A fire broke out in a flat on the 5th floor of a building in Vidyavihar (West) area of Mumbai on Wednesday evening, civic officials said. The blaze was reported in the Kohinoor City building on Peter Parera Road in Vidyavihar area, they said. Following the incident the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) rushed to the…
Central Railway (CR) has recorded freight loading of 43.54 million tonnes in the current financial year (April–October 2025), supported by a strong uptick in container, petroleum product, clinker, onion, and iron ore consignments. For October alone, the zone achieved freight loading of 6.17 million tonnes. Officials said that improved performance across key commodities enabled CR…
A fire broke out at a building in Mumbai`s Kurla area after gas pipeline leak, officials said on Wednesday afternoon, adding that no injuries were reported in the incident. The blaze was reported at the Mubarak Building, a ground-plus-four structure located behind the LIG Colony in Vinoba Bhave Nagar, Kurla (West), they said. “Fire erupted…
Political war of words have begun between Congress and th BJP ahead of the Maharashtra local body elections, Maharashtra Congress leader Varsha Gaikwad on Wednesday strongly responded to BJP leader Ashish Shelar’s recent remarks about her party. Gaikwad said that Congress does not need any advice from Shelar on what decisions it should take. In…
Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Wednesday met NCP (Sharad Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar to discuss the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. The Congress has announced that it will contest the civic polls independently while keeping the door open for “like-minded” parties. Speaking to PTI, Gaikwad described Pawar as a “natural ally” of the…
In a new milestone for the satellite-tracked migration of Amur falcons, three birds — Apapang, Ahu and Alang — were satellite-tagged in Manipur last week under Phase 2 of the Manipur Amur Falcon Tracking Project by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). All three have flown over Maharashtra and are now making their non-stop Arabian…
NCP (SP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto on Wednesday said the reported friction between Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena ministers indicates that the BJP no longer needs Deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Referring to reports that Shinde attended a cabinet meeting alone after his ministers allegedly stayed away, Crasto said the developments show “Fadnavis has…
A section of a large excavation pit at an under-construction building site collapsed in Maharashtra`s Thane city, civic officials said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. Nobody was injured in the incident that occurred around 11.30 pm on Tuesday at a project location of “Shri Lakshmi Narayan Enterprises near Mukund Society”, said Yasin Tadvi, chief…
A two-year-old boy suffered injuries after plunging nearly 20 feet into an open sewer chamber in Maharashtra`s Thane city, officials said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. The incident occurred near the Dnyanasadhana college on Tuesday evening, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation. Hamdan Gufran Qureshi, who…
A sharp dip in night temperatures across Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra was recorded on Wednesday. As per the IMD, several regions in the state also logged single-digit minimum temperatures. The sudden fall in temperatures across Maharashtra marks the strongest winter spell so far this season. The drop in temperature marked one of the…
The newly-formed Nagar Panchayat of Angar village under Mohol tehsil of Maharashtra`s Solapur district will not see the much-anticipated fight between the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the BJP, allies at the state level, for the president`s post, reported news agency PTI. This scenario emerged after the nomination of the NCP candidate for the top…
The chill of the slightly cold winter breeze has already started to make the climate in Mumbai a lot more pleasant. On Wednesday, the city woke up to a cold but hazy morning, making the Mumbaikars a lot more relieved from the sticky heat. While hinting at slight temperature drops in the next 24 hours,…
RCF Police arrested a man suspected of damaging a petrol/diesel supply pipeline at Chembur while attempting to steal petrol. The cops found that the accused used multiple implements to damage the pipeline and that the alarm system rang twice to alert the BPCL Company. The accused has been identified as Vinod Pandit, a tanker driver….
An informal and unwritten understanding has been reached to ease tensions within the Mahayuti alliance. The BJP and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction have agreed not to poach each other’s members. The move comes after Shinde’s party complained to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that the BJP was allegedly poaching its leaders ahead of the upcoming…
Taking serious note of mid-day’s report on bushmeat and poaching, for which four Mumbai-based persons have been arrested, the State Tiger Strike Force (STSF), Madhya Pradesh, has written to the Maharashtra Forest Department, requesting verification and details of any criminal records of the accused in Maharashtra. Sources from the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department also told…
The Maharashtra government has decided to alter school timings, set up more rescue centres, and even explore granting permission to some to kill leopards declared as man-eaters. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his deputies Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde, along with Forest Minister Ganesh Naik and senior bureaucrats, had a detailed meeting to…
Gangster Anmol Bishnoi, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of former minister and NCP leader Baba Siddique, has been deported to India, senior officials confirmed on Tuesday. He is expected to land at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport around 10 am today, after the completion of his deportation process by US authorities. According to officials,…
Tunnelling work for the ambitious underpass linking Orange Gate and Marine Drive project is to begin next month, according to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) sources. “As of today, the project has achieved physical progress of 13.5 per cent and financial progress of 10.37 per cent. The contractor has mobilised a TBM [Tunnel Boring…
Around 500 tenants residing in buildings in the city that operate as per the Pagadi system staged a peaceful protest at Azad Maidan on Tuesday. The members had earlier protested at the same location in July where just a few representatives had participated in the peaceful protest. “Though we were hopeful, we also knew, somewhere,…
