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The Hotel and Restaurant Association has said the BMC's crackdown on restaurants that break license conditions is probably the first such action ever in the city. Source: Mumbai News

The one-minute video uploaded on Youtube on October 15, says that it was taken at an Andheri club where cops can be heard speaking about bribes and referring to 'payments' being made to them (by the club) on previous occasions. Source: Mumbai News

Several NGOs in the city organised a silent protest in front of Vinobha Bhave police station in Kurla in connection to the fire at Hotel City Kinnara in which eight people lost their lives including seven students from Don Bosco College in Vidyavihar. Source: Mumbai News

The Maharashtra government has decided to set up a coordination panel for central and international educational boards like the CBSE, ICSE, IB and IGCSE. Source: Mumbai News

Entry of women in close proximity of the grave of a male Muslim saint is a grievous sin in Islam, the Haji Ali Dargah Trust told Bombay high court on Monday. Source: Mumbai News

A Pune-based advocate has approached the Bombay high court seeking directions to students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on a protest to end their strike. The advocate has also urged the HC to ask the Union of India to take steps to end the strike and adopt a transparent policy while appointing chairpersons of such institutions. The matter was mentioned before a division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi. The bench has issued notices to the Centre, state government and Vikas Urs, FTII Students Association. Source: Mumbai News

Mumbaikars continued to reel under the heat for yet another day. On Saturday, while the maximum temperatures recorded were less compared to Friday's 38.6 degrees Celsius, they were 4.1 degrees above normal. Source: Mumbai News

There's a picture of a spacious flat doing the rounds on Parsi Whatsapp gro ups. The floor is lined with gold bars, stashes of 1000-rupee notes and silver trays. Source: Mumbai News

It is a rarity indeed to get to see first-hand some of the earliest coins of India, silver Mudras originating bet sixthfifth to second cen ween sixthfifth to second century BCE. Source: Mumbai News

Three teens from Jogeshwari drowned at the popular picnic spot Chinchoti Waterfalls in Vasai on Saturday. Source: Mumbai News