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BJP MLAs remarks on Hindu girls and gyms draw sharp criticism

Gopichand Padalkars comments in Beed spark outrage; accused of promoting communal division and moral policing

17 Oct 2025 9:09 pm
Maharashtra Governments financial aid for farmers in Marathwada region inadequate: Sharad Pawar

The NCP(SP) leader said he did not want to politicise the issue but genuinely felt that everyone should make efforts to help affected farmers

17 Oct 2025 12:10 pm
Shilpa Shetty drops travel plea after Bombay High Court refuses relief

The High Court on October 8 ruled that the actor and her husbands plea to suspend the Look Out Circular (LOC) and allow overseas travel will be considered only if they deposit 60 crore; the amount allegedly involved in a cheating case against them.

17 Oct 2025 10:59 am
Bombay HC grants anticipatory bail to Puja Khedkars father in a road rage and kidnapping case

Justice N. R. Borkar, while allowing the pleas, directed Dilip Khedkar to pay 4 lakh to the victim, Prahlad Kumar, within six weeks and deposit 1 lakh in the police welfare fund.

17 Oct 2025 5:05 am
Government targets 3 lakh crore in domestic defence production by 2029: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister says exports to touch 50,000 crore; credits private sector for driving Indias self-reliance push

16 Oct 2025 10:15 pm
Dipna Daryananis debut picture book celebrates kindness

Author and educator Dipna Daryanani on her debut picture book About the Friend in My Heart, a celebration of empathy, gratitude and the everyday magic of being kind. The first copies of the book will be available at the Vizag Junior Lit Fest

16 Oct 2025 4:47 pm
Bombay High Court rejects bail plea in Mephedrone case, citing commercial quantity

The Bombay High Court said that personal liberty must yield to public interest in NDPS offences involving commercial quantity.

16 Oct 2025 11:18 am
Large-scale anomalies in voters list, postpone Maharashtra local body elections, say Opposition parties

The Opposition parties claimed that several constituencies in Maharashtra had duplicate voters, faulty EPIC numbers, several people using the same photo identity cards or an unreasonably large number of voters staying at the same address

16 Oct 2025 11:11 am
Bombay High Court quashes ED arrest of senior IAS officer in money laundering case

The court also quashed the remand orders issued by the special PMLA court and rejected the EDs plea for a stay on the release.

16 Oct 2025 4:24 am
Actor Akshay Kumar seeks Bombay High Courts protection against deepfake misuse

One was a viral trailer falsely showing Akshay Kumar as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a film he never featured in.

16 Oct 2025 3:28 am
Opposition leaders meet Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer, urge concrete action on irregularities

Ahead of upcoming local body elections, Oppn. seeks action against vote tampering, dual voter registrations; will use lists prepared ahead of last years elections: EC

15 Oct 2025 4:24 am
Bombay HC fixes personal liability for pothole deaths, orders 6 lakh compensation

The Bombay High Court said that bad roads are a gross violation of Article 21 and warned that lip service wont do, mandating strict timelines, disciplinary action, and recovery from contractors.

15 Oct 2025 3:03 am
10 TISS students booked forget-together in remembrance of Professor G.N. Saibaba

A few students also claimed they are unable to return to campus as police have been calling them to the police station.

15 Oct 2025 2:51 am
Bombay HC grants bail to three accused in Govind Pansare murder case

While Tawade and Kale are expected to walk free, Kalaskar will remain in custody as he is already serving a sentence for his role in the 2013 murder of activist Narendra Dabholkar.

15 Oct 2025 2:14 am
Maharashtra State Election Commission requests ECI to postpone SIR in State until January 2026 due to local body elections

The State Election Commission said that field officers needed for the SIR will be involved in the local body elections and urges the ECI to defer the SIR till January 2026

14 Oct 2025 12:09 pm
Bombay HC seeks clarity on FIR against U.S. national over conversion charges

The U.S. citizen named James Leonard Watson, was arrested under black magic and conversion laws after attending a prayer meeting in Thane district.

