Cong MP Vijay Darda`s wife passes away

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 00:37

Jyotsna Darda, wife of Congress Rajya Sabha member Vijay Darda, passed away here on Saturday following a brief illness. She was 61.

Mumbai school boys donate savings for drought relief

Last Updated: Friday, March 22, 2013, 20:47

Students of the Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan School at Ahmedpur in Latur district today donated Rs 51,000 from their pocket money for the cause of drought-hit people in Maharashtra.

Cong MLA to lock horns with state govt on water scheme

Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 21:16

Local Congress MLA Kailash Gorantyal on Saturday said the city Congress unit would launch agitation against the state government for not giving power connection to the Jayakwadi-Jalna water scheme.

Mumbai police`s special cell for women starts operating

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 23:42

The Mumbai police`s `Crime Against Women Cell` started operations on Friday on the occasion of International Women`s Day.

Doctors move HC against MCI decision to derecognise courses

Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013, 16:54

Some doctors have filed a clutch of petitions in the Bombay HC challenging the decision of Maharashtra Medical Council to refuse their registration, on the ground that the degrees awarded to them were not recognised by MCI.

Dhule riots: ‘Police firing was excessive but necessary`

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 13:28

Maharashtra Police has admitted in its report to the state government on the January 6 Dhule riots that the police firing was "excessive but necessary" as the situation had gone out of control.

Drought is worse than 1972, workers need to reach out: Chavan

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 22:02

Stating that the drought in the state this year is more severe than that of 1972, Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan asked Congress workers to reach out to the people and inform them about the government`s efforts to bring relief.

Five persons killed in mishap at Maha town

Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 12:23

Five persons were killed when their car was hit by a speeding truck in Wardha district of Maharashtra in the wee hours Thursday, police said.

After `Chhota Pak`, now a `B`desh` in Thane

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 19:24

A birth certificate issued to a resident from Gandhinagar locality in Mira-Bhayander here, has revealed a settlement called `Bangladesh Zopadpatti`.

My husband should be hanged, demands rapist`s wife

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 18:47

The wife of a serial offender, who allegedly raped and murdered a minor girl following release from jail after serving sentence in similar offences, says her husband should be "hanged for the heinous crime."

MNS wants `criminal inquiry` into irrigation scam

Last Updated: Friday, December 28, 2012, 22:43

Dismissing the probe by special investigation team into the irrigation scam, ordered by the Maharashtra Government, Raj Thackeray-led MNS on Friday demanded for "criminal inquiry".

Heavy increase in number of cops protecting VIPs and VVIPs

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 00:24

Sixty-one per cent of the Mumbai`s 46,000-strong police force has been assigned the job of protecting VIPs and VVIPs in the metropolis that has a population of over 1.25 cr, a whopping 1,184 per cent jump in deployment since 2007.