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Here comes an indigenous alternative to Chinese document-scanning apps, following the Centre’s decision to ban 59 mobile apps which were prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India. AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost mobile application, has been developed Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agrawal, two final-year B.Tech students in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay. Their […]

The state on Saturday reported a single-day highest spike of 16,867 coronavirus cases which pushed its case tally to 7,64,281, the state health department said. Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus News Live Updates: Singer Lata Mangeshkar’s building has been sealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as a precautionary measure amid the Covid pandemic, her family […]

MUMBAI: Bandra East MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui has filed a complaint at the Nirmal Nagar police station and sought an FIR under Section 153 A (promoting enmity among groups) of the IPC against a news channel. He demanded the arrest of Suresh Chavhanke, the chief editor of the channel, for airing “communal and derogatory” content. A […]

MUMBAI: Four men were arrested for snatching mobile phones and changing their IMEI numbers to evade arrest. The IMEI number is unique 15-digit code that is used to identify valid mobile phones. The Department of Telecommunications is planning to make IMEI tampering a punishable offence with up to three years imprisonment. The IMEI number helps […]

MUMBAI: After recording a slight dip in Covid-19 infections for a few days, Mumbai has been back to adding over 1,000 cases each day for the past four days. The city saw 1,854 infections on Wednesday, with 1,350 and 1,217 the next two days. It added 1,432 cases on Saturday. Officials said they expect a […]

Written by Neeraj Tiwari | Mumbai | Published: August 30, 2020 3:22:01 am Twenty-three bidders across the globe had expressed interest in ‘Mumbai Eye’, a replica of the hugely popular tourist attraction in London, the London Eye. (Photo of the London Eye). The ‘Mumbai Eye’, a replica of the hugely popular tourist attraction in London, […]

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday permitted a Muharram procession in Mumbai on Sunday only on one route, by truck from Bhendi Bazar to the graveyard at Mazgaon. For the last 100 metres, five persons can carry the Taziya – a replica of the Mausoleum of Imam Hussain – on foot in a procession, […]

MUMBAI: With the lifting of the Covid-19 lockdown, remaining migrants in Maharashtra do not want to return home, a trade union apex body told Bombay high court on Friday. A bench of justices Amjad Sayed and Nitin Borkar were informed by senior advocate Gayatri Singh, that Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) wants to withdraw […]

MUMBAI: A trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has moved the Bombay high court for permission to hold the annual Farvardiyan prayers at Doongerwadi to the departed souls on September 3. The petition filed on Thursday by the BPP trustee, Viraf Mehta, through advocate Prakash Shah seeks special exemption for the prayers only on […]