14 Oct 2025 4:45 am
Bombay HC slams deepfake abuse of Suniel Shettys persona as depraved misuse of technology

The Bombay High Court has granted interim relief to actor Suniel Shetty, restraining multiple parties from exploiting his image, voice, and likeness through AI-generated content, impersonation, and false endorsements.

13 Oct 2025 10:40 pm
The Brahmastra Unleashed launched in Chennai: Ex-Mumbai top cop chronicles citys battle against organised crime

The book was launched at a function organised by Sundaram Natarajan Blind Free India Foundation in association with Chennai International Centre held in the city on Sunday.

13 Oct 2025 12:43 am
HMS Richmond comes calling at Mumbai port after exercise Konkan

Exercise Konkan has advanced our interoperability goals, says Commodore James Blackmore, commander of the CSG

12 Oct 2025 1:34 pm
DRI seizes gold worth 12.58 crore at Mumbai airport; 13 arrested

The gold syndicate used transit passengers from Dubai to Singapore, Bangkok, and Dhaka via Mumbai to act as carriers, who concealed the yellow metal in egg-shaped wax capsules inside their bodies

12 Oct 2025 9:14 am
Biggest joke in the history, says Uddhav Thackeray during the rally opposing govts relief package for farmers

He also called out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not mentioning farmers during his visit to Mumbai for the Navi Mumbai airport inauguration.

12 Oct 2025 5:53 am
Watch: Meet the woman behind Mumbais new Aqua Metro line

Built through complex geology, relentless monsoons, and public doubt, Mumbais new Aqua Line now stands as a symbol of precision engineering and urban progress. Meet Ashwini Bhide, MD, Mumbai Metro Corporation, the woman who helped turn this underground dream into Mumbais proudest reality.

11 Oct 2025 10:52 pm
Will issue show cause notice: Ajit Pawar on NCP MLAs Diwali shopping from Hindus remarks

The NCP chief was responding to media reports accusing MLA Sangram Jagtap of appealing to people to buy exclusively from Hindu shopkeepers and traders

11 Oct 2025 4:25 pm
10 children among 12 rescued from bonded labour in Beed

Migrant labourers from Palghar near Mumbai were found to be working in inhuman conditions for several years, with advances of 5,000-10,000 paid to them at the time they joined work, officials said.

11 Oct 2025 3:12 pm
Bombay High Court dismisses Nawazuddin Siddiquis 100-Crore defamation case

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has accused his brother and ex-wife of fraud, blackmail and misuse of funds

11 Oct 2025 12:21 am
Actor Suniel Shetty moves High Court against misuse of his photos on social media

The actor, in the plea, claimed that he had a right over his personality and photos, and passing them off without authority was damaging his reputation

10 Oct 2025 2:18 pm
Longing to belong | Review of Sachin Kundalkars Silk Route, translated by Aakash Karkare

The novel explores queer anguish and societal repression with an almost meandering narrative structure

10 Oct 2025 7:47 am
Shiv Sena (UBT) demands to sack Mahayuti Minister over granting weapon licence to criminals brother

Yogesh Kadam allegedly overruled a police report to grant a gun licence to Sachin Ghaywal, the brother of notorious Pune gangster Nilesh Ghaywal

10 Oct 2025 5:50 am
Funds allocated to Mumbais 24 wards under total BMC budget declines from 18 to 11%: study

The other findings show disparity between population size and allocation of resources

10 Oct 2025 5:12 am
IndIAA Awards 2025 celebrates creative brilliance

Ogilvy, Moonshot, Hero MotoCorp, and Swiggy among big winners as industry celebrates purpose-driven campaigns.

