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Massive fire in Kurla, no casualty reported

A major fire broke out in Kurla's Kapadia Nagar, just a few days after cylinder explosions caused a blaze in the same locality. No casualties have been reported.

03 Feb 2017

Pune

Mumbai boy repeatedly stabs molester before escaping

A Class IV student of Deedee's Madrassa in Sewri repeatedly stabbed a teacher with a pen, who was trying to sodomize him, before escaping.

02 Feb 2017

Mumbai

Budget 2017: Cheaper 1BHKs, more PG medical seats

In Budget-2017, Jaitley announced several measures to boost affordable-housing. 1BHKs in suburbs in Mumbai may get cheaper due to 100% tax-exemption on profits from flats of 600sq-ft carpet area.

01 Feb 2017

India

Mumbai hospitals under the scanner for overcharging

Lilavati Hospital, Asian Heart Institute, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Global Hospitals, Hiranandani Hospital and HN Reliance Foundation were found selling packaged commodities at prices far above the MRP.

31 Jan 2017

Uddhav Thackeray

One dies after falling off crowded Mumbai local

Two men fell off an overcrowded Virar-Borivali local near Vasai. Irfan Shaikh died while Vikas Prajapati was grievously injured.

30 Jan 2017

Uddhav Thackeray

Over 10,000 gather for colourful Pride Parade

14,000 LGBTQ members/supporters gathered at August Kranti Maidan for the Queer Azadi Mumbai march to mark the end of 'Pride-Month'. Participants from abroad, including Belgium, also joined in.

28 Jan 2017

Mumbai

IDBI Bank flouted norms to offer Mallya Rs 950-crore loan

Vijay Mallya's KFA was reportedly Rs 6,000 crore in debt when it approached IDBI bank, with un-repaid credits of IDBI itself. The first loan of Rs 150 crore was sanctioned within a week.

27 Jan 2017

Navi Mumbai

Don't create a point of view: SRK tells media

In a recent interview, SRK blamed the media for questioning the absence of an "Indian Meryl Streep", referring to her speech about Trump.

26 Jan 2017

Uddhav Thackeray

Alert Mumbai train drivers rewarded for averting major disaster

Driver Harendra Kumar of Janshatabdi Express, travelling from Madgaon to Dadar on January 24, saw a heavy piece of rail on the tracks near Diva. With the help of his 2 colleagues, the piece was removed.

25 Jan 2017

Bombay High Court

6 people lost money to frauds posing as 'bank officials'

6 cases of credit/debit card frauds have been registered by the Azad Maidan police; victims received phone-calls from people posing as bank officials and tricking them into revealing their card-details.

24 Jan 2017

India

Access free Wi-Fi in these spots in Mumbai

Maharashtra CM had tweeted, "Happy to dedicate Phase 1 of #MumbaiWiFi. From this instance, 500 hotspots to go live across various locations. #MumbaiWiFi is India's largest Public WiFi services."

23 Jan 2017

Narendra Modi

70 passengers waited in Air India's aircraft for 3 hours

70 passengers, including senior-citizens spent over 3 hours in an Air-India aircraft on Sunday before the Mumbai-Gwalior flight was cancelled as the weather was reportedly unclear in Gwalior.

21 Jan 2017

Indian Penal Code

What's making headlines in Mumbai?

The State of Maharashtra is not very keen on backing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train loan as its guarantor.

Thane girl at Donald Trump's inauguration

Oishika Neogi, a resident of Thane will be attending Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.

19 Jan 2017

Navi Mumbai

Housing in Mumbai most expensive

The most expensive cities to buy a house are all located in Asia.

18 Jan 2017

Narendra Modi

Shiv Sena compares demonetization to Hiroshima bombing

Shiv Sena said in its party mouth piece 'Saamna' that demonetization was akin to dropping an atom-bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Changes galore in Mumbai

Fake cops at railway station in Mira Road making a living by forcing people to pay fines have been unmasked.

13 Jan 2017

Mumbai

David Guetta is a no show in Mumbai

The much awaited concert by French DJ David Guetta in Mumbai has now been officially cancelled.

12 Jan 2017

Mumbai

What's making the news today in Mumbai?

'WAYU', an experiment for outdoor air-purification in Mumbai, has already been termed a disappointment.

11 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Mumbai and all that's changing in it

The space under Lalbaug flyover is set to be revamped to include art installations and other amenities to attract residents.

10 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Surprises galore in Mumbai

Now, report every traffic violator with the new 'Mumbai Traffic Police' mobile application by just clicking a picture.

09 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Roll-out of largest public WiFi

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the launch of the largest public WiFi service in Mumbai earlier today: there will be 500 WiFi live hotspots across the city.

07 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Ups and downs in Mumbai

Mumbai residents need to dig out their warm clothes as the city has gotten colder than usual.

06 Jan 2017

Bombay High Court

The city that keeps moving forward

On Saturday night, a night marathon has been organized to encourage women to "reclaim the night".

05 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Some hits and some misses from Mumbai

Navi Mumbai may have to wait much longer for an airport.

04 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Wednesday updates from Mumbai

Mumbai could be the first Indian city to get air ambulances - a god send for accident victims and those waiting for organ transplants.

03 Jan 2017

Karan Johar

Mumbai is racing towards the future

Galloping towards a cashless economy, all RTOs in Maharashtra are soon set to become cashless.

02 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Mumbai charting a new course

Mumbai police have adopted e-challans to do their bit towards cashless economy.

31 Dec 2016

Navi Mumbai

City of Dreams all set to welcome 2017

Mumbai has all its plans chalked out to welcome 2017.

We got Mumbai covered!

Mumbaikars will be able to ring in New Year amidst tightened security by Mumbai police with the help of CCTV network across the city.

Mumbai gets down to business!

Mumbaikars woke up to the news of a train accident on Thursday as five coaches of local Kurla-Ambernath train derailed near Kalyan station.

28 Dec 2016

Navi Mumbai

Mumbai: a city for outsiders, an emotion for Mumbaikars!

Seizure of new currency notes continues to make headlines as police seized Rs.45 lakh in Rs.2000 currency notes from Thane, on Tuesday.

27 Dec 2016

Mumbai

Mumbai- its more than a city, its a character!

State government has formed a panel to conserve the forts built by Shivaji, in the state.

26 Dec 2016

Mumbai

All the hustle and bustle from Mumbai

Ahead of the election season, Maharshtra's politics is on its way to see some break-ups and some new alliances.

News that will matter to Mumbai and Mumbaikars

Mumbai is set to witness a grand celebration on the eve of bhoomipoojan ceremony of Shivaji memorial.

23 Dec 2016

Kolkata

Mumbai-where million dreams take a flight

A Kolkata tycoon was picked up by Enforcement Directorate sleuths from Mumbai airport while he was trying to escape to Malaysia.

22 Dec 2016

Uddhav Thackeray

The beauty and the beast in Mumbai

In one of the most beautiful and tragic tales on loyalty, a 32 year-old bodyguard shielded his master by taking all the bullets on himself in Dombivali.

Things getting serious at the entertainment capital

In a news more worrying than scary, a 17 year-old ruthlessly stabbed a man eight times before running away with his cash in Thane.

20 Dec 2016

Mumbai

News from Mumbai, of Mumbai and for Mumbai!

Noose tightened on electricity mafias and power theft offenders as the vigilance department of BEST registered more FIRs this year to serve as a deterrent.

19 Dec 2016

Mumbai

Nothing as addictive as the city of dreams!

A political showdown between alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena might soon be witnessed.