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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicMUMBAI

Topic: MUMBAI

Mumbai model’s wish for a midnight cigarette ends with her stripping in front of cops

Megha Sharma called the police after being allegedly harassed by a guard, and was forced to strip because she was being ‘dragged’ to the police station.

Two years after court order, women have easy access at Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah

Like in Sabarimala temple case, women had to move court to get unfettered access to Haji Ali Dargah. Now, a separate access path has been...

Live in Mumbai’s slums to enjoy poverty, says this Dutch NGO member

'Poverty tourism' in the slums of Mumbai shows a superficial understanding of the problem.

Anil Ambani wants to sell controlling stake in his ailing telecom business

Reliance Communications is negotiating with two investors who are conducting due diligence.

BMC’s mangrove math helps Mumbai beat Modi govt’s green diktat

A Rs 2,000-crore sewage treatment plant, touted to be Mumbai's largest, will now come up in part of the mangrove forest in suburban Malad. 

Congress has good chance to win Mumbai in 2019 but there’s one reason party may squander it

Political observers say strained BJP-Shiv Sena ties and traders’ disenchantment with note ban and GST give Congress a good shot at reclaiming Mumbai.

Mumbai moves to get past its creaky, colonial local train network with new metro lines

State approves plans for two Metro lines — one links Andheri East to airport and the other connects satellite town of Mira Bhayander to Mumbai business district.

Decongestion projects on the cards, Mumbai to see hectic building activity from October

The projects - a sea link, a coastal road and two new elevated metro lines – are worth nearly Rs 45,000 crore.

‘If you can’t cook, stop eating’: what husband of India’s airline hero Neerja told her

Aneesh Bhanot, Neerja's brother, reveals his sister's plight in marriage that left her starving of both finances and food.

Petrol prices raised by 14 paise, diesel up by 15 paise

Since 3 June, this is the first time petrol price touched Rs 78 in Delhi. Diesel too scales new highs at Rs 69.61. 

On Camera

Indian civil services is short on women. It’s not the govt’s fault

Not only do fewer women apply for the Indian civil services examination, but they also tend to withdraw from the race as they age.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.