Mumbai: News

24 Aug 2018

Mumbai Police

Maharashtra: Mumbai Police arrests two in railway recruitment scam

Mumbai police have arrested two men for allegedly being part of a railway recruitment racket.

24 Aug 2018

Celebrity

Marathi actor Vijay Chavan, known for comic roles, passes away

Veteran Marathi actor Vijay Chavan, known for his comic roles, passed away this morning at Fortis Hospital in Mumbai's Mulund suburb after a prolonged illness, a hospital official said. He was 63.

23 Aug 2018

X

Mumbai Police's latest tweet warns pickpocketers: 'We're watching you'

Right from Kiki challenge, road safety to crimes like drug-sniffing and drunk driving-Mumbai Police has churned out tweets concerning each of these, always pulling out latest trends.

22 Aug 2018

Fire Brigade

Mumbai: High-rise residential building catches fire, 2 dead, 14 injured

Two people have died and fourteen are injured after a fire broke out at Crystal Tower situated in Parel, Mumbai, earlier this morning.

21 Aug 2018

India

#FoodBytes: Top 5 cities in India for lip-smacking street food

No fine-dining experience can beat the feels of standing by a humble stall, overloaded with puchkas, burgers, chat-tikki and savoring the addictive, flavorful taste of the undisputed Indian street food.

20 Aug 2018

Crime Against Women

BJP member molests woman, she thrashes him with her sandal

On the pretext of giving her a job, a 37-year-old man tried molesting a woman in his Mumbai office, but what he got in return was totally unexpected.

20 Aug 2018

Gurugram

Gurugram-Mumbai Expressway to be extended till Delhi

Having already initiated the land-acquisition process for the mega Gurugram-Mumbai Greenfield Expressway project, the government is now planning to expand the road to Delhi.

20 Aug 2018

Bengaluru

Three-years after husband's death, woman becomes his child's mother

A woman, hailing from Bengaluru, became a mother, exactly three years after her husband died in a road accident, courtesy, modern technology.

20 Aug 2018

India

#CareerBytes: Top 5 best private engineering institutes in Mumbai

Not making it to IIT Bombay or other top government institutes for that matter doesn't mean it's the end of your engineering career.

19 Aug 2018

Narendra Modi

#KeralaFloods: This Mumbai-based NGO is collecting food, clothes for victims

A Mumbai-based NGO has started a campaign to collect food and other items to help the flood victims in Kerala.

18 Aug 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Man puts-up hoardings on roads to make-up with girlfriend

A man put up over 300 banners and hoardings in a plush locality of Maharashtra's Pimpri Chinchwad apparently to make up with his girlfriend after a tiff, but the antic has riled the local police.

18 Aug 2018

India

Mumbai: Two monkeys, being forced to beg, rescued

In India, animals are used for various purposes - from transporting goods, entertaining us to even begging.

Engineer, lawyer form organization to monitor 'biased', 'fake' news reports

An aeronautical engineer from Mumbai and a Delhi-based lawyer have come together to set up a group, which will monitor news reports and social media posts that are "biased and fake" and take necessary action.

17 Aug 2018

Sachin Tendulkar

Know what Sachin Tendulkar had to say about Ajit Wadekar

Sachin Tendulkar paid his tribute to former Indian cricketer, Ajit Wadekar, on Friday.

17 Aug 2018

India

#CareerBytes: Top 5 medical colleges in Mumbai

Mumbai is the city of dreams, and when we say so, money isn't the only thing we refer to.

Mumbai reports first malaria death; fight with leptospirosis, cholera continues

Mumbai's fight with the trinity of malaria, leptospirosis and cholera has started once again, as malaria claimed one life this month, making it the first malaria death of this year.

17 Aug 2018

Celebrity

Nick Jonas, parents in Mumbai to meet Priyanka Chopra's family

Actor Priyanka Chopra's boyfriend Nick Jonas and his parents, Denise Miller Jonas and Paul Kevin Jonas, are in Mumbai amid reports the couple will throw a bash to celebrate their engagement with family and close friends.

16 Aug 2018

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas might make their engagement official this weekend

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have kept their love-affair very public yet quite private.

Mumbai: 16 students fall sick consuming food in private school

At least 16 students and a staff member of a private school in Mumbai were hospitalized today due to suspected food poisoning.

16 Aug 2018

South Korea

Mumbai: India's first penguin born on Independence Day

Even as the whole nation celebrated Independence Day yesterday, it was extra special for Byculla Zoo.

16 Aug 2018

Gujarat

Kingpin, who sold kids to US-clients for Rs. 45L, arrested

The Mumbai police has arrested the kingpin of a child-trafficking racket who had been selling Indian kids to his clients in the US since 2007.

