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To lure commuters to take the red bus, BEST plans to introduce ‘Happy Hours’ during non-peak hours. So, if things go to plan, you could pay up to half the fare on routes where buses ply almost empty between noon and 3 pm. Source: Mumbai News

The Bombay HC on Monday reserved its judgment on a PIL seeking a ban on plying of horse-drawn carriages, popularly called Victorias, on Mumbai’s roads. Animal rights organizations, horse owners, BMC and the state, who were pitted on either side of the debate, concluded their arguments before a division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Anil Menon. Source: Mumbai News

After his first significant conviction since his extradition from Portugal a decade ago, the crucial issue is what would be the demand now for Abu Salem’s quantum of punishment in the case of murder and an act of terror. Source: Mumbai News

A 29-year-old man working for a BPO in Malad was arrested on Saturday for allegedly harassing a woman colleague. Source: Mumbai News

As Catholics head into the 40-day austerities of Lent with Ash Wednesday on February 18, clergymen point out that the period is one of spiritual awakening, not mere ritual. Source: Mumbai News

Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal’s son Pankaj and nephew Samir have been summoned by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to record their statements on the alleged illegalities in granting of contracts for the construction of Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi. Source: Mumbai News

A high-level probe into irrigation projects in Vidarbha and Konkan regions has reached a dead end, as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has not received relevant documents from the water resources department led by senior BJP leader Girish Mahajan. Source: Mumbai News

Three years after he raped and strangled a 13-year-old schoolgirl near Alibaug, the Bombay high court on Monday held a 25-year-old youth guilty and confirmed his death sentence. Source: Mumbai News

Stung by the rising swine flu cases, the state government has directed city hospitals to create isolation facilities. Source: Mumbai News

A woman aged 29 lost her life because she was hit by a stone while she was on a train, returning home. Source: Mumbai News