Mumbai: News

13 May 2018

Uber

Forget Ola-Uber, Mumbai's S3 Cabs brings women drivers for safety!

The newest cab-aggregator in Mumbai, S3 Cabs, seems to have brought a range of progressive changes with it.

11 May 2018

Mumbai Central

Mothers'-Day special: This mother-of-two gave a life to many others

In a self-centric world, rare tales of altruism leave their mark.

11 May 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai boy's death by drowning: Swimming pool's caretaker held

Three days after a 12-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in Mumbai, one person was arrested yesterday.

Ex-Maharashtra ATS chief Himanshu Roy commits suicide: Report

Former Mumbai top cop Himanshu Roy shot himself dead in the afternoon today, according to reports.

11 May 2018

India

Mumbai cop's son found dead after drugs, alcohol-heavy party

The police have made some headway in their investigation into the death of Atharva Shinde, the 20-year-old son of a Mumbai police inspector who was found dead on Wednesday.

Mumbai gangster 'depressed over health', seeks nod for euthanasia

A gangster arrested in 2016 in a double murder case in Mumbai has written to a MCOCA court asking for permission to end his life.

Flight tickets from Mumbai most expensive in India

If you are planning for a Mumbai to Goa vacation, please book your tickets in advance, because any last-minute flight in this route will cost you anywhere from Rs. 4,500 to 6,500.

10 May 2018

Uddhav Thackeray

Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal discharged from hospital

Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, granted bail in a money laundering case, was today discharged from the civic-run KEM hospital where he underwent treatment for nearly a week.

09 May 2018

POCSO

Thane: Man rapes 8-year-old in public-toilet, thrashed, arrested

A 45-year-old is languishing behind bars for allegedly raping an eight-year-old in Thane.

08 May 2018

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

Meet the wedding-planners who added magic to Sonam Kapoor's wedding

Every single thing in Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja's wedding ceremonies had resplendent written all over it. One of the most high-profile events of this year, the wedding wowed everyone with just the way it was.

08 May 2018

Indian Railways

125 new ATVMs in Western-Railways stations, relief for 36L commuters

Western Railway (WR) has decided to install 125 new ATVMs across its stations, which is set to bring a huge relief to smart-card holders.

08 May 2018

Navi Mumbai

50% of affluent, 'literate' Mumbai wards still prefer boys

Though Mumbai commands a better sex ratio than Maharashtra and India's average, 50% of its wards have recorded a dip in female birth rate.

08 May 2018

Section 506

Mumbai model stalks, threatens to kill woman; arrested

A 26-year-old Mumbai model was recently arrested by the Juhu police for stalking a woman and threatening to kill her.

07 May 2018

Maharashtra

WHO calls Mumbai world's 4th most-polluted city, but Maharashtra denies

The May-2 WHO report that ranks Mumbai ahead of Beijing as fourth most polluted city globally, hasn't gone down well with Maharashtra government.

06 May 2018

Bombay High Court

HC relief to man seeking administration of dead mother's estate

The Bombay High Court has held that a citizen's right to seek administration of a deceased person's estate in accordance with the latter's will must be protected.

05 May 2018

Uber

New player in Mumbai takes away 700 Ola, Uber drivers

A major setback awaits Ola and Uber in Mumbai.

05 May 2018

Mumbai Police

This Mumbai lady cop broke laws to save a life

It's not just Mumbai Police's Twitter handle that's praiseworthy, even the deeds by its officers command an ovation.

05 May 2018

Bombay High Court

Bombay HC judge hears cases till 3:30am to clear backlog

The Bombay HC saw rare scenes yesterday, the last working day before the summer break: the courtroom was packed till 3:30am as Justice Shahrukh J Kathawalla passed one order after another.

05 May 2018

Indian Railways

Railways planning to kill two birds with one 8-feet-high wall

Last month, the government approved 8-10 feet high walls along the Delhi-Mumbai train route, which would convert it to a high-speed corridor.

05 May 2018

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

Sonam Kapoor-Anand Ahuja in quest of their dream house

All set to exchange the wedding vows on May 8, Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja are said to be looking for a new house in Mumbai.

05 May 2018

Western Railway

World's first 'ladies special train' by Western Railway completes 26-years

The first 'ladies special train' in the world, started between Churchgate and Borivali stations on the Western Railway (WR), will complete 26-years today.

