What was once dismissed as a seasonal cough or temporary breathlessness and dryness of skin, especially during the winter season, is now emerging as a much deeper health crisis for Mumbai. Medical experts warn that breathing difficulties are only the first visible symptom of a growing list of pollution-induced health problems affecting residents across age…
Women traffic constables in Mumbai have begun going beyond their routine duties to enhance women’s safety on the streets by closely monitoring vehicles, such as cabs, and pedestrians, especially during late-night hours, while working informally alongside the Nirbhaya Squad. Apart from vehicle checks, constables have also been observed keeping a watch on women walking alone…
The LT Marg police have learnt that Vaibhav Thakar, a man nabbed by them on December 7 for allegedly cheating a Zaveri Bazaar jeweller of Rs 2.8 crore while posing as an officer from the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), had been previously arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in a Rs 200-crore…
Paws and play Two dogs enjoy a ride down a slide at the Wagathon in SB Somani Park, Cuffe Parade Classics, all of them Shubha Mudgal performs at a previous event organised by Murty Classical Library of India. Pic courtesy/MCLI Audiences at Girgaon’s Royal Opera House were in for a classic jugalbandi of literature, theatre,…
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Senior Maharashtra Congress leader and former Union minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday demanded the resignation of Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu over the ongoing crisis at IndiGo, which has led to severe flight disruptions across the country over the past week, reported the PTI. Speaking to reporters, Prithviraj Chavan described the situation at IndiGo…
The World Trade Centre (WTC) Mumbai and the All-India Association of Industries (AIAI) have expressed serious concern over the ongoing disruption in India’s aviation sector due to IndiGo crisis, the country’s largest airline by market share, an official statement said on Monday. Over the past week, IndiGo cancelled more than 2,100 flights, affecting the smooth…
The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act is intended to safeguard vulnerable persons and cannot be misused for summary eviction, the Bombay High Court (HC) ruled on Monday while quashing an eviction order against a 53-year-old man, news agency PTI reported. A bench comprising Justices RI Chagla and Farhan Dubash observed that…
Former corporator and BJP leader Narayan Pawar has called on the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to carry out a comprehensive fire safety audit of all major establishments in the city, following the deadly nightclub fire in Goa that claimed at least 25 lives on Saturday night, reported the PTI. In a letter to Municipal Commissioner…
Over 360 years after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj outsmarted the Mughal army at the Battle of Umbarkhind, engineers are now battling in the same Sahyadri mountains of Maharashtra — against nature, while building India’s highest road cable-stayed bridge on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Near Chaavani village in Khalapur, Raigad, where Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his force once…
Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Aaditya Thackeray on Monday claimed that 22 MLAs from a Mahayuti ally have “grown close” to Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis and are ready to switch sides, giving an oblique reference to the Deputy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, news agency PTI reported. In June 2022, the Shiv Sena split…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday criticised the Devendra Fadnavis government over the issue of appointing a Leader of Opposition (LoP), alleging that the ruling side wants to avoid debate on matters affecting citizens, reported the PTI. Maharashtra Opposition parties have been demanding the LoP post in both the Assembly and the Council….
“Do not improve facilities only when a minister is visiting. Provide good service to passengers all 365 days,” Transport Minister and Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Corporation Chairman Pratap Sarnaik told the ST administration during his surprise visit to the Ganeshpeth Bus Stand in Maharashtra`s Nagpur. An official statement said that after the first…
The Maharashtra government on Monday presented Supplementary Demands for Grants totalling Rs 75,286.38 crore in the third (Winter) session of the Legislature for December 2025. These include Rs 27,167.49 crore earmarked for mandatory expenditure, Rs 38,059.26 crore under programme-related spending, and Rs 10,059.63 crore linked to centrally sponsored schemes, for which financial support from the…
The state government on Monday tabled the bill to amend the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act with the aim of standardising trust administration, reducing litigation, and ensuring periodic oversight and accountability among trust board members. According to the Bill, a new section, 30A, will be inserted for the appointment of tenure trustees and perpetual trustees…
A major water pipeline supplying Maharashtra`s Thane city has been damaged, forcing the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to impose a 30 per cent water cut for the next three days. The 1,000 mm diameter pipeline, which carries water from the Pise Weir to the Temghar Water Treatment Plant, was damaged near Kalyan Phata on the…
In a major breakthrough, police officials have arrested a woman involved in a drug trafficking racket. The officials have also seized the MD (mephedrone) drug valued at Rs 4.4 lakh from her possession in Thane district. An official, while briefing about the incident, asserted that, “The police spotted the woman acting suspiciously in the Vadavali…
The Maharashtra cabinet has approved a scheme to construct all-weather motorable approach roads connecting agricultural fields across rural parts of the state, reported PTI. The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday, an official statement said. The `Mukhya Mantri Baliraja Shet-Panand Raste Yojana` allows 100 per cent…
Mumbai is expected to experience hazy conditions on Monday morning, followed by partly cloudy skies in the afternoon and evening across the city and suburbs. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast the maximum temperature to hover around 32 degrees Celsius, while the minimum is expected to be 19 degrees Celsius. Temperatures recorded earlier at…
Two injured green sea turtles were released into the Arabian Sea off Dahanu on Sunday, 7 December. The release coincided with the Dahanu-Bordi beach cleanup and marathon organised by NGO Outplay Sports Foundation. For Dr Dinesh Vinherkar, 49, who nursed the turtles back to health, it also marked his silver jubilee wedding anniversary with his…
