News & Events

The 190 acres of Aarey Colony in Goregaon (E), which was supposed to be an eco-sensitive zone for the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, will now accommodate a zoo and an animal preservation centre, a plan that has invited criticism from different quarters. Source: Mumbai News

Maharashtra administrative tribunal chairman, Justice A H Joshi has asked Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya that he should issue suitable general directions, after seeking due orders from the Chief Minister, as regards the manner in which office notes on midterm transfer should be initiated and forwarded to the competent authority. Source: Mumbai News

The editor of an Urdu newspaper was arrested and later released on bail for reportedly reprinting a controversial caricature originally carried by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Source: Mumbai News

A day after the city police arrested five persons including four teenagers for kidnapping the minor son of a prominent developer and collecting ransom of Rs 10 lakh, the Agripada police on Thursday said that Rs 7.4 lakh was paid as ransom and not Rs 10 lakh. Source: Mumbai News

Newly elected MLA advocate Waris Pathan re-started an abandoned police chowky at Agripada where maximum cases of drug addicts, chain snatching and eve-teasing were reported in the last couple of years. Source: Mumbai News

The Dahisar police are hunting for two octroi agents who cheated the BMC and a garment retail company of Rs 1.5 crore by dishing out forged receipts. Source: Mumbai News

Four boys were arrested at Tilak Nagar station on Thursday for travelling illegally in a ladies coach and making obscene conversation aloud. Source: Mumbai News

Champions of safe blood want the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) to harp on voluntary donation while penalizing hospitals for insisting on replacement donors Source: Mumbai News

In a major relief to Muslims in Ulhasnagar who had fought for a burial ground for three decades, a Hindu developer has now donated a two-acre plot to Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) for it Source: Mumbai News

Five more stations on Central Railway began providing the mobile ticketing service from Tuesday, taking the total numbe of such station to 20. Source: Mumbai News