The Latest Breaking News from Mumbai

MUMBAI: Following a diktat from chief minister Eknath Shinde last month that all roads should be cement concretised by 2024 to eradicate the pothole problem, the BMC on Tuesday invited bids from five companies for Rs 5,800 crore works for 400km of roads- more than twice the Rs 2,000 crore…

MUMBAI: Two unemployed youths have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old boy from Mira Road on the pretext of going for a smoke, murdering him, dumping his body near a bridge on the highway at Waliv and later demanding a Rs 35 lakh ransom from his mother, who works…

MUMBAI: A forensic expert, the 261st witness to depose in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, told the special National Investigation Agency court on Tuesday that traces of ammonium nitrate were found on several articles, including the LML Freedom bike allegedly recovered from the blast site. "Ammonium Nitrate is used as…

MUMBAI: The price of CNG in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will rise by Rs 6 per kg from Wednesday, pushing it to an all-time high of Rs 86 per kg. The price of piped cooking gas will go up by Rs 4 per unit, also reaching a record level…

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.