It's final: Baramati to see Pawar vs Pawar contest

The Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday declared the candidature of Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, from Baramati Lok Sabha seat, pitting her against......

Heavy rains lash Mumbai, nearby areas; girl drowns, people evacuated

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and adjoining Thane and Palghar districts on Wednesday, disrupting suburban rail traffic and causing water-logging in low-lying areas from where people were evacuated,......

No Link Between Elgar Parishad, Violence: Cop

The foundation of the Bhima Koregaon case was blown to bits by a senior policeman, reports Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE: Police officer Ganesh More, left, during a break in the commission's hearing.......

Hectic parleys in Maha ahead of council polls; cross-voting woes loom large

Amid hectic political parleys underway for the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections scheduled on Monday, MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena have apparently conveyed their leadership that they do not......

Duronto trains to stop at few stations

The Railways will provide commercial stoppages to the non-stop Duronto Express at places where presently there are technical halts. Owing to the decision on providing commercial halts, reservation......

Railways to flag off 117 new trains

The Indian Railways will flag off 117 new trains as planned, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said while presenting the Budget on Wednesday. The Railways will also introduce 52 new trains in FY11.......

Mamata Budget offers 57 new trains

Fifty-sevennew trainswereproposedby the railways ministerMamata Banerjee as she presentedthe Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday.These are: 1. Vishakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Mumbai......

Birth of India's fastest-growing tea brand

Daund, a taluka in Maharashtra's Pune district, has all the makings of an Indian ruralscape -- green fields, dhoti-clad villagers and grazing livestock. The only blot on the landscape: unlike most......