Mumbra

Maharashtra ATS arrests Mumbra man on suspected Islamic State links: A look at issues plaguing the township

In a fresh arrest in the bid to bust the alleged Islamic State-inspired group, Maharashtra ATS picked up a 34-year-old man from Mumbra, a township on the outskirts of Mumbai. So far, the intelligence agency has taken ten people into custody.

Maharashtra: ATS seizes more than 10 kg explosives, nine detonators from Thane's Mumbra

The security forces in Maharashtra have arrested three in connection with the explosives recovered by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Mumbra and Thane, days ahead of 70th Independence Day

Nutan's bungalow burgled: Six persons, including a minor, arrested by Mumbra police

Nutan's bungalow in Mumbra was also ransacked earlier in 2011.

Ishrat panel will examine GK Pillai on missing files

Former Union Home Secretary G K Pillai may be examined by a one-man inquiry panel probing the issue of missing files related to the case of alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan in Gujarat.

The hounding of Shirin Dalvi: 'These people are doing all this to damage my career'

The former editor of Urdu daily Avadhnama has also said that the allegations levelled against her are motivated by personal jealousy.

Mumbra to Mahim: How lack of cheap housing forces poor into a death trap

The Mumbra building collapse underscore the government's failure to develop policies to house the millions of people who flood from rural India into cities to do the low-wage jobs in a modernising economy.

Mumbra collapse: Politics is at the heart of this rubble

Illegal construction is a systemic problem and can be corrected only if the government ensures no encroachment of public land by unscrupulous builders and brings about more transparency in political funding.

Minor girl repeatedly raped by man for a year, victim 3 months pregnant

A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man for about a year following which she became pregnant, police said.

Mumbai's building collapses and the debris of housing policies

The problem of dilapidated buildings and building collapses cannot be seen as divorced from the larger challenge of housing in Mumbai.

Thane: NCP state president to go on fast over Mumbra cluster demand

NCP State Unit Working President Jitendra Awhad has decided to undertake an indefinite fast over the long pending cluster development issue of Mumbra township in Thane.