The first list of the NCP candidates who will be contesting during the Oct 13 Maharashtra polls includes Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujba, the Maharashtra Unit Chief of NCP, R.R. Patil as well as senior ministers, Ajit Pawar and Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil. They are along with 76 other ...

A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official has revealed before the special court hearing the 26/11 case that the 10 terrorists, including Ajmal Amir Kasab, had come to Mumbai from Karachi to carry out the attacks.
 
The five Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and a satellite phone ...

The husband and wife along with their aide who had been convicted for the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts have been sentenced to death by a special court in Mumbai on Thursday.
 
Mohammed Hanif Sayed, his wife Fahimida M. H. Sayed and their associate Ashrat Shafique Ansari were proved to be guilty ...

Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) Special Judge M.R. Puranik had found Mohammed Hanif Sayed, his wife Fahimida M. H. Sayed and their associate Ashrat Shafique Ansari guilty of carrying out the Aug 25, 2003, blasts in Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar in which 54 people were killed and 244 injured. ...

The POTA court on Monday announced three people, including a husband-wife duo, guilty of the twin blasts in this city Aug 25, 2003 that killed 54 people and left 184 injured.
 
"Special Judge M.R. Puranik has kept the sentencing of the guilty for Aug 4," Special Public Prosecutor ...

The Special Pota Court will announce the verdict of the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts that happened at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar today.
 
52 people had been killed and 184 injured in the August 25, 2003, blasts. This will be the biggest judgment in a terror-related case since a Tada court ...

Sea waves measuring up to 5.1 metres lashed Mumbai and other places in the Konkan region, flooding homes of people living in the coastal areas Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, civic officials said. The highest tide in last 100 years - measuring up to 5.5 metres - is forecast for Friday.
 
The ...

The special court on Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks accepted and recorded  on the "confession" made by Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the November 2008 carnage.
 
Special Judge M.L. Tahilyani also ruled that the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks ...

Ajmal Amir Kasab pleaded before the special court on Wednesday to hang him to death. This pleading came two days after the lone surviving Mumbai attacker admitted that he was a Pakistani and narrated the chilling details of the events that led to the killing spree leaving over 170 people dead in ...

An airport spokesman on Tuesday said that the Mumbai Airport's proposed air traffic control (ATC) tower design has bagged a prestigious international award.
 
Designed by HOK International, the tower design has been conferred 'Autodesk Hong Kong Building Information Modeling (BIM) ...

Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab continued his confessional statement about his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack on Tuesday before the matter was adjourned for a day by Special Judge M.L. Tahilyani. He has also restricted the media from reporting some portions of his ...

Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, in his dramatic confession before a special court Monday, said that he was a decorator by profession but since his income was little, he was attracted to 'jehad' (holy war).
 
Through some contacts, he came in touch with the terror group ...

With Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, naming Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi for masterminding the operation, the noose has tightened around the Lashkar-e-Taiba commander who is currently in custody in Pakistan.
 
India has from the ...

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the arrest warrant of Samir Hingora, a Bollywood producer who was convicted for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings. But later on, the arrest warrant was reversed.
 
The arrest order by a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. ...

In a dramatic twist in the ongoing 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks trial, Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab on Monday confessed his role in carrying out the Mumbai terror attacks which left 180 persons dead and over 300 injured.
 
"This is a victory of truth and the ...

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sameer Hingora, a Bollywood film producer, who has been convicted for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings.
 
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan issued the arrest warrant for Hingora after he failed to return to ...

Heavy rains continued to shatter the India's financial capital for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, causing the water to log in many areas, traffic snarls and affecting rail services.
 
There were traffic jams since morning on the Eastern Express Highway and Western Expressway and ...

Mumbai people are having tough time after the heavy rains of Tuesday morning. Water logging has been reported from many low-lying areas of the city like Dadar, Khar, Santacruz, Goregaon, Malad, Kandivli, Andheri, Jogeshwari (western suburbs), Byculla, Mazagaon, Sion, Wadala, Vikhroli and Ghatkopar ...

Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced that the Mumbai-Pune Expressway would be named after the late Y.B. Chavan, the former deputy prime minister and the state's first chief minister.
 
'The contributions of Y.B. Chavan to the development of Maharashtra is unparalleled. This year we ...

Normal life was disrupted in Mumbai, Thane and the surrounding areas following heavy rains since Tuesday night which continued virtually unstopped till Wednesday morning.
Several low-lying areas of the city have been flooded with two to four feet of water, including Charni Road, Mumbai Central, ...

The retired civil servant Neela Satyanarayan has been appointed as the State Election Commissioner (SEC) of Maharashtra. She is the first woman in the state to hold the post. 

She took over Nand Lal who retired recently as the SEC. Satyanarayan retired as the additional chief secretary from ...

Billed as an engineering marvel, India's first sea bridge was thrown open in this financial and entertainment capital Tuesday, promising to cut travel time by 80 percent, bypassing 23 traffic signals that commuters have to endure otherwise.
 

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson ...

India's first sea bridge, connecting Bandra and Worli in Mumbai will be opened to traffic on Tuesday midnight. The travel times will be cut by 80% to just 8 minutes bypassing several signals that commuters will have to endure.
The Rs 750-crore bridge is 4.7 km long. On Monday night, there was a ...

The Mumbai hub of National Security Guards (NSG) would become operational on Tuesday, nearly seven months after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

According to a statement, there was a need to have presence of NSG in other metros following the terror attack in Mumbai and hence four regional hubs ...

A minor fire engulfed the upper floors of the heritage building of the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon, fire brigade officials said. No casualties have been reported.

"We have sent four fire tenders and eight water tankers to battle the blaze. Efforts are on ...

The rains finally kept their long delayed date with Mumbai Friday as they lashed the city and surroundings in full force, bringing welcome relief from the scorching heat.
 
Along with the rains came a plethora of delays that are common to the city - flights late by 25-30 minutes, suburban ...

The Rs.1,600-crore (Rs.16 billion), 5.6 km Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), which will connect the suburban Bandra with Worli on the south here, is ready and will be open to the public by the end of June, a Maharashtra minister said Sunday.
 

Maharashtra State Roadways Development Corporation ...

A 36-year old Mumbai businessman who flew in from the US has tested positive for influenza A (H1N1), popularly called swine flu, a health official said on Saturday.

The man arrived on Thursday from New Jersey after travelling in the Honduras and the US. He displayed some of the symptoms of swine ...

On Friday (20th February) Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel announced a new integrated passenger terminal building at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at Sahar. In the presence of Patel and the Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, the ground breaking ceremony was performed in ...

The financial bids for second phase of Mumbai Metro closed on Friday (February 13) with none of the seven short listed consortiums participating. This second phase of Mumbai Metro is Maharashtra Government's flagship project.
 
The bids for Metro phase II started in mid-2007. The original ...