salian case being used for ‘political agenda’

Aaditya Thackeray received a defamation notice from Satish Salian concerning social media posts about Disha Salian. Thackeray's response claimed his posts did not mention Satish nor contained defamatory statements. He emphasized the political exploitation of the tragedy and maint...

MV Cape Dao Attacked Off Oman Coast While Sailing To India, One Indian National Killed; Embassy Confirms

Dubai: An Indian national was killed in an attack on merchant vessel MV Cape Dao while it was transiting towards India, the Indian Embassy in Oman said on Wednesday. The embassy said it was closely monitoring the attack and was in coordination with Omani authorities regarding the...

Thane Ring Metro route stays, stations may relocate

BMC Standing Committee clears IIT-Roorkee review of new Malabar Hill reservoir plan; 82 trees to be impacted now.

AI cameras to watch Ganpati procession routes, weed out criminal elements on Anant Chaturdashi in Mumbai

BEST’s turnaround on wheels: Fare hike helps transport wing earn Rs 497 crore more in a year, cuts losses by 31%

Unmukt Chand Shares Injury Update With Swollen Face Due To On-Field Collision A Day After Hitting Century; VIDEO

Former India Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand on Wednesday shared an update on his social media after suffering a facial injury which he suffered during a cricket match in the USA. Chand posted the pictures of his swollen and bruised face on his social media accoun...

IIT Bombay Student Death Case: Examination Hall CCTV Footage Emerges, Shows Sahil Wakode Handing Mobile Phone To Invigilator

Mumbai: CCTV footage from the examination hall has surfaced in the IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode death case, purportedly showing the moment a teacher approached the second-year BTech student over the alleged use of a mobile phone during an examination. The footage has emerged a...

T20 Mumbai League Adds Ninth Franchise, Aspects Sports Wins Navi Mumbai Team Rights For ₹106.88 Crore

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) today announced Aspects Sports as the successful bidder for the ninth franchise of the T20 Mumbai League, which will represent the Navi Mumbai region. The franchise operating rights have been awarded for Rs 106.88 c...

IPL 2027 Auction Set For Goa In December; BCCI Shifts India A Women Match To Mohali

Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 23: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devajit Saikia on Wednesday announced that the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for the 2027 edition of the league will be held in Goa in December this year. IPL auction venue an...

RAPL Group Acquires Rajasthan Rangers, Sania Mirza Joins As Brand Ambassador Ahead Of Kia Tennis Premier League Season 8

Mumbai, September 24, 2026: RAPL (Rajasthan Aushdhalaya Pvt. Ltd.) Group, one of India’s established names in Ayurvedic and herbal healthcare, has acquired the Rajasthan Rangers franchise in the Kia Tennis Premier League (TPL) ahead of its eighth season. The franchise will operat...

IIT-Bombay suicide case: New CCTV footage shows Sahil Wakode’s movements before he left exam hall

CCTV footage reveals Sahil Wakode's actions before his death during an exam at IIT-Bombay. His family claims he faced caste-based harassment and institutional pressure leading to suicide. Police have registered a case of abetment against multiple individuals linked to the inciden...

Supreme Court Moves To Curb Police Lawlessness

The Supreme Court order of September 21, which aims to prevent the usual practice across India of immediately re-arresting people released by the courts, has been long sought judicially and should be welcomed. The measure announced by the Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice...

BMC seeks post facto nod for Rs 11 crore election-related works awarded without tenders

SC Questions Central Government On Drug Pricing

In a much-needed focus on the severe asymmetry faced by patients over drug pricing, the Supreme Court has directed sharp queries at the Union of India on why there is a shocking mark-up in prices at the retail level, to the detriment of citizens. Although the court took up specif...

17-year-old defamation case: Uddhav Thackeray, Eknath Shinde among four acquitted

UP International Trade Show 2026 To Showcase Folk Arts, Bollywood Music & Cultural Heritage In Greater Noida

Lucknow, September 23: On the initiative of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, 'International Trade Show 2026' is set to become a confluence of trade, art and culture, providing UP's cultural identity a global platform. The mega event, to be held at India Expo Mart in Greater Noida ...

Bhiwandi court denies interim bail to ex-BJP MLA Narendra Pawar in gang-rape case, directs police to file say

Did BRICS Help Thaw India-China Ties? Now Comes The Real Test

The just-concluded BRICS summit in Delhi may not be remembered for a particularly muscular declaration. But that may miss its more important consequence for India. Did BRICS help accelerate the thaw in India-China relations? India’s diplomatic achievement was not that it convened...

Ganeshotsav 2026: Lalbaugcha Raja Mandal Announces Charan Sparsh, Mukh Darshan Queue Closure Timings Ahead Of Visarjan; Check Details

Mumbai: Preparations for the grand immersion procession of Mumbai's iconic Lalbaugcha Raja have begun, with the Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal announcing the closing timings for the Charansparsh Darshan and Mukh Darshan queues on Thursday, September 24. According t...

After fatal Coastal Road accident, Worli residents seek crackdown on speeding, traffic violations and noise

Eminent Songs Of Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan & Rishi Kapoor Leave Music Lovers Spellbound

Pune: A special musical event titled The Four Superstars was organised at the Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagruh as part of the 38th Pune Festival. The evening featured hit melodies picturised on legendary actors Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor. The audience...

Khar Police File FIR After Pet Dog Bites Student in Mumbai Housing Society

Mumbai Ganeshotsav 2026: Special Girgaon Chowpatty Pavilion To Give Foreign Tourists Front-Row View Of Visarjan

Mumbai, September 23, 2026: The Maharashtra Tourism Department has set up an exclusive viewing pavilion at the historic Girgaon Chowpatty to facilitate international tourists witnessing the iconic Ganesh Visarjan ceremony on Anant Chaturdashi. The initiative aims to provide forei...