Mumbai

Use Mumbai rain water for irrigation, industries: Gadkari

5:15 pm October 14, 2020

Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, suggesting that rain water from Mumbai be used for irrigation, supply to industries around the city and for horticulture in cities like Nashik and Ahmednagar. Excess water can also be carried to drought-prone areas for domestic and other uses to […]

Rupee drops for 2nd day, skids 7 paise to 73.35 per USD

7:40 pm October 13, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 7 paise to close at 73.35 against the US dollar on Tuesday, tracking muted domestic equities and a strengthening greenback overseas. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened on a weak note at 73.41, and shuttled between a high of 73.32 and a low of 73.41 against the American currency. […]

Seven held for killing man in Mumbai

11:02 am October 13, 2020

Mumbai: Seven people were arrested from Malwani area on Monday for allegedly killing a 24-year-old man over an old dispute, police said. “The deceased, identified as Nazir Sheikh alias Kalu, was allegdely killed by Shahnawaz Qureshi and others on Sunday,” a police official said. Someone had damaged the accused’s motorcycle parked in the locality, but […]

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Film personalities urge Mumbaikars to keep ‘calm’ amid major power outage

2:42 pm October 12, 2020

Mumbai: As Mumbai came to standstill after a grid failure caused a major power outage across the megapolis on Monday, Hindi cine personalities including megastar Amitabh Bachchan, actors Ali Fazal, Nimrat Kaur and filmmaker Kunal Kohli urged people to “stay calm”. Maharashtra’s Power Minister Nitin Raut said the electricity supply in Mumbai was interrupted around 10 am during maintenance and repair work at Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company’s […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Fake TRP racket: Republic TV’s CFO summoned

9:46 pm October 9, 2020

Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Friday issued a summons to Republic TV’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in connection with the Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation racket it is probing, an official said. Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram, CFO of Republic TV, was asked to join the investigation on Saturday morning, he said. Besides him, the police also summoned […]