A woman was burnt to death and another injured as fire broke out on Sunday on the 15th floor of a residential tower in Mumbai’s suburban Ghatkopar area, fire brigade officials said.
The victims are yet to be identified, the officials said.
“The fire broke out around 5pm and engulfed the top floor of Presidential Tower, located [...]
Veteran Marathi theatre producer Mohan Wagh passed away in Mumbai today following a brief illness. He was 81 years old. He is survived by wife and two daughters. His younger daughter Sharmila is wife of the MNS chief. Family sources said the end came this evening due to cardiac arrest.
He set up his drama company [...]
A 42 years old scientist of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) was found murdered at his residence in south Mumbai. Mahadevan Padmanabhan Iyer, a mechanical engineer working in BARC’s Reactor Group, was found murdered at his residence ‘Anand Bhavan’ near Breach Candy Hospital late last night.
Hailing from Tamil Nadu, Iyer was found lying in his [...]
Shiv Sena’s Shraddha Jadhav was Tuesday elected Mumbai mayor. Securing 114 votes, Jadhav trounced the opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Priscilla Kadam who got 96 votes.
The Congress’ hopes of bagging the prestigious post were ruined after seven corporators of the Samajwadi Party (SP) boycotted the elections at the last minute.
Another six corporators of the [...]
Ashok Kamte died due to police lapses said his wife Vinita Kamte in her book – To the Last bullet. Vinita Kamte alleged that police were slow to respond to attacks. Ashok Kamte, Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.
The police even after a year of [...]
A mild earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, hit Mumbai, Pune and parts of Maharashtra. There are no reports of any damages or casualties. The earthquake has the epicentre in Koyna region of western Maharashtra. The quake jolted Western Maharashtra at 6:34 PM today.
Tremors were felt in several areas of Mumbai, Satara, Kolhapur and [...]