Ex-Mumbai cop Pradeep Sharma moves SC against conviction

Former Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court verdict convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment in a 2006 fake encounter case.......

'His death was a cold blooded murder'

'If my brother was a criminal they could have filed a case against him and put him on trial. Why kill him?' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only.......

Mumbai ex-cop Pradeep Sharma gets life in Chhota Rajan aide's fake encounter

Mumbai's controversial encounter specialist, former policeman Pradeep Sharma, faced a significant legal blow on Tuesday, as the Bombay high court convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment in......

'Shinde desperately needed a voter base among the Marathas'

'When the chief minister saw how Manoj Jarange Patil had successfully held the state government hostage to his whims, Eknath Shinde knew he had a very clear chance of enamouring himself to these......

How mini lockdowns are making a hole in consumers' pockets

To tide over the difficulties due to incessant shutdowns, several farmers in Maharashtra have turned into aggregators and started selling their produce without the help of mandis or agents. They......

Vegetable prices plunge by up to 44% in the past three weeks

In most cases, however, retail consumers are paying higher prices in the absence of direct procurement from aggregator or farmers. Vegetable prices have declined about 44 per cent over the past......

APMC mandi in Navi Mumbai to go digital to combat coronavirus

People in the know said plans were afoot to begin the sale of all food grains through online, with a major quantity through auctions that would be later extended to other commodities.  IMAGE:......

Vashi market to shut for a week, Mumbai faces vegetable shortage

The government of Maharashtra decided to shut operations at the Vashi APMC mandi between May 11 and 17 after confirmed cases of Covid-19 surpassed 80 in the APMC and over 450 across Navi......

Rudaali director Kalpana Lajmi in ICU

'Aamir Khan, the Indian Film and Television Directors' Association, Rohit Shetty, Salman Khan, Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Soni Razdan, Neena Gupta... have come forward and helped me.' IMAGE:......

Can India win an Olympic Medal in Climbing?

While sport climbing made its debut in the Olympics only this year, it has had a popular home in India for many years now, says Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Shauna Coxsey of Britain in action during the......

Bombay HC refuses interim stay on ticket sales for India-WI ODI

IMAGE: The Brabourne stadium in Mumbai. Photograph: DJulian Herbert/Getty Images The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it was not inclined to grant interim stay on the sale of tickets for the......