Amid ongoing water cuts, Mumbaikars can draw some hope from the news that Tulsi lake finally started overflowing around 8.30 am on Saturday. Last year, too, it had started overflowing on the same date. However, lakes outside city limits are yet to receive heavy rain. The combined stock of all lakes reached 40 per cent,…
Even as heavy rain lashed the city on Saturday for the second consecutive day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) raised an alert over imminent spells of heavy to very heavy rainfall expected to lash Mumbai and the adjoining Metropolitan Region (MMR) in the coming days. Though the intensity of alert issued by IMD is yellow,…
An 80-year-old woman died after part of a dilapidated, century-old MHADA building collapsed near Grant Road West on Saturday morning. The building was occupied at the time of the incident. Many residents had a narrow escape, running out in the nick of time. Thirteen residents were stranded on the fourth floor and had to be…
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The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the police to file a detailed affidavit in response to a petition of advertising firm director Bhavesh Bhinde, arrested in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case. Bhinde has sought that the FIR registered against him be quashed, claiming that the hoarding collapse, which killed 17 persons, was an “act…
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday conducted detailed meetings with the city`s railway officials, including CR, WR, MRVC and the KR and for the first time stressed that the headaway of trains should be further cut down from the existing 180 seconds (3 min). In a day-long meeting in Mumbai, Vaishnaw conducted detailed reviews of…
The Bombay High Court on Friday quashed the Maharashtra government`s notification that exempted private schools within a one-kilometre radius of government or aided schools from Right to Education (RTE) Act quota admissions. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said the notification dated February 9 was “ultra vires” to…
One person died and another was injured as Mumbai on Friday continued to witness rains, the officials said. According to a rain related bulletin issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in an incident at a construction site in Malad area of Mumbai, three labourers were trapped under the soil where an SRA project`s construction…
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), while sharing Mumbai weather updates, on Friday issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar. The weather department said that heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places were very likely. A yellow alert was issued for Mumbai for Saturday. The IMD has also issued a red alert…
An autorickshaw driver was arrested on Friday by the Navi Mumbai police`s Anti-Human Trafficking Cell for alleged involvement in a sex racket, an official told PTI. According to the PTI report, a lodge was raided on Thursday night, acting on a tip-off that was confirmed by a decoy. The accused, identified as Pradeep Yadav, was…
In the view of upcoming Ganpati festival in September, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) will run seven special trains during the month. “It has been decided to run following special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during Ganpati Festival-2024,” Konkan Railways said in an official statement. According to the statement released, bookings for…
The Thane Police in Maharashtra have registered a case against a woman for allegedly branding her nine-month-old daughter with a hot object and torturing her, an official said on Friday, reported the PTI. The woman suspect in the case is a beggar and lives with the child in Bhatwadi area, he said. “According to her…
A man from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra was allegedly duped of more than Rs 1.5 crore by cyber fraudsters who lured them to invest in cryptocurrency, the police said on Friday, reported the PTI. Based on a complaint, a case was registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the cyber police…
The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) on Friday released of a book on `Kale Karname` (black deeds) of the ruling Mahayuti government in Maharashtra, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, while releasing the book, the party`s state president Jayant Patil called it a `trouble engine, not triple engine` government. The ruling alliance…
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), while sharing Mumbai weather updates, on Friday said that the city was likely to witness heavy to very heavy rain in the city and its suburbs in the next 24 hours. The Regional Meteorological Department in its forecast also said that the maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 29°C…
The Bombay High Court directed the police on Friday to file a detailed affidavit in response to the petition of advertising firm director Bhavesh Bhinde, arrested in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case, reported PTI. The plea filed by Bhide sought that the FIR registered against him be quashed claiming that the hoarding collapse,…
It doesn’t take a rainy day to understand the autorickshaw and traveling woes in Bandra East, a stark contrast to its western sister, known as the ‘Queen of Suburbs.’ While the ‘queen’ has the liberty of calling the shots, the former is like a pawn that is not treated well. This disparity is most evident…
Mumbai Local train and bus services were affected on Friday due to heavy downpours since early morning. Public transport was slowed down due to waterlogging on some roads and railway tracks. According to commuters, the suburban trains are running at least 15 to 20 minutes late, reported PTI. As per the PTI report, water has…
Congress will hold a key meeting today in Mumbai to plan for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Senior state leaders will attend the session, which will be headed by General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and AICC Incharge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chenithalla. In the most recent parliamentary elections, Congress emerged as the state`s largest party, with…
A highly intoxicated civil engineer lost control of his vehicle in Vasai, starting by colliding into a parked motorcycle. His speeding car then swerved into the opposite lane, crashing through a security wall of a house before killing a sleeping stray dog in the process. This sequence of events unfolded in mere seconds on the…
After Delhi and Hyderabad, a dating scam active in Mumbai has come to light. According to sources, women befriend men and take them to specific pubs and bar restaurants, forcing them to pay for expensive food and drinks. When it is time to pay the bill, the women leave on some pretext. The pub staff…
