e Mumbai University does not have any information on the colleges who do not have full-time principals despite a Supreme Court deadline to fill up vacant principal posts within six months.

Can a private organisation stop and search passing vehicles in its vicinity? Residents of Vakola and Kalina seek an answer to this question after Hotel Grand Hyatt barricaded its main approach road to check every vehicle, whether or not it was entering the hotel.

Two years after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) undertook the Juhu Lane road widening project, the authority has come under the scanner over the rehabilitation of over 900 encroachers.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today said the 15 per cent water cut across the city has been extended till August 15 due to scanty rainfall.

Dry taps and water cuts seem to have tickled the creative bone in many a person. Suggestions as weird as having a frogs wedding near the water-supplying lakes,

A 30-year-old former model on Sunday allegedly committed suicide at her residence in suburban Versova, police said.

The Centre is upset that Maharashtra, one of the states to be worst affected by swine flu last year, has managed to consume just about 5% of vaccine doses provided to it.

In the age of social networking and blogger sites, an interesting friendship group has emerged, which did not happen online, but "on-a-ride".

Leptospirosis claimed another life on Wednesday in the city, making it the third death due to leptospirosis this season and taking the death toll for monsoon diseases to seven.

Every morning, residents of Vashi are being greeted by the delighful sight of flamingoes swooping over the creek, skimming through the water and breaking into a flight.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday reported 105 complaints of waterlogging from across the city. Maximum 56 complaints were reported fromthe South Delhi areas like Adhchini,

Joint transport commissioner S B Sahasrabudhe on Thursday met auto union leaders from Thane at his Bandra office and assured them that the government would review existing fares and look into their demands for an additional hike of one rupee.

At least 86 domestic flights were cancelled to and from Mumbai in view of the nationwide shutdown Monday, officials said.

Even as students are busy filling applications and waiting for a word from the government on junior college admissions, collegians are gearing up for a host of college festivals that will take place one after another in the coming academic year.

Even as finance minister Pranab Mukherjee showered praise on them, chief minister Ashok Chavan slammed chief executive officers of public