Nagpur | 2 hours ago
Two priests, guard found dead in Maharashtra temple
Nagpur, Sep 3 - Two priests and a security guard of a temple in Maharashtra were found murdered Friday, police said.Devotees in Arni, around 200 km from here, found the bodies when they reached the Mahadev temple for prayers at dawn, said Arni police station in-charge Giridh Bobade. 'We are trying to ascertain the motive behind the triple murder and investigations are on,' Bobade told IANS. Polic ... read more

17 hours ago
Sonia set for successive fourth term as Congress president
New Delhi Sep 2 - Sonia Gandhi, already the longest serving incumbent, was Thursday set for a successive fourth term as Congress president with 55 valid sets of nomination papers filed in her favour by party leaders. No other candidate is in the fray.Gandhi, 63, assumed office as party president in 1998. Chairperson of the party's Central Election Authority - Oscar Fernandes said that 56 sets of ... read more

Chennai | 19 hours ago
M&M plans passenger variant with mini-truck Maxximo
Chennai, Sep 2 - Automotive major Mahindra and Mahindra - is planning to launch a passenger variant of its recently launched mini truck Maxximo.'We are planning several variants to Maxximo, including a passenger carrying one. One of the variants will be launched in 12 months time,' Chief Executive - Rajesh Jejurikar told reporters here Thursday. Rival Tata Motors has the Magic model, the passenger ... read more

20 hours ago
Sonia set for record fourth term as Congress president
New Delhi Sep 2 - Sonia Gandhi was Thursday set for a record fourth term as Congress president with at least 55 sets of nomination papers filed in her favour by her party's office-bearers. It will make her the longest serving party president in the 125-year history of the Congress.Gandhi, 63, assumed office as party president in 1998. Over 55 sets of nomination papers had been filed till Thursday ... read more

Mumbai | 1 day ago
Six women killed in Maharashtra road accident
Mumbai, Sep 1 - Six women labourers were killed in a road accident on the Mumbai-Agra highway in Maharashtra's Dhule district, police said Wednesday.'These women were travelling in a truck along with sacks of grain. The driver, while trying to overtake another truck, rammed into a tree,' an official said. The driver was injured and taken to a nearby hospital. Those killed have been identified as ... read more

Mumbai | 1 day ago
Mumbai toll collection work goes to private firm MEP
Mumbai, Sep 1 - The Maharashtra government has awarded the lucrative Mumbai toll collection contract to a private company, Mumbai Entry Point.The decision by the cabinet sub-committee on infrastructure Tuesday night came amid apprehensions from several quarters that award of the project to Mumbai Entry Point could entail a loss of crores of rupees to the exchequer. When contacted, Jaidatta Kshirsa ... read more

Mumbai | 2 days ago
Heave ho! Mumbai aims high for Dahi Handi festivities
Mumbai, Sep 1 - Preparations for Dahi Handi - a popular sport associated with Janmashtami in and around Mumbai - are on a high this year, with several places offering a whopping prize money of Rs.25 lakh -, a far cry from last year's lacklustre celebrations on account of swine flu.Special festivities for children are also being held on the occasion. With organisers - among them political leaders - ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Maharashtra spares cop for Gujarat riots probe
New Delhi, Aug 31 - The Supreme Court was told by the Maharashtra government Tuesday that it was making its senior Indian Police Service - officer K. Venkateshan available to the Special Investigating Team - probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.The court was told that the state government has already written to the union home ministry about it. An apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain, Justice ... read more

Washington | 2 days ago
World Bank cites Andhra water project for food security
Washington, Aug 31 - With the global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, the World Bank has cited India's Improved Rural Community Water Project in Andhra Pradesh as a model for better water management.'Experience in Andhra Pradesh has shown that actions on the ground tailored with reforms have proven to be strong incentives in fostering the reform agenda,' says a review of the Worl ... read more

Mumbai | 2 days ago
Patil criticises Bachchan's Metro woes
Mumbai, Aug 31 - Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil, in an oblique reference to megastar Amitabh Bachchan's remarks that the Mumbai Metro railway would invade his privacy, said it was unfortunate that people were upset by infrastructure projects that would make life easier for the people of the city.'Mumbai traffic is growing, travel conditions are worsening by the day... people spend four-five ... read more