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BJP-backed union calls for taxi strike on August 29

BJP-backed union calls for taxi strike on August 29

The Jai Bhagwan Taxi and Rickshaw Sanghathna (JBTRS) backed by the BJP and Shiv Sena has declared an indefinite taxi and...

25 Aug 2016 3:02 AM IST

‘Judges pursuing higher education fall short in duty’

‘Judges pursuing higher education fall short in duty’

In light of lower court judges and high court officials failing to fulfil the workload criteria, the Registrar General...

25 Aug 2016 3:00 AM IST

City’s 300 bridges to be mapped, surveyed

City’s 300 bridges to be mapped, surveyed

The BMC will finally begin to conduct an inventory of all the 300 existing bridges across the city, as the Standing...

25 Aug 2016 2:59 AM IST

Civic clinics to get upgraded

Civic clinics to get upgraded

In order to ease the overload on the major civic hospitals, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) the 183 health...

25 Aug 2016 2:58 AM IST

A commuter tries to connect to Wi-Fi at Dadar station using the free service started by CR. (Debasish Dey)

Wi-Fi has glitches, but a big hit with rail commuters

The newly launched Wi-fi at Dadar station drew crowds and commuters said that though the connection was slow, they were...

25 Aug 2016 2:45 AM IST

Supreme Court firm no Dahi Handis over 20 ft

Supreme Court firm no Dahi Handis over 20 ft

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused the plea for increasing the height of ‘Dahi Handi’ (human pyramids)...

25 Aug 2016 2:43 AM IST

Mumbai ready for Dahi Handi, cops to videograph event

The city is geared up to celebrate Dahi Handi on Thursday and the Mumbai police has already issued guidelines given by...

25 Aug 2016 2:41 AM IST

File picture of the APMC market in Vashi

Onions sell at 50 paise per kg

The Centre’s failure to act on time with regard to excess production of onion has resulted in prices of the tuber...

25 Aug 2016 2:37 AM IST

Hike in Sri Lanka import duties hit exports

Hike in Sri Lanka import duties hit exports

Onion exporters are worried about an increase in the import duty on onionsenacted by the Sri Lankan government to...

25 Aug 2016 2:28 AM IST

27 per cent students emerge successful in HSC re-exam

27 per cent students emerge successful in HSC re-exam

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) announced the results of the...

25 Aug 2016 2:25 AM IST

Over 95,000 still work on Employment Guarantee Scheme

Over 95,000 still work on Employment Guarantee Scheme

Despite good rainfall across Maharashtra, 95,672 labourers were found taking up odd jobs available under the 21,192...

25 Aug 2016 2:24 AM IST

Terror affects all aspects of economy, says vice-admiral

Terrorism affects the economy of a country in all aspects and after terror attacks, the affected country needs to work...

25 Aug 2016 2:10 AM IST