Downpour in Mumbai, red alert issued, BMC schools shut

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Thursday, causing waterlogging on roads in some areas that led to traffic snarls and also delayed local train operations. IMAGE: High tides lash at the......

Heavy rain continues in Mumbai, NDRF teams deployed

Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai on the second consecutive day on Monday, with some areas receiving up to 34 mm of rainfall in just one hour in the morning, affecting local train services......

Cops recover pistol used by Puja Khedkar's mother

A court in Maharashtra's Pune district on Saturday extended till July 22 the police custody of Manorama Khedkar, mother of Indian Administrative Services probationer Puja Khedkar, in a case......

Puja Khedkar's mother in police custody; Sec 307 added to FIR

The police on Thursday told a court in Maharashtra's Pune district that they had invoked IPC Section 307 for attempt to murder against Manorama Khedkar, mother of IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, as......

Honda brings City & VTEC together

Let me quickly take you back some years. It was when Honda launched the then new Accord (the old model) and we went on a media drive from Mumbai to Chiplun.I drove the Accord on the way in, and as......

Sandoz in local outsourcing plan

Sandoz, a Novartis group company, is evaluating manufacturing and outsourcing activities in India to optimise capabilities for its global market requirements. Andreas Rummelt, chief executive......

Acordis may exit Century Enka

Century Enka, the Rs 1,123 crore (Rs 11.23 billion) joint venture between the Acordis group and the BK Birla group, plans to launch a buyback programme exclusively for its non-resident......

Novartis to sell Rifampicin biz to Sandoz

The board of directors of Novartis India has approved a proposal to sell the Rifampicin bulk drug business, together with its Mahad facility, to Sandoz for Rs 30.77 crore (Rs 307.7 million).......