Common people spared from LBT
In what could be termed as a relief to common people, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning not to levy any tax under the new Local Body Tax (LBT) system.
‘Haemophiliacs should get free treatment’
The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider the proposal of the state government to provide free treatment
Loans won’t get cheaper after RBI cut
The Reserve Bank cut the repo rate by a quarter per cent from 7.75 per cent to 7.5 per cent Tuesday, but voiced concern over headline inflation and the consumer price index remaining high, saying this
Sensex falls by 285 pts over instability fear
Political instability and the RBI’s weak quarter per cent repo rate cut on Tuesday saw stock markets plunging to their biggest fall since the Budget.
‘Will probe Owaisi role in riot’
The home department will probe whether Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM) leader and legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi had any role in the Dhule riots, which took place in January this year, leaving six de
Civic parking lots to go hi-tech
In the backdrop of growing complaints about people being cheated at the pay-and-park lots in the city, the BMC has decided to install a web-based parking system, in which printed receipts from a handh
MCOCA against sand mafia: Thorat
Maharashtra revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat on Monday announced in the legislative council that the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), commonly used against the gangsters
750 Nift students strike against fee hike
Around 750 students of National Institute of Fashion Technology (Nift) at Kharghar went on strike on Monday to protest against the institute’s decision to hike the fees.
‘Monorail, metro to start this year’
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday announced in the legislative Assembly that the most-awaited monorail and metro projects in Mumbai will start functioning from this year.
Naxal killed in gunfire, 2 Armymen hurt
Two commandos suffered bullet injuries in a gun-battle with Naxals in a forest area near Marartola village in the Gondia district of east Maharastra late on Sunday night.