Mumbai Union Territory

Cases of crime against women have spiked with an increase of 4 per cent seen in States and Union territories while an increase of 12.3 percent was recorded in 19 Metro cities in 2022 over the preceeding year.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today that Mumbai belongs to the state and "not to anyone's father", strongly condemning the "make Mumbai a Union Territory" remark by Karnataka minister J Madhu Swamy.

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore said the ministry is supplementing the efforts of states and Union territories under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) for construction of houses for all eligible beneficiaries.

The Shiv Sena has accused Devendra Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in the state, of plotting to make Mumbai a Union Territory.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today accused the BJP of conspiring to make Mumbai a Union Territory, saying that a presentation to that effect has been made to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

After two days of hiatus, state-owned oil marketing companies on Friday hiked petrol prices by up to 37 paise. Petrol has already surpassed Rs. 100 a litre in 12 states and union territories

The Congress on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the alleged suicide of Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar in Mumbai earlier this week and asked why the Centre had not acted when he repeatedly raised the issue of "harassment" by the union territory's administrator.

A decades-old border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka spun off into a firestorm of political bickering on Wednesday with claims and counterclaims between the two states. Hitting back at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for raising the issue at a public event with a demand for the disputed areas to be carved out into a union terr...

Tropical storm Nisarga, which intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm" this morning, has made landfall near coronavirus-hit Mumbai. This is the second cyclone to strike India in two weeks and the first such storm to hit the financial capital in over 100 years. No one is allowed to come out in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along...

The total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in India have gone up to 467 in the country after 71 fresh cases were reported today. The state governments have announced a lockdown in over 80 cities across the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru.

Cyclone Vayu: Nearly three lakh people are being evacuated from the western coast as Gujarat prepares for Cyclone Vayu, which is inching closer to the coast. The entire coastline, from Kutch to south Gujarat has been put on "high alert". Schools and colleges in the coastal districts are closed today and tomorrow. Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday...

Ten years after the Mumbai terror attack, the Navy on Tuesday launched a first of its kind multi-agency drill, covering the entire 7,516 km-long Indian coastline and exclusive economic zone and involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories to check the efficacy of maritime security and surveillance.

Delhi is getting buried under mounds of garbage and Mumbai is sinking under water, but the government is doing nothing, the Supreme Court said today. It fined 10 states and two union territories for not filing their affidavits on their policies for solid waste management strategy.

117 seats across 11 states and a union territory are voting today in the sixth round of the national election that ends on May 12. Five union ministers, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit and actor-politician Hema Malini are among the candidates in this phase.

After visiting Mumbai, Rahul Gandhi arrives at the Pondicherry University to interact with students. This is his second visit to the Union Territory in less than a year.

Cases of crime against women have spiked with an increase of 4 per cent seen in States and Union territories while an increase of 12.3 percent was recorded in 19 Metro cities in 2022 over the preceeding year.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today that Mumbai belongs to the state and "not to anyone's father", strongly condemning the "make Mumbai a Union Territory" remark by Karnataka minister J Madhu Swamy.

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore said the ministry is supplementing the efforts of states and Union territories under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) for construction of houses for all eligible beneficiaries.

The Shiv Sena has accused Devendra Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in the state, of plotting to make Mumbai a Union Territory.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today accused the BJP of conspiring to make Mumbai a Union Territory, saying that a presentation to that effect has been made to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

After two days of hiatus, state-owned oil marketing companies on Friday hiked petrol prices by up to 37 paise. Petrol has already surpassed Rs. 100 a litre in 12 states and union territories

The Congress on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the alleged suicide of Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar in Mumbai earlier this week and asked why the Centre had not acted when he repeatedly raised the issue of "harassment" by the union territory's administrator.

A decades-old border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka spun off into a firestorm of political bickering on Wednesday with claims and counterclaims between the two states. Hitting back at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for raising the issue at a public event with a demand for the disputed areas to be carved out into a union terr...

Tropical storm Nisarga, which intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm" this morning, has made landfall near coronavirus-hit Mumbai. This is the second cyclone to strike India in two weeks and the first such storm to hit the financial capital in over 100 years. No one is allowed to come out in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along...

The total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in India have gone up to 467 in the country after 71 fresh cases were reported today. The state governments have announced a lockdown in over 80 cities across the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru.

Cyclone Vayu: Nearly three lakh people are being evacuated from the western coast as Gujarat prepares for Cyclone Vayu, which is inching closer to the coast. The entire coastline, from Kutch to south Gujarat has been put on "high alert". Schools and colleges in the coastal districts are closed today and tomorrow. Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday...

Ten years after the Mumbai terror attack, the Navy on Tuesday launched a first of its kind multi-agency drill, covering the entire 7,516 km-long Indian coastline and exclusive economic zone and involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories to check the efficacy of maritime security and surveillance.

Delhi is getting buried under mounds of garbage and Mumbai is sinking under water, but the government is doing nothing, the Supreme Court said today. It fined 10 states and two union territories for not filing their affidavits on their policies for solid waste management strategy.

117 seats across 11 states and a union territory are voting today in the sixth round of the national election that ends on May 12. Five union ministers, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit and actor-politician Hema Malini are among the candidates in this phase.

After visiting Mumbai, Rahul Gandhi arrives at the Pondicherry University to interact with students. This is his second visit to the Union Territory in less than a year.