India's COVID-19 lockdown brings clean air, blue skies

As India shut down and suspended all transport to contain the spread of coronavirus, the skies over its polluted cities quickly turned an azure blue, and the air, unusually fresh. As air pollution......

Mumbai's 'lifeline' local trains stopped till Mar 31

With the increasing number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai, the railway authorities have suspended the local and outstation trains till March 31. IMAGE: Trains are seen parked at Lokmanya Terminus......

People will take care of 'cowards': Pawar on NCP deserters

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has termed those who left his party to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as "cowards", and said people will show the deserters their place in the......

Sandhya death case: Police add abduction, murder charges

The Mumbai crime branch probing the death of Sandhya Singh, sister of Bollywood composers Jatin and Lalit, has added charges of abduction, robbery and murder in the case. "Abduction, murder and......

Global buyers roll back into property

Phonemaker Apple is said to be in talks to take 30,000 sq ft retail space at plush property Maker Maxity, in Bandra Kurla Complex After a long gap, global investors are buying large retail......

Mumbai, Pune top realty investment spots

Madh-Marve in Mumbai's western suburbs is the top residential investment destination in the country, where home prices are expected to grow 94% in in the next five years or 14.2% every year between......

Mega commercial deals boost India's property mart

Carnival group buys project in Chandigarh from L&T for Rs 1,785 cr. India’s property market got a major boost on Wednesday, with two mega commercial deals getting sealed. In the first,......

RCom to raise Rs 5,000 cr by selling real estate

Reliance Communications has initiated the process to monetise its real estate assets across the country, aiming to raise Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) through this. The company will use the......

Sports Shorts: India should become sports-playing nation, says Tendulkar

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar appealed to adopt a sport and play in on a regular basis. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com......