04 May 2018

Air Pollution

In 7 years, Mumbai will see 65% rise in air-pollution

That Mumbai has a high level of air pollution is no news. But the scary part is, it's set to rise by 65% in the next seven years.

Monsoon-preps: BMC's 'superior' pothole-filling mix to be ready by mid-June

Mumbai's monsoon has become synonymous with its infamous potholes.

04 May 2018

Indian Railways

Delhi-Mumbai Special Rajdhani to have engines at both ends

For the first time in the Indian Railways, a passenger train - the Mumbai-Delhi Special Rajdhani - will have an engine at the front and at the rear, to save travel time.

03 May 2018

X

Mumbai Police teaches road safety with human evolution meme!

Adding spice to relatively boring topic of human evolution, Mumbai Police posted yet another clever tweet.

01 May 2018

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja

Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja's wedding confirmed for May 8

The guessing game regarding Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja's wedding has finally come to an end. The families of the much-in-love couple have released a joint statement confirming that Sonam and Anand will tie the knot on May 8.

01 May 2018

Ghaziabad

Mumbai police bust call-center racket in Ghaziabad

Police in Mumbai have busted a call center racket in Ghaziabad that cheated over 80 people of lakhs of rupees in just six months.

01 May 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbaikar granted divorce after wife assaults his mother, lodges false-cases

Reinforcing the fact that torture isn't just limited to men, a South Mumbai businessman has been granted divorce from his wife of 10 years due to her 'cruelty.'

01 May 2018

Celebrity

Anushka Sharma turns 30; announces she's opening an animal shelter

On her 30th birthday, Bollywood star Anushka Sharma today announced she is building an animal shelter on the outskirts of Mumbai.

30 Apr 2018

Lok Sabha

NHSRCL's 'chai pe charcha' with bullet train project affected persons

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), which is building a bullet train corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, will hold what the company called "chai pe charcha" with project-affected-persons (PAPs) to solve issues.

30 Apr 2018

Central Railway

Central Railway to run summer special trains between Mumbai, Goa

The Central Railway (CR) has decided to run six additional summer special trains between Mumbai in Maharashtra and Karmali in Goa to clear the extra rush of passengers.

30 Apr 2018

Bollywood

Despite getting diagnosed with tennis elbow, Ajay Devgn continues work

Ajay Devgn, who is currently shooting for Luv Ranjan backed romantic saga in Mumbai, has been diagnosed with tennis elbow or Lateral Epicondylitis.

29 Apr 2018

India

India's metros are surprisingly seeing drastic drops in car sales

Metro cities in India have seen an unexpected but welcome trend. After continuously rising for years, the number of cars sold in Mumbai and Bengaluru actually dropped, and drastically.

29 Apr 2018

Akshay Kumar

Akshay auctions 'Rustom' uniform to raise funds for animal welfare

Whether is it through his films or his actions in real life, Akshay Kumar strives to bring about a positive change in the society.

29 Apr 2018

Facebook

Bejan Daruwalla, Bollywood's famous astrologer, suffers brain stroke

Bejan Daruwalla, who has been Bollywood's go-to astrologer for years, recently suffered from a brain stroke.

28 Apr 2018

Alibaug

Mumbai: Motorcycle racket busted, all racketeers arrested

Mumbai cops have busted a motorcycle racket operating between Alibaug and Mumbai, by arresting all of its members within ten days.

26 Apr 2018

Kolkata

Congestion costing India a whopping Rs. 1.44L crore a year

Four metros of India-Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru-are 149% more congested than other comparable cities in Asia, whereby commuters take 1.5-times longer to reach a certain destination during peak hours.

26 Apr 2018

Navi Mumbai

Massive fire at Navi Mumbai chemical factory leaves 3 injured

A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Navi Mumbai's Kopar Khairane MIDC yesterday, leaving two persons grievously injured and another wounded, and gutting five neighboring factories.

26 Apr 2018

Murder

10 convicted, given 5-years-jail-term for planning to kill Mahesh Bhatt

The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), on Wednesday, sentenced 10 men to five years prison and acquitted two others, for conspiring to kill filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.

26 Apr 2018

Ram Vilas Paswan

Mumbai: Porters crushed by train didn't hear warning-horn, say police

Two porters, who were mowed down by a Mumbai local train on Tuesday while trying to clear the body of a 66-year-old man off the tracks, couldn't hear the repeated honks blown by the Virar-bound train motorman, cops said today.