Mumbai has been seeing intermittent moderate to heavy rainfall since Monday. On Friday, the rains lashed parts of the city which had a cascading effect on the city`s transportation with commuters on the Western and Central Railway stating that trains are not running on time. Some commuters claimed that the trains on Central Railway`s Main…
A gym member was assaulted by his trainer with a heavy wooden mudgar (mace) in Navghar, Mulund, after confronting him about staring at him. The victim suffered severe head injuries and is currently hospitalised. According to police, the complainant, 20-year-old Yugesh Vilas Shinde, lives in Mulund with his parents and brother. His father is a…
A section of an unused commercial structure under the Andheri flyover, a portion of which fell recently, has prompted action from the BMC. The corporation is in the final stages of awarding a Rs 90 crore contract for major repairs to the bridge. However, it has come to light that a private builder is responsible…
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has successfully tested the instrument landing system (ILS) and radar systems at the DB Patil International Airport in Navi Mumbai. As part of this, an aircraft, operated by AAI, took off and landed at the airport for the first time. The runway testing phase of the airport has also…
Neighbours of influencer Aanvi Kamdar, the travel influencer who died after falling into a gorge while shooting a video near the Kumbhe waterfalls in Mangaon, Raigad on Wednesday, told mid-day they were shocked by her untimely passing. Kamdar resided at Parshwanath Gardens on Bhau Daji Road in Matunga East. A neighbour said, “The bereaved family…
The state Urban Development Department (UDD) has sought assistance from the home department after the Navi Mumbai police failed to provide security for the demolition of nine-year-old religious structures. These structures illegally occupied a dangerous 2.3 lakh square feet on the landslide-prone Belapur Hill. This action follows directives from the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission…
The Mumbai police have arrested six members of a phishing gang including a woman deputy manager of Yes Bank. The gang members were given different responsibilities including collecting identification documents from people for opening of bank accounts. The deputy manager facilitated the opening of the bank account without conducting verification, while others swindled elderly citizens…
The Pune ACB has received a complaint seeking an open inquiry against Dilip Khedkar, a retired government officer and father of controversial IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, in connection with alleged disproportionate assets, a senior official said. As there is already an inquiry underway by the Anti-Corruption Bureau`s Nashik division against him into the alleged disproportionate…
An accused on bail in the Cordelia cruise drug case has emerged as the kingpin behind the mephedrone (MD) supply in Navi Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), region. The Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) of the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch found him to be involved after arresting two men with one kilogram of MD. They…
In the run-up to the Assembly polls in October this year, the Congress high command will seek Maharashtra leaders’ feedback on Friday. The meeting is crucial in view of the MVA partners’, especially the Shiv Sena (UBT)’s, demand for the highest share of 288 seats. The meeting at Garware Club will be attended by the…
Shinde Sena is preparing to contest 17 out of 36 Assembly seats in Mumbai, without seeking any seat that the BJP and NCP had contested or won in 2019. CM Eknath Shinde met his party leaders on Thursday to decide a roadmap for the Assembly elections. Sources said the party is preparing to contest 100-125…
Shiv Sena (UBT) has decided to contest 25 out of 36 Assembly seats in Mumbai. In the 2019 Assembly election, the undivided Shiv Sena contested 19 constituencies and won 14. On Wednesday, UBT party chief Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with the party’s senior leaders. During the meeting, they discussed the Assembly elections and the…
Ravindra Shisve, the railway commissioner of police, and his predecessor, Quaiser Khalid, are blaming each other for granting permission for the 120×140-foot illegal hoarding that collapsed on May 13, killing 17. Their accusatory statements to the Crime Branch are part of the 3,299-page charge sheet submitted to the court earlier this month. mid-day has examined…
Locked and loaded Despite the day-long rain, a couple manages to balance heavy luggage on their two-wheeler on Lalbaug flyover. An evening in Paris Raghu Dixit It will be a Parisian July for singer Raghu Dixit as his band, The Raghu Dixit Project has been invited to perform at The India House ahead of the…
An abstract painter Ravindra Pabrekar, 65, approached Matunga police and registered an FIR after his name was used for selling someone else’s paintings on a website. The Matunga police registered an FIR against International Creative Art Center (ICAC) and www.worldarthub.comwebsite director Ravindra Mardia and painter Ahmed Miqdad. Pabrekar claimed that the alleged accused put up…
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to give R500 crore to the Mumbai Metropolitan Development Authority (MMRDA) in two phases. The BMC has already paid Rs 2,000 crore to the MMRDA. The state government’s Urban Development (UD) department ordered the BMC on March 15, to pay a total of Rs 4,960 crore for the…
Mumbai students seeking admissions to central universities are in a fix as the delay in the Combined University Entrance Test (CUET) results continues. Faced with the uncertainty of awaiting results or securing spots in state or private universities, many students have chosen the latter. Students are now taking chances and hoping to get a transfer…
Andheri subway was closed for the ninth time this month on Friday due to waterlogging, which has been occurring even amid moderate rainfall. Though the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) uses the holding tank method to keep the Milan subway in Santacruz and Hindmata in Parel relatively flood-free, the high cost and insufficient results have been…
Despite the global disruption caused by a recent CrowdStrike update, which led to widespread outages and critical system crashes known as the ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD), services in Mumbai have largely remained unaffected. The update, which has impacted Windows systems worldwide—including major airlines and sectors—has not disrupted key operations in Mumbai. CrowdStrike`s recent update has…
