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Jain monk has begun an indefinite hunger strike in Mumbai, demanding the immediate reopening of the Dadar Kabutarkhana, a traditional pigeon feeding site MUMBAI: Jain monk Nileshchandra Vijay began an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan here on Monday, demanding the immediate reopening of the iconic Dadar Kabutarkhana, a traditional pigeon feeding site shut down…

The Bombay High Court granted bail to Kafeel Ahmed Ayub, 65, in the 2011 triple blast case after over a decade of pre-trial incarceration MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Kafeel Ahmed Ayub, 65, in the 2011 triple blast at Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House, and Dadar Kabutarkhana. He faces trial under…

MUMBAI: The Idea of India (IOI) Foundation has announced the “Seerah Conclave 2025”, an intellectual and cultural gathering to be held in Mumbai on November 22 under the theme “Revisiting the Prophetic Way to Heal Today’s India.” The Conclave is being held at Anjuman-i-Islam Kalsekar Technical Campus, Panvel, Near Navi Mumbai International Airport. Organized by…

A passenger arriving from Dubai was apprehended at Mumbai’s international airport with foreign currency valued at Rs 87 lakh. MUMBAI: A passenger arriving from Dubai has been arrested at Mumbai’s international airport after customs officials found foreign currency worth Rs 87 lakh concealed in his checked-in trolley bag.Officials said the traveller, who arrived on Air…

MUMBAI: Bombay high court will Tuesday hear the petition of a Prabhadevi resident who said her application to enrol as an elector after she turned 18 in April this year was not accepted. It is a violation of her statutory right to vote.Rupika Singh, a college student, said she couldn’t submit her application on the…

Mumbai: Services on the Versova–Ghatkopar Metro One corridor were disrupted during the evening peak hour on Monday after a technical snag in a Ghatkopar-bound train at Andheri station around 5:10 pm. The affected rake was withdrawn from service, leading to delays and bunching of trains.Commuters reported waiting for over 45 minutes at some stations as…

Mumbai: The Congress has alleged a Rs 5,000 crore scam in the allotment of construction projects for more than 13,000 houses to project-affected people (PAP) on the hill slope adjoining Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Malad East by the BMC. It claimed the private plot lay in the no-development zone reservation area but was first…

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Mumbai: BMC’s plan to set up a 200 million litres per day (MLD) desalination plant at Manori has hit a pricing hurdle, with the lowest bidder, GVPR Engineers, quoting nearly 26% higher than the BMC’s estimated project cost of Rs 8,000 crore,which includes taxes, operation and maintenance and power for a period of 20 years….

Mumbai: Observing that the photographs show the safety nets are torn in many places and heavy material was hanging in them, a sessions court recently rejected the anticipatory bail plea of builder Bhavesh Sanghrajka (43). He was booked after 22-year-old Sanskruti Amin lost her life when a concrete brick fell on her head from the…