Chief election commissioner (CEC) Dr S.Y. Quraishi on Tuesday said the primary concern for the election commission is the “money power” or black money that is spent during election.

Getting environment clearance from environmental agencies for the proposed Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) project will not be a Herculean task for the MMRDA, as it won’t have to approach the Union m

One person died and six others injured in an explosion and the subsequent fire on the chemical tanker Royal Diamond 7 at Mumbai harbour on Saturday morning. This is the same vessel on which a fire had broken out last Saturday.

Somali pirates on Tuesday hijacked a merchant tanker with 18 crew, including seven Indians, off Oman coast. With the latest attack, the total number of Indians held hostage in Somalian waters has gone up to 43.

The National Envir-onmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in its report on the oil spill in the aftermath of the collision between MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia III that occurred in August 2010 has estimated damage to the environment to the tune of `525.186 crores.

The entry of Merchant Tanker (MT) Pavit in Indian waters and later being detected by the maritime security agencies is “an aberration” claimed chief of naval staff Admiral Nirmal Verma on Saturday.

The Indian Navy on Sunday intercepted a “suspect” cargo vessel, Nafis-I, with nine crew members, 170 nautical miles northwest of the Mumbai coast.
The vessel, found to be carrying automatic weapons, is believed to have been smuggling contraband for a while.

Merchant vessel MV Sinin, captured by Somali pirates in February 2011, was released on Saturday after several months of negotiations.

On Saturday, divers from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation made an attempt to find the location of the breach of oil from the sunken wreck of Merchant Vessel (MV) Rak Carrier.

MV Sinin, a merchant vessel, that had been captured by Somali pirates in February this year, was released on Saturday after several months of negotiations.