Death toll climbs to 94 in Mumbai hooch tragedy

Relatives mourn for a victim who died after consuming bootleg liquor at a cremation ground in Mumbai. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The toll due to consumption of spurious liquor in......

Pedalling to safer streets: Mumbai cops to patrol city on cycles

The Mumbai police has a new weapon to fight crime. The humble cycle, which we used as children, has been given a tough makeover and will now be used by the cops to keep our city’s beaches......

'Sena, not BMC, had borne expenses of Thackeray funeral'

Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu on Wednesday rejected reports claiming that civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had spent taxpayers' money on the funeral of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray in......

Fire destroys goods worth lakhs at Dharavi slum

A raging inferno engulfed the Dharavi slum area in Mumbai on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to the godowns and houses. More than eight godowns were gutted along with several lakhs of rupees......