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Congress president Sonia Gandhi has one of the largest residences among politicians in the country, bigger than even the Prime Minister’s official abode at 7 Race Course Road in size.

The DANICS Officers Association passed a resolution to go on mass leave on Thursday and was supported by the IAS (AGMUT) Officers Association. The city has more than 90 IAS officers and some 150 DANICS cadre.

Two religious communities of India, Sikhs and Jains, have turned the corner on child sex ratio while all others showed further dips, as did the national average, according to fresh Census 2011 data released on Wednesday.

Commuters flouting the odd-even traffic restrictions coming into effect from Friday may find it difficult to park their vehicle.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered a case against a senior IRS officer and eight others, including his family members, for amassing Rs 6.1 crore, wealth the agency said was disproportionate to their known sources of income.

State environment minister Ramdas Kadam (Shiv Sena) and Bhai Jagtap (Congress) won two MLC seats in the city

Nine-year-old Unnati Vairagi of Thane Police School has claimed double silver medals in the 9-10 girl’s group at KBI Asia Karate Championship held in Hyderabad recently

The end-of-the-year night out and clubbing in private resorts offering rain dance, to pool or techno parties seem to have lost favour here as most Thaneites reportedly prefer to usher in 2016 with close friends and relatives inside the safety of their homes or terrace parties

Notwithstanding, the public awareness on the safety and security of women the incidents of violence seem to be on rise at a steady pace in and around Thane

A good 15 years after he wandered away from home, Lahu Gogharkar was reunited with his family from a tribal hamlet in Sudhagad Pali in Raigad district, following persistence efforts for over two months by a traffic police constable from Bhiwandi

An elderly Punjabi businessman from Seven Bungalows in Andheri will close business earlier than usual on December 31, and after a quiet dinner with family, he will drive to Siddhivinayak temple to start 2016 on an auspicious note

Samajwadi Party leader and chairman of Processing and Construction Cooperative Federation Limited (PACCFED) Totaram Yadav was arrested in Mainpuri on Wednesday for alleged booth capturing during the recent panchayat elections in UP.

Haj pilgrims can now carry luggage of their choice as the Saudi Arabian government has struck down the rule which only allowed suitcases of a particular brand on the pilgrimage.

Slain artist Hema Upadhyay’s kin, on Wednesday, moved a magistrate’s court against Jaishri Bharadwaj, the counsel of Hema’s estranged husband Chintan, claiming perjury

He was often marked absent despite having signed the sheet, a thin lined-piece of paper used for recording students’ attendance in college. Tired of getting the error rectified, 19-year-old computer science engineering student Manav Akela developed a mobile-based Android application, ‘IRegister’ that would help teachers record students’ attendance without mistakes and in a much simpler way using their smart phones.

No longer will students of Lucknow University and 153 associated colleges have to write their practical examinations on the 32-page ‘A’ booklet’ or supplementary ‘B’ copy distributed during theory examinations. The university has introduced a standard answer script exclusively for practical examinations which will check unfair means and will also save university from answer copies being misused.

Artist Chintan Upadhyay’s father, Vidyasagar, who was summoned to the city by the police, said his son couldn’t have been involved in the crime

The no-detention policy must be amended, a committee formed under the state school education minister, Vinod Tawde, has suggested to the Union ministry of human resource development

The state anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has registered a case against former BPO employee, Ayaz Sultan (23), who has been missing from his Malwani home since October 30, and other unidentified people under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for their “association” with the ISIS.

Police started investigating on Wednesday to find the source of flesh found stuck in the regulator at the Indira Dam a day before, while UP Pollution Control Board will begin taking samples of the water to know the level of contamination. The authorities at state irrigation department would initiate the exercise for the removal of the flesh from the water on Thursday.

Many Mumbaikars planning to beat problem by drinking & partying after midnight

As the city prepares to ring in 2016 at Thursday midnight, the police are girding up for twin tasks: ensuring the safety of revellers, particularly women, and keeping an eye out for the threat of terror attacks.