Mumbai workplaces directed to declare holiday on Nov 20

The Mumbai district election officer has said all establishments, businesses and other workplaces within the Brihanmumbai limits are mandated to grant leave to their employees for voting in the......

Mumbai traffic back on track after heavy rains, woman drowns

Vehicular and rail traffic in Mumbai resumed on Thursday, a day after heavy rains battered the city, inundating low-lying areas, halting local trains in their tracks and forcing the diversion of at......

Red alert as Mumbai battered with 10 cm rain in 5 hours, schools shut

After a long hiatus, heavy rains returned to lash Mumbai and suburbs on Wednesday, inundating low-lying areas, stopping local trains on tracks between Kurla and Thane stations and stranding......

PIX: Rajnath to Mayawati, famous faces at polling booths

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, and Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray were among the famous faces who queued up at......

Despite setbacks, India's reforms story is not over

States are actively encouraged to find solutions to reform hurdles. It took two months of courting, dozens of negotiators and final talks that ran into the early hours, but Maharashtra secured its......

Top automobile firms to invest Rs 11,500 crore in Maha

Tata Motors, M&M, Volkswagen and Bajaj Auto sign MoUs as state tweaks VAT set-off norms for ‘ultra mega projects’The Congress-Nationalist Congress Party government in Maharashtra,......

Maharashtra dumps SEZ for real estate

Its new industrial policy appears to benefit industrial housesDark clouds hover over Maharashtra’s ambitious target of creating more than five million jobs through special economic zones......

Hollywood firm to help Maha set up amusement park

The Maharashtra government has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Hollywood law firm to identify possible partners for investment, planning and design of the planned amusement park in......

Salman's Urgent Message For Ganpati Festival

Photograph: Satish Bodas/Rediff.com Salman Khan joined hands with the Divyaj Foundation along with Municipal Corporation of Mumbai, the Mumbai police and Chattra Sansad for the initiative Bacche......