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On February 15, 2015, Satyashree received her passport — the first person in Maharashtra, and perhaps India, to be issued the document with her gender listed as ‘Transgender’. Source: Mumbai News

An associate of Anna Hazare filed a complaint at the Mahatama Phule police station on Wednesday that the social activist had been receiving death threats on his Facebook account from two former supporters for the past three weeks. Source: Mumbai News

Mithilish Singh, an engineer with a contractor constructing 4G towers, surrendered before the police on Wednesday after learning that a complaint had been registered against him. Singh was produced before the Mulund court and released on bail. Source: Mumbai News

The Bombay high court on Monday rued the plight of the common man when a new government decides not to implement the previous government’s order. Source: Mumbai News

While the process has begun to frame fresh passport guidelines, the Bombay high court on Monday directed the Centre to send copies of its own judgments and those given by the Supreme Court to all regional passport authorities in Maharashtra as a guide. Source: Mumbai News

The government is keen on expediting the launch of the integrated ticketing system (ITS) in Mumbai, which means commuters can carry a single smartcard to travel by BEST buses, Metro and monorail in the near future. Source: Mumbai News

The donations came as a boon for two youngsters with acute liver failure, who doctors say, may not have lived beyond a few weeks without the new organs. Source: Mumbai News

The State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) has been warned not to overstep its brief and strictly implement orders of the Union environment ministry while scrutinising proposals for environmental clearances (ECs). Source: Mumbai News

A sessions court on Tuesday rejected the plea of the prosecution in the 2002 hit-and-run case seeking a direction to actor Salman Khan to produce his driving licence to prove the charge that he was driving car at the time of mishap without valid papers. Source: Mumbai News

In villages and metros across India, despite decades of change, jeans and trousers are still considered 'inappropriate' clothes for women Source: Mumbai News