South Mumbai’s GT Hospital, which began functioning independently on October 9, 2024, is now planning a series of upgrades, with several new facilities in the planning and approval stages. Once cleared, these additions are expected to ease the load on the city’s public healthcare system. “In our first year as an independent medical facility, we…
A 65-year-old woman, Kuberabanu Shabbir Mansuri, died after being hit by a speeding autorickshaw during her morning walk in Khar West on December 6, Saturday. The Khar police arrested the driver, Kailas Suryanarayan Singh, who was later released on bail by the Bandra local court. Kuberabanu, a diabetic, had been advised by her doctor to…
Mumbai is set to get five additional permanent air quality monitoring stations, at CD Deshmukh Park in Mulund West, Pramod Mahajan Park in Dadar West, Chhota Kashmir in Aarey-Goregaon East, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar recreation ground in Dahisar East, and at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) K West ward office in Andheri West. These new stations,…
Mumbai’s air quality has remained in the ‘moderate’ category — which poses a risk to those with respiratory illnesses, heart problems, and asthma — throughout the first week of December, continuing with the moderate AQI (Air Quality Index) streak that began on November 7. The first week of November recorded an AQI in the satisfactory…
Students from over 900 colleges will now learn how to derive the square root of a number… the way Aryabhata did. They may also read up on how “Arthashastra is used by RAW and the CIA”, “mercury is seen as the masculine principle, and sulphur is viewed as the feminine principle” in alchemy, or how…
Come Christmas, and you are sure to hear carols, one of which is the popular Feliz Navidad, a Spanish phrase that means ‘Merry Christmas’. At a Tardeo school over the weekend, it was Feliz ‘Navy’dad as civilians wished the Indian Navy a Merry Christmas in an inspiring way, through blood donation. Several persons, especially from…
Teams from Western and Central Railway reached Mumbai’s T1 and T2 airports on Sunday morning to assist passengers stranded due to the Indigo flight crisis. “We have set up helpdesks at both airports to guide passengers about additional trains and assist with ticket bookings,” Western Railway chief public relations officer Vineet Abhishek told mid-day. After…
Six persons were killed after a car fell into a 600-foot deep gorge in Saptashring Garh Ghat in Nashik`s Kalwan taluka on Sunday, a police official said, reported news agency PTI. The incident took place at 4 pm, and the deceased are from Pimpalgaon Baswant in Niphad taluka, the official added. “They died on the…
Demolished last week, the 117-year-old stone building that once housed the Mumbai Police Crime Branch will live on in a new form. Every reusable stone from the razed structure is being preserved with plans to construct a replica fortress-style memorial wall at the Naigaon Police Headquarters parade ground. The structure, built in 1908 using Malad…
Once in a supermoon The supermoon sighted in Mumbai on December 4 forms a rare juxtaposition with the Statue of Progress atop Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Skimmer for the win! Award winners (from left) Venkatesh Charloo, Rittwika Roychowdhury (on behalf of Siddharth Agarwal), Rumna Mukherjee, Parveen Shaikh, Dr Sonali Ghosh, Dr Rajendra Singh, Saroj Kumar…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday criticised the Opposition over its demand for the Leader of Opposition (LoP) post in the Legislative Assembly, saying the people had already “rejected” them and they should focus on raising issues concerning Vidarbha during the ongoing winter session, reported news agency ANI. Speaking to reporters in Nagpur,…
In a span of 36 days, from November 1 to December 6, the Mumbai Police recorded 82 cases of missing children and young adults, of which 60 were female, pointing to a sharp gender disparity. While cases of missing children are not new to the city, the numbers underline the continued need for vigilance, public…
I couldn`t have a bite to eat or take a break to use the washroom while on duty,” said Uzair Khan, one of the IndiGo ground staff members who have been on the receiving end of the fury of thousands of fliers amid the unprecedented crisis that arose from the carrier’s failure to cope with…
To cater to the increased travel demand and manage the extra rush of passengers, WR will operate a Superfast Special Train on a special fare between Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus and Durgapura–Madar in Rajasthan. The train details are given below Train No 09604 Bandra Terminus – Durgapura Superfast Special departs on Tuesday, December 9, at 7.25…
Mumbai Metro Yellow Line-2A (Dahisar East–DN Nagar) and Red Line-7 (Dahisar East–Andheri East) services were hit by major delays on Sunday evening, leaving several passengers stranded at Andheri West with no movement of trains and little communication from Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited. The services, which had been disrupted owing to a signalling issue,…
The government on Sunday said IndiGo has so far processed refunds worth Rs 610 crore for passengers affected by the large-scale flight cancellations and delays over the past few days, even as the airline’s operations continue to stabilise. It also said that 3,000 pieces of baggage separated from passengers due to disruptions have been traced…
A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in the electric meter box of Shakti SRA Building No. 7 at Malwani, Malad, in Mumbai. No injuries were reported in the incident. According to information received, the fire started around 1.30 pm in the SRA building located at Bhabrekar Nagar in Jankalyan Nagar. Firefighters reportedly faced difficulty…
Three Pallid Scops Owls were rescued by citizens from different parts of suburban Mumbai earlier this week. One of the birds was taken to Dr Rina Dev’s animal and bird clinic in Khar, another was admitted to Exotic Vets in Chembur, while the third was handed over to RAWW (Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare) for…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday performed foundation stone-laying ceremony for development works in Dombivli, and praised Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde, his son, for persistent follow-up of these projects, reported news agency PTI. Shinde inaugurated the Prerna War Memorial and launched redevelopment of Sant Savalaram Maharaj Mhatre Sports Complex and renovation of Savitribai…
IndiGo cancelled more than 220 flights at Delhi and Mumbai airports on Sunday, as the disruptions entered the sixth day while efforts are on to normalise operations, reported news agency PTI. The disruptions have resulted in hundreds of flight cancellations and delays in the last few days, causing hardships to thousands of passengers. Sources said…
