Mumbai: News

26 Feb 2018

Sridevi

Reports: Sridevi was getting ready for dinner, before cardiac arrest

As anxious crowds milled around her Mumbai home and stars visited the family to pay their condolences, a report said that Bollywood superstar Sridevi was getting ready for dinner with husband Boney Kapoor when she suffered a cardiac arrest.

26 Feb 2018

Goa

Manohar Parrikar rushed to hospital again after abdominal pain

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar has been admitted to hospital again. Four days ago, he was discharged after a one-week stay at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital.

26 Feb 2018

Sridevi

Fans rush to Sridevi's house, but funeral to be delayed

Since the news of Sridevi's death broke, fans have been waiting outside her residence in Mumbai to pay their respects.

26 Feb 2018

Piyush Goyal

Architect Hafeez offers to design 19 Railway Stations for free

Noted architect Hafeez Contractor has reportedly offered to design 19 stations across the country, including several in Mumbai free of charge, as part of a redevelopment project being rolled out by the Railways.

25 Feb 2018

Indian Railways

Soon, all-women TTE crew on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi!

The Railways is taking major strides towards women empowerment. Recently, it launched all-women crews at Mumbai's Matunga and Jaipur's Gandhinagar railway stations.

25 Feb 2018

Milind Soman

Mumbai: Over 6,000 people participated in Saksham Cyclothon

Over 6,000 people took part in the Saksham Cyclothon Mumbai held on Sunday. Krisha Nayakodi and T Manorama Devi won the men's and women's elite category.

25 Feb 2018

India

Indian brothers look to harness Artificial Intelligence for greater good

As debate swirls on whether Artificial Intelligence will be a boon or a curse for humanity, two Indian-American entrepreneur brothers are out to ensure the emerging technologies don't just benefit the richest in society.

25 Feb 2018

Sridevi

Sridevi's mortal remains to arrive in Mumbai from Dubai, tonight

According to a source from Airports Authority of India, a private jet is being flown to Dubai to carry Sridevi Kapoor's mortal remains.

23 Feb 2018

DNA

Mumbai: Man, who raped his daughter, sentenced to life

In a shocking incident, a 38-year-old man has been sentenced to life by Vasai court on Thursday for raping his own daughter and having two children with her.

23 Feb 2018

Sexual Harassment

Mumbai: Man caught on CCTV forcibly kissing woman, arrested

Police in Mumbai have arrested a 43-year-old man who was caught on CCTV cameras forcibly kissing a woman at the Turbhe railway station yesterday.

23 Feb 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai: World's largest 1.8-kg tumor removed from man's brain

A team of doctors from Mumbai removed a staggering 1.8-kg tumor from a man's brain, hailing from Uttar Pradesh.

23 Feb 2018

India

Spectra's 1Gbps Internet coming soon to Mumbai and Chennai

For those of you in Mumbai and Chennai and haven't yet taken the Mbps to Gbps leap, Spectra will soon be introducing its 1Gbps connection in your cities.

22 Feb 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai business family buys four flats for Rs. 240 crore

A business family of Mumbai has reportedly made the biggest residential transaction of recent times by buying four apartments at Rs. 1.2 lakh per sq ft in an upcoming residential tower at Nepeansea Road.

22 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: No license for shops defying plastic ban

To get new or renewed licenses by local civic bodies for shops, malls, and other commercial establishments, they will have to follow the State's proposed ban on plastic bags and thermocol goods.

21 Feb 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai's iconic 70-yr-old Strand Book Stall to shut shop

The 70-year-old iconic Strand Book Stall will shut down permanently on February 28.

21 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Bullet train terminus in Mumbai to come up at BKC

The Mumbai terminus of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train corridor will reportedly come up at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC).

20 Feb 2018

Goa

As CM Manohar Parrikar ails, controversies and complications arise

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar complained of stomach-ache on Wednesday night; he was subsequently taken to the Goa Medical College and Hospital for check-up.

20 Feb 2018

Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai to get India's first gems, jewellery park

Maharashtra government is reportedly planning to set up India's first gems and jewelry park in Navi Mumbai.

20 Feb 2018

Sexual Harassment

Mumbai college professor convicted for inappropriate sex talk with students

A nursing college professor at a government hospital in Mumbai has been convicted for outraging the modesty of students by repeatedly referring to sexual topics in class unnecessarily.

