Kharghar News

Khokho, Lagori to enliven crowds at Equal Streets

Spare the road, spoil the child. The Equal Streets Movement is back this Sunday to urge you to abandon your cars for four hours and give your kids a 6.5km long stretch of freedom. Source: Mumbai News

Water tax to be hiked but will service improve?

The water tax is expected to be hiked by 8% in the next financial year, but citizens are wondering if it will lead to better services. Source: Mumbai News

Govt silence on ghar wapsi irks Cardinal

As a child growing up in cosmopolitan Mahim, Oswald Cardinal Gracias, now archbishop of Mumbai, was surrounded by people of all faith. Source: Mumbai News

Start-ups step up sales pitch, get on-spot funding at IIT entrepreneurship event

An online platform where people get to design their own clothes and get them custom-tailored attracted the interest of 11 angel investors at the competition ‘10-Minute Million’ organized by the entrepreneurship cell (E-cell) of IIT-Bombay. Source: Mumbai News

‘SIM racket accused has terror links’

The city police suspect that Govandi resident Sharif Khan, from whose house 2,173 active SIM cards and fake government documents including Aadhar and PAN cards were seized recently, was in touch with international terror suspects via a Facebook account. Source: Mumbai News

Lukewarm response to IIT-Bombay start-up fair

The first-time initiative of holding a start-up fair this weekend at IIT-Bombay did not have many takers from the students’ community. Source: Mumbai News

Woman sold off for Rs 1L, abused by 35 in a day

A Kolkata resident who was conned into coming to the city after promising her a job was allegedly “sold off for Rs 1 lakh” in Bhiwandi’s red light area and was physically abused by 35 persons on a single day. Source: Mumbai News

AIB roast: Police complaint lodged against Bollywood stars for filthy language

Police have initiated an inquiry into a complaint against filmmaker Karan Johar, actor Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, which alleged that the trio had used "filthy and abusive language" on a show. Source: Mumbai News

Hotel owner rapes staffer on first day of her job, on the run

A hotel owner in Ulhasnagar is on the run after being booked for allegedly raping a receptionist on her first day of job at the hotel. The accused, Sadanand Shetty (45), owns Dolphin Club hotel in Ulhasnagar 3. Source: Mumbai News

Fire engulfs RTO godown

A fire broke out in a 1,000 sq ft scrap godown of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Tardeo on Saturday afternoon. No casualties were reported. Source: Mumbai News