The Khar police have registered an FIR against an unknown person after an iron hammer head allegedly fell from the 11th floor of the under-construction Maya Apartments on 15th Road in Khar West on November 9. The incident left dentist Aksha Tholiya seriously injured after the iron chunk struck and grazed her head. Police are…
Travellers coming to Mumbai in outstation trains faced hassles as cab aggregators (Ola/Uber), kaali-peelis and autorickshaws outside railway stations were low in number and charged higher fares, but BEST bus services remained close to normal till afternoon. BEST was able to run its CNG buses on Monday and till late afternoon on Tuesday using fuel…
The CNG crisis left auto and cab drivers as well as commuters in limbo on Tuesday. Many students were late for classes, and a few barely made it to their college examinations. Commuters remained huddled near bus stops, Metro exits, and auto stands as more than a thousand CNG-powered school buses were off the roads,…
Your fries, burgers, chaats and combos are moving closer to the tracks than ever before. Food at railway stations just got tastier with the Indian Railways officially giving the green signal for mega food brands — think McDonald’s, KFC, Haldiram’s, Subway and more — to set up right onto station decks. Impeccable timing With colossal,…
The Esplanade Court at CSMT has repeatedly requested Cama Hospital to provide on-site medical facilities for court staff and judges. The demand intensified after advocate Malti Pawar collapsed and died in the court following a cardiac arrest on October 31. In response, Cama Hospital wrote to the court stating that it could not provide regular…
Mumbai recorded its coldest morning of the winter on Tuesday, with minimum temperatures dropping to 17.4°C. But while the city felt the chill, its air quality continued to deteriorate. Mumbai’s AQI touched 170, with pockets such as Deonar, Byculla, Sewri, Chembur and Worli slipping into the higher end of the satisfactory category and even into…
Mumbai’s “miracle baby boy,” born unexpectedly on the platform of the Western Line’s Ram Mandir railway station on October 15, has turned a month old and is now thriving — a relief for the family that feared he needed urgent heart surgery. Soon after his dramatic birth, doctors at Cooper Hospital told the family the…
Forty-eight hours after the CNG crisis first hit the city, problems persisted, with normalcy expected to return only by Wednesday morning. Fuel pump owners told mid-day that the situation had been improving since Tuesday morning. Most CNG pumps, including those operated by Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), saw long vehicular queues from early morning. Black-and-yellow taxis…
Misconduct complaints against senior police officers, including those of assistant commissioner of police (ACP) rank and above as well as IPS officers, have risen at an alarming rate, recording a 313 per cent spike in just two years, according to exclusive data from the State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA). A total of 240 complaints were…
Aiming high Abha Ahire, a 10- year-old budding athlete, practises her badminton skills at a parking lot in Sion. Using AI, the right way Shakun Batra with the students. PIC COURTESY/BRAIN BRISTLE Filmmaker Shakun Batra, along with foundation Brain Bristle, conducted a workshop on cinema and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Art at MPS DN Nagar School,…
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Most Shiv Sena ministers — barring Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde — skipped the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, apparently over ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) inducting Sena leaders and workers in various parts of the state, heightening unease within the Mahayuti ahead of local body polls. However, after a meeting with CM…
In a significant step towards ensuring an inclusive and accessible transit experience for all, Mumbai Metro Line-3 has announced the introduction of a 25 per cent fare concession for passengers with disabilities. The discount, aimed at making the metro system more affordable for persons with disabilities, is currently in the final stages of testing. According…
The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a comprehensive policy for the collective redevelopment of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) projects covering 20 acres or more in Mumbai and its suburbs. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave his approval as the decision is expected to create a large stock of affordable homes in Mumbai, with…
In a major relief to commuters, Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) on Tuesday informed that the rectification work of GAIL’s damaged main gas pipeline in RCF Trombay premises has been completed and gas supply to MGL’s City Gate Station (CGS), Wadala by GAIL has been fully restored. Following the restoration, gas supply to all affected CNG…
In a significant development ahead of civic elections in Maharashtra, most Shiv Sena ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti Government on Tuesday stayed away from the weekly cabinet meeting, reported news agency PTI. Only deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, was present at the meeting in Mantralaya (secretariat), sources…
Approximately 97 per cent of Mumbaikars believe global warming is happening. Only 2 per cent believe that it is not happening while 62 per cent of Mumbaikars surveyed for the study have said they personally experience global warming in their day-to-day lives. The study, ‘Climate opinion maps’, conducted by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication,…
The timings of schools are set to be changed in areas facing frequent leopard attacks in Maharashtra. To ensure that students travel during daylight hours, the state government has decided that schools will operate from 9.30 am to 4 pm, aiming to minimise the risk of encounters with leopards. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis…
A political storm erupted after a video showing liquor being served at what appeared to be a private party at Bandra Fort went viral over the weekend. The Uddhav Thackeray–led Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Congress questioned how permission was granted for such an event at a protected heritage site. Within hours of the clip…
A special PMLA court in Mumbai has rejected a discharge petition filed in the money laundering case against former Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik, paving the way for the framing of charges on Tuesday, reported news agency IANS. The court has directed all accused, including Malik, to remain present for the proceedings when…
With civic polls just around the corner in Maharashtra, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday expressed their anguish at Congress. Shiv Sena (UBT) said the Congress party’s announcement of going solo in the ensuing elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be `suicidal`, and the opposition unity is essential to checkmate the…