20 Feb 2018

Sexual Harassment

BMW driver masturbates in front of noted Marathi actress; held

The Mumbai Police on Monday nabbed a BMW driver after actor Sumeet Raghavan filed an FIR against him for masturbating in front of his actress wife Chinmayee Surve-Raghavan in Vile Parle, Mumbai.

19 Feb 2018

Navi Mumbai

Mumbai to Pune in 20mins: Hyperloop will make this happen

Soon, the travel time between Mumbai and Pune will be cut down to just 20 minutes from the current three hours. This would be made possible by building a hyperloop transportation system.

18 Feb 2018

India

PM Modi inaugurates Global Investors' Summit in Maharashtra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Investors' Summit at the 'Magnetic Maharashtra: Convergence 2018' conference at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla complex.

17 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

5 things to do in Mumbai this weekend

Bored with your routine of binge-watching television series? Then, make your weekend refreshing by going out with friends, family or just by yourself.

17 Feb 2018

Thane

Thane school trustee thrashes students for disturbing sleep, gets arrested

A Thane school trustee has been arrested on Friday for allegedly locking up and thrashing 50 students with a fiber rod for disturbing her sleep.

16 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai dance bar raided, police rescues 16 young women

Mumbai Police recently raided a dance bar that was posing as an orchestra bar. They rescued 16 young women from a crammed, closet-like space that had no ventilation.

16 Feb 2018

India

Mumbai woman seeks ban on porn that 'ruined' her marriage

A 27-year-old Mumbai-based woman has approached the SC claiming her husband's addiction to porn had 'ruined' their marriage, and sought a complete ban on such websites.

16 Feb 2018

Celebrity

37-year-old telly actress sexually abused at a Mumbai fitness centre

In what has come as a shocker to the television fraternity, a 37-year-old telly actress has been molested by a man at a fitness centre in Andheri, Mumbai.

15 Feb 2018

Navi Mumbai

Mumbai: Fire breaks out at Mittal Estate godown, 1 dead

One person was killed in a massive fire that broke out at a godown in Mittal Estate building in Mumbai's Andheri-Kurla road in the early hours of Thursday.

14 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Ola driver allegedly beaten to death by speeding bikers

In a fit of rage, an Ola cab driver was allegedly beaten to death by three men on a bike in Mumbai's Shivaji Nagar area on Monday.

14 Feb 2018

India

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to start a year earlier

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train that was scheduled to be completed by 2023, has advanced its completion deadline to August 15, 2022.

14 Feb 2018

India

Punjab National Bank reports Rs. 11,366cr fraud at Mumbai branch

India's second-biggest state-run lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reported a $1.7bn fraud (roughly Rs. 11,366cr) at a single Mumbai branch.

13 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Scammers clone 50 ATM cards in Mumbai, loot Rs. 9L

In a major card cloning racket, about 50 Mumbai residents have been cheated of over Rs. 9.11L.

13 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

To prevent suicides, Maharashtra govt installs safety net at Mantralaya

Days after the Mantralaya in Mumbai witnessed two suicides, the Maharashtra government has installed a safety net at the building's second floor-level to avoid further such incidents.

12 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai man kills self after being forced to lick spit

A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself after four people assaulted him and also forced him to lick sputum from a shoe.

12 Feb 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai mechanic steps on broken glass, bleeds to death

A Mumbai-based man recently bled to death on a footpath near Mumbai's Oshiwara Park after he accidentally stepped on a glass shard. According to Mumbai police, the man's body was found at a spot where traders sell mirrors.

12 Feb 2018

India

India's financial capital Mumbai becomes 12th richest city globally

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, with a total wealth of $950 billion, became the 12th wealthiest city in the world, said a report by New World Wealth.

11 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai girl's innovative solution for air pollution

Motorists are hardly seen switching off their engines at traffic signals while waiting for the light to turn green. This not only leads to fuel wastage but also causes air pollution.

11 Feb 2018

Air India

Vistara, Air India flights narrowly avoid deadly mid-air collision

Over 200 passengers narrowly escaped a deadly accident when two Vistara and Air India planes flying in the opposite directions missed each other by seconds.

11 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Massive fire in Mumbai scrapyard, no casualties

A massive blaze erupted at a shop near a scrapyard in Mumbai's Mankhurd this morning. No casualties have been reported yet.

10 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

5 things you can do this weekend in Mumbai

The most awaited part of a tiresome week is the weekend, and it's finally here.