Convicted Maha minister Kokate moves HC as arrest warrant looms

Maharashtra sports minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay high court on Wednesday, challenging a sessions court order that upheld his conviction and......

Bombay plans to allow pigeon feeding for 2 hours a day

The city civic body on Wednesday told the Bombay high court it intends to allow controlled feeding of pigeons for two hours each morning at the Dadar Kabutarkhana subject to conditions.......

Sharad, Ajit Pawar share stage for 3rd time in 15 days

Nationalist Congress Party-SP chief Sharad Pawar and his estranged nephew, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, shared the stage for the third time in a fortnight on Monday, this time to......

Maha speaker to hear Uddhav Sena's pleas to disqualify Shinde & Co on Oct 13

After hearing arguments from Shiv Sena factions led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray, assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar has decided to conduct official hearing on......

Roadside vendor is income tax payer too

A local food vendor who has been dishing out aloo poha to gourmets for more than three decades has made it to the list of income tax payers in Maharashtra. Roopam Sakhare runs a stall on the......

Mumbai: World's 4th most expensive office mart

In August this year, ABN Amro Bank decided to renew the lease for its 3,100 sq ft office space at Nariman Point's Sakhar Bhavan, but the landlord dropped a bomshell by jacking up the rental to Rs......

Videocon buys tablet PC tech

The Videocon Group has acquired the tablet personal computer technology developed by an Indian entrepreneur, Sakhar Yadav, for $2 million.Videocon managing director Venugopal Dhoot said: "Yes, we......

LIC has biggest tax demand of Rs 7,000 crore in the country

Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest insurer of the country, has over Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion) in tax demand pending against it, the biggest across various categories.The list of......

Spotted: Dhanraj Pillay in Panvel

Reader Ankush Sakhare sent us this photograph from Panvel. 'I was lucky enough to meet Dhanraj Pillay at Park Hotel in Panvel on June 2, 2009, at around 11:00 p.m. along with my two......