Maharashtra

Western India bus crash leaves 32 dead, 13 injured

19 Mar 2013

A bus crash left 32 people dead and another 13 injured after the vehicle careered off a bridge over a river in India’s western state of Maharashtra on Tuesday, police said.

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Indian malnutrition fund used to fix buses

8 Mar 2013

A fund of millions of dollars raised to help malnourished children in western India has been diverted to maintain public buses, a report said on Friday.

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Hindu extremist leader Bal Thackeray dies in India

17 Nov 2012

Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India, died on Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He was 86.

8:31PM

Terminal velocity

2 Oct 2011

It's raining cows and buffaloes in Mumbai. Schools have closed; low-lying areas are flooded; and the railway, lifeline for millions, is at a standstill.

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e-pal

1 Aug 2007

Name: Nandan Gokhale

Age: 16

City/country: Pune/India

Name of school: Fergusson College

I am a happy-go-lucky guy who really loves to laugh.

3:56PM

Great Asian Escapes - Mumbai, India

4 May 2007

The wonders of Angkor Wat, the sublime scenery of Guilin or the thrill of the roulette table in Macau ... whatever you yearn for, you can find it just a short flight (or ferry ride) away from Hong...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Grandiose hopes down the drain

The next time an Indian politician talks of turning Mumbai into the 'the next Shanghai', the laughter will carry across the Arabian Sea, as millions of residents collapse in mirth at an idea...

8:54PM

School scam exposed in Mumbai

Privately run medical and engineering colleges in Mumbai are charging students up to three million rupees (HK$505,000) - 1,000 times more than the government-approved fees for a place.

12:09AM

Task force heads IT drive

A national task force was formed last month to accelerate India's drive to become an 'information technology superpower' in the 21st century.

7:37PM

No end in sight for Bombay price fall

There seems to be no bottoming out in the slump in Bombay's real estate prices, which have been sliding since the second quarter of 1995.

Prices have fallen to barely 60 per cent of...

4:20PM

Reliance seeks airport job

India's Reliance Industries, which is building a port at Jamnagar capable of handling 30 million tonnes of cargo a year, is bidding for construction of a HK$5.7 billion airport at Panvel, Bombay...

3:37AM

Tribesmen a nation apart

A group of armed tribesmen in the inaccessible regions of the Maharashtra-Gujarat border has seceded from the Indian Union and set up a parallel country called A C Bharat.

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