The Latest Breaking News from Mumbai

MUMBAI: A dozen residents of a plush housing complex in Borivali were targetted in a sextortion case by an individual who contacted them via Facebook posing as a woman.

MUMBAI: In a blow to CBI in the fraud case involving the promoter of Winsome Diamonds, Jatin Mehta, a special court has discharged five Canara Bank ex-officers, all senior citizens, and said there is no material to prima facie conclude they were part of any conspiracy.

MUMBAI: The city crime branch has arrested a 40-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly siphoning money by stealing RTGS forms cleared by the bank, changing the names of the beneficiary and forging signatures.

MUMBAI: The rupee rallied 53 paise -- its best single-day gain in over 11 months -- to close at an over one-month high of 78.53 against the US dollar on Tuesday.

MUMBAI: The country's unemployment rate in July fell to 6.80 per cent, the lowest level in the last six months, amid rising agriculture activities during monsoon, according to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data.

MUMBAI: Trailblazer Indian boxer Vijender Singh is set to return to action against Eliasu Sulley of Ghana at 'The Jungle Rumble', in his sixth professional bout in the country to be held in Raipur on August 17.

THANE: The National Highway Authority of India will start work on levelling uneven patches on the Mumbai-Nashik highway and consider barricading unmotorable stretches to ensure smooth and safe movement of traffic, reports Manoj Badgeri.

NAVI MUMBAI: After residents' opposition to auctioning of a plot in the CRZ area in Nerul, NCP MP Supriya Sule tweeted chief minister Eknath Shinde, requesting him to examine the issue as residents feel the move would impact mangroves.

MUMBAI: Officials from Adani Electricity went out of their way recently to help an ailing Jain Muni who lives in a Bhayander temple, and faced a peculiar problem owing to power fluctuation. The fuse man (electrician) who usually attends to such complaints was 20 kilometres away to resolve another issue.…

MUMBAI: From Tuesday, the first 'special corner' to screen patients and their relativ-es for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and hypertension will begin functioning at Sion hospital.

MUMBAI: In the first meeting of Pasmanda or backward Muslims after PM Narendra Modi asked party workers at the recent conclave in Hyderabad to court Pasmanda Muslims, leaders said their members need "samman" (honour) more than "sneh"(affection). The meeting was held by All India Memon Conference at Anjuman-I-Islam near CST…