16 Aug 2018

India

President, PM pay tributes to former cricket captain Ajit Wadekar

President Ramnath Kovind and PM Narendra Modi joined Indian cricket fraternity in offering tributes to former captain Ajit Wadekar, who died at 77 in Mumbai yesterday after prolonged illness.

14 Aug 2018

India

#TravelBytes: 5 unique restaurants in Mumbai you must try

In a city of more than 2 crore mouths, delicious food makes for an obvious requisite.

14 Aug 2018

Astronauts

Astronaut's superfood will now be created by Mumbai's TB-hospital

Even as Mumbai battles tuberculosis, with over 50,000 new cases reported in 3 years, the Sewri tuberculosis hospital is mulling cultivating spirulina in its premises.

12 Aug 2018

India

Brazilian held with Rs. 2.5cr worth cocaine at Mumbai airport

A Brazilian national, F Nascimen, has been apprehended by the CISF at the Mumbai airport for allegedly smuggling in cocaine-filled capsules worth Rs. 2.5 crore by concealing them in talcum powder boxes, a senior official said today.

12 Aug 2018

Maharashtra

26/11: As Mumbai burned, citizens turned rescuers for their cops

The 26/11 attacks in Mumbai harmed the city in ways that can never be repaired. They destroyed families, martyred soldiers, and exposed the nation's deepest vulnerabilities.

11 Aug 2018

Shiv Sena

Why are Salman, Aaditya Thackeray on Mumbai Police's offenders' list?

Some of the so-called celebrities and known personalities, who earn in crores, have shown stinginess in not paying fines for breaking traffic rules.

11 Aug 2018

Facebook

Bajaj Electricals MD, Anant Bajaj, dies at 41

In a shocking incident, Bajaj Electricals MD, Anant Bajaj died on Friday night. He was just 41. Preliminary reports suggested Mr Bajaj suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in Mumbai.

10 Aug 2018

Indian Railways

Railways to launch digital museums at 22 stations on I-Day

The Railways Ministry has decided to launch digital museums at 22 stations on Independence Day to showcase railways' history after the PMO objected to the public transporter spending on developing separate railway museums.

Mumbai: Girl dies after consuming iron-boosting pills in BMC school

A girl student of a civic body-run school in Mumbai died today while over 160 other students were hospitalized due to suspected poisoning after they took iron-boosting medicines given by the school.

09 Aug 2018

Bollywood

'Is this your success?' Kangana jabs at actors'-silence on politics

Taking jibe at fellow actors' silence on politics, Kangana Ranaut said that artists often say that they shouldn't comment on politics, otherwise they will land up in trouble.

09 Aug 2018

Bhiwandi

Dreaming of a Mumbai house? Know what it'll cost you

Buying a house remains the ultimate dream for most middle-class Indians.

09 Aug 2018

Deepika Padukone

Ranveer shows what a star he is, protects female fan

As if there weren't enough reasons to love Ranveer Singh, he has given us yet another one.

09 Aug 2018

BCCI

SC approves BCCI's draft constitution, lays some modifications

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, approved the draft constitution of the BCCI which was prepared by the Justice Lodha Committee. However, it has introduced some modifications.

09 Aug 2018

Tamil Nadu

How Google helped this Mumbai woman find her stolen smartphone

With quick thinking and some help from Google, a Mumbai woman managed to nab the man who had stolen her phone.

09 Aug 2018

Maharashtra

Maratha groups declare Maharashtra bandh, but protests lose steam

Various Maratha outfits have called a day-long shutdown in Maharashtra today, continuing their agitation for 16% reservation in education and jobs.

08 Aug 2018

M Karunanidhi

When Karunanidhi helped fund a school and library in Mumbai

Late DMK Chief M Karunanidhi had helped fund a school and library in Mumbai 35 years ago.

Mumbai couple collects 650 tonnes of garbage from Mahim Beach

By next month, this Mumbai couple would reach 50th week of their mission: to keep Mahim Beach clean and plastic free.

08 Aug 2018

Bharat Petroleum

Mumbai: Massive fire at Bharat Petroleum refinery; 21 injured

As many as 21 people were injured after a fire broke out at a refinery of Bharat Petroleum in Mumbai this afternoon; those injured have been admitted to hospital.

08 Aug 2018

Bollywood

#BeingHuman Salman Khan saves 'Veergati' co-star Pooja Dadwal from tuberculosis

'Veergati' actress Pooja Dadwal was admitted with severe tuberculosis five months ago.