9 Oct 2025 9:59 pm
Mumbai Metro Line-3 becomes completely operational

Mumbai Metro Line-3 Phase 2B, connecting Cuffe Parade to Aarey JVLR underground, is now fully operational

9 Oct 2025 12:24 pm
Porsche car crash case exposed systemic corruption: Pune Police Commissioner

It also demonstrated how the police, working within the same system, managed to uncover the entire nexus behind the replacement of the juveniles blood samples with those of his mother, says Amitesh Kumar, Police Commissioner

9 Oct 2025 10:29 am
U.K. PM India visit LIVE: Keir Starmer to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today

The British Film Institute (BFI) on Wednesday, October 8, hailed a pact agreed with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) during U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmers visit to Mumbai.

9 Oct 2025 10:03 am
Bombay High Court slams DRI officer for high-handed recall of cleared dry dates consignment

The Bombay High Court found prima facie illegality in DRI officers move to recall goods already cleared by Customs

9 Oct 2025 3:40 am
NGT directs CIDCO, Forest Department to restore Coastal Regulation Zone sites in Raigad

The NGT pulls up CIDCO and the Forest Department for failing to fully restore CRZ-1 sites in Raigad, orders urgent clean-up and compliance within a month

8 Oct 2025 7:09 pm
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates final phase of Mumbais first fully underground Metro 3

According to MMRC, the stretch will directly connect South Mumbai with Central Mumbai and link areas such as Kalbadevi, Girgaum, Worli, international and intra-state airports

8 Oct 2025 5:32 pm
Congress should tell nation who prevented military retaliation after 26/11 attack: PM Modi in Mumbai

The Prime Minister was addressing a public gathering after inaugurating the phase one of Navi Mumbai International Airport near Mumbai

8 Oct 2025 5:12 pm
PM Modi inaugurates phase one of Navi Mumbai International Airport

The Prime Minister also launched the Mumbai One app which offers commuters a range of benefits, including integrated mobile ticketing across multiple public transport operators

8 Oct 2025 4:28 pm
Deposit 60 crore, will then consider plea for permission to go abroad: Bombay HC to Shilpa Shetty, Kundra

The couple, last month, filed a petition in the High Court seeking suspension of the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against them by the police in the case, so that they can travel for their professional commitments and leisure trips abroad

8 Oct 2025 3:17 pm
Congress announces political affairs committee for Mumbai region

The Congress also appointed 6 district presidents, one senior spokesperson, five spokespersons and one social media coordinator for Mumbai

8 Oct 2025 12:23 pm
ED conducts raids in Mumbai in drug trafficking case

The action has been undertaken to trace the sale proceeds acquired by a well-established drug trafficking network involving Faisal Javed Shaikh and Alfiya Faisal Shaikh

8 Oct 2025 11:24 am
PM Modi to meet U.K. PM Starmer in Mumbai, to inaugurate infrastructure projects

PM Modis schedule includes a walkthrough of the newly built Navi Mumbai International Airport and launching several other projects in Mumbai

8 Oct 2025 10:17 am
Bombay HC seeks response from Maharashtra govt over faulty e-rickshaws given to disabled beneficiaries

The vehicles were manufactured by a Haryana-based company, resulting in delayed servicing and unavailability of spare parts, the petitioners claimed

8 Oct 2025 12:29 am
Bombay High Court refuses bail to four convicts in J. Dey murder case

Long incarceration is not sufficient ground for the suspension of a sentence in a conviction involving organised crime, the court said

7 Oct 2025 8:02 pm
Asias carbon capture push may jeopardise global climate goals

New report warns that reliance on CCS could add 25 billion tonnes of emissions and lock the region into fossil fuel pathways

7 Oct 2025 6:35 pm
Bombay High Court declines interim relief on Kunbi caste certificates for Marathas

Petitions challenged Maharashtra governments move to extend OBC benefits to Maratha community members.

7 Oct 2025 3:06 pm
10% of officials are incompetent: Minister Ganesh Naik

Maharashtra Minister Ganesh Naik addresses issues at a public meeting in Thane, emphasising duty over compulsion for efficient public service

7 Oct 2025 12:35 pm