MMRDA revises infra funds to Rs 1,13,000cr
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, a nodal agency for the makeover of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, has upped the estimated investment target needed for infrastructure development
Cops held for kidnap, extortion
The Nashik police on Saturday arrested three policemen and a civilian for allegedly kidnapping a Nashik-based businessman and extorting money from him.
‘Cooperative banks risky for civic funds’
It is dangerous to keep money in cooperative banks that have the tendency to go bankrupt.
BCCI: Have you any proof? Modi: Yes sirs, 6 bags full
Twelve thousand pages stuffed into six cardboard cartons is suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi’s response to the showcause notice served on him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for alleged financial irregularities.
Javed Akhtar gets death threat mail
Lyricist Javed Akhtar on Saturday received a death threat over email criticising him for his comments on Darul uloom Deoband’s fatwa against working Muslim women. The cyber crime police station has registered a case against unknown persons after Akhtar approached them.
Gold soars, sales drop
Just two days before Akshay Tritiya, gold prices have touched another high internationally. Price of gold in Europe traded close to $1,250/oz as inve-stors try to hedge their bets.
Markets dance to Greek tune
The global markets danced to the tune of the Greek crisis and the tremors in the Eurozne.
When the trillion dollar bailout package for Greece was announced on Monday, the global markets shot up an t
Loss of rig hits Aban stock hard
Aban Offshore took a major beating on the stock exchanges on Friday, a day after it lost an oil rig to an accident.
The stock was down over 18 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange, to Rs 831.25 on Thursday, the company l
Davkhare wins unopposed MLC seat with Sena help
Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Vasant Davkhare was elected unopposed to the legislative council thanks to the Shiv Sena.
‘No questioning research officer in caste cases’
In a significant judgment, the Bombay high court on Friday ruled that vigilance research officers, who assist caste scrutiny committees, cannot be cross-examined.