Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday blessed the newly-wed couple Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant after their star-studded wedding that was attended by global celebrities, business tycoons, and politicians, reported the PTI. PM Modi arrived at the Ambani family-owned Jio World Convention Centre here for a wedding reception that has been titled `Shubh Aashirwad`. Anant…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday attended Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant`s `Shubh Aashirwad` ceremony on Saturday. CM Shinde attended the ceremony along with Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, according to the ANI. The event is being attended by the who`s who of Bollywood, Hollywood and several…
The Zari creek bridge in Talasari tehsil in Palghar in Maharashtra was closed for traffic on Saturday after water started flowing over the deck amid heavy rains in the region, an official aid, reported the PTI. The bridge was shut at 6:20 pm and the situation at the site is being monitored, the official said….
Senior lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi reportedly met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai on Saturday. Singhvi is part of the legal team representing the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in the Supreme Court, where the party is seeking to disqualify members of the Eknath Shinde faction who rebelled against Thackeray…
India will soon become the third largest economy, PM Modi said in Mumbai on Saturday, reported the PTI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking after inaugurating INS Towers, the Indian Newspaper Society`s secretariat in Mumbai`s Bandra-Kurla Complex. PM Modi also spoke on how India has become the leader in digital payments. “There was a time…
India will soon become the third-largest economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday during his visit to Mumbai. He was reportedly speaking after inaugurating INS Towers, the Indian Newspaper Society`s secretariat in Mumbai`s Bandra-Kurla Complex. Modi also spoke about how India has become the leader in digital payments. “There was a time when some…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple projects related to the road, railways and ports sector worth more than Rs Rs 29,400 crores in Mumbai on Saturday evening. PM Modi also made several announcements for Maharashtra during his visit to the city. According to an official statement, while…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday evening reached Mumbai. During his visit PM Modi launched, dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone for multiple projects related to the road, railways and ports sector worth more than Rs 29,400 crore. The Prime Minister said that the upcoming infrastructure projects in and around Mumbai will…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that as per a report by the RBI, eight crore new jobs were made available in the country in the last three to four years, reported the PTI. PM Modi was speaking at an event in Mumbai`s Goregaon area after launching and laying the foundation stone for Rs…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday evening reached Mumbai, he said, “My aim is to make Mumbai global fintech capital.” PM Modi visited Mumbai for the first time after becoming the Prime Minister for the third term. “Small and big investors have welcomed our government`s third term with enthusiasm,” PM Narendra Modi said. During his…
A 44-year-old man was arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly defrauding several hundred persons on the pretext of high returns from share market investments, an official said on Saturday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, Ashish Shah was held from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh by the Crime Branch`s property cell after a case of…
A suspected Bromine gas leak from a drugs factory in Tarapur industrial area in Palghar district in Maharashtra on Saturday affected some persons, an official said, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, Palghar District Disaster Management cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said the leak was reported at around 1:30 pm, following which teams of disaster…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest Maharashtra rains update, has predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places in the districts of Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts in Maharashtra during the next 3 to 4 hours. Isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Nasik, Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurabar and Dharshivare are likely to be…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a red alert for the coastal districts of Raigad and Ratnagiri, and Kolhapur and Satara in western Maharashtra, warning of extremely heavy rainfall on July 14, reported the PTI. The weather department has issued an orange alert for Thane district of Maharashtra for Sunday and a yellow…
A tree on Saturday collapsed on a house roof in Thane district amid Maharashtra rains, the officials said. No one was injured in the incident, they said. The incident took place near plot no. 33 near Jadhav Vada Pav, Savarkar Nagar in Thane (West). “The tree fell on the roof of room no. 14. The…
The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have arrested a man from Dubai who allegedly cheated a person of Rs 1.23 crore by luring him to invest in share trading, an official said on Saturday, reported the PTI. The Cyber Crime Unit of the Navi Mumbai Police had issued a lookout notice for the accused, and…
A wall in a single-storey unoccupied building collapsed amid heavy rains in Maharashtra`s Thane district on Saturday, a civic official said, reported the PTI. A wall collapsed on the first floor of the building in the Joshi Baug area of Kalyan, he said. No one was injured in the incident, the official said. According to…
Ahead of the PM Modi`s Mumbai visit, the police issued a traffic advisory for train commuters and air passengers. In a traffic advisory, the Mumbai Traffic Police said, “Today due to an important public function scheduled at NESCO Exhibition Centre, Goregaon between 5 pm to 7 pm, to avoid inconvenience, commuters travelling towards Airport &…
The Bombay High Court has given Vivek Shrivastav parole to wave farewell to his son, who is departing for Australia to complete his education. The court emphasised that if parole can be granted to share sadness, it should also be permitted for pleasant events. In an order dated July 9, Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, stating that while it has been 50 years since the Emergency was imposed, the BJP continues to look at the past instead of focusing on the future. Raut`s remarks came in response to the Centre`s decision to designate June 25, the…
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday that the Navi Mumbai International Airport will begin operations in March 2025. Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, along with Mohol, visited the airport site to assess the status of the ongoing building work. “Going by the progress of the work, the airport…
Since earlier this week, Mumbai and surrounding areas have been witnessing intermittent moderate to heavy showers leading to a minuscule increase in the water level of the seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai. The aggregate level of the city`s seven reservoirs is now 25 per cent, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). As of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the groundwork for projects worth more than Rs 29,400 crore during his visit to Mumbai on Saturday. Officials have announced that the event will take place at the NESCO Exhibition Centre in Goregaon. The Prime Minister will lay the groundwork for many major projects, including the Mumbai…
The city since Friday morning has been seeing intermittent heavy showers. On Friday morning, the downpour caused major waterlogging in various parts of the city, especially low-lying areas like Sion, requiring authorities to detour traffic. In its Mumbai weather update, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave a red alert to the city and suburban area…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Mumbai has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 14.02 crore of five accused under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in the case of an Income Tax Refund fraud of Rs. 263 crore. This includes one flat in Mumbai of Purushottam Chavan, land parcels in Lonavala…
By merely removing the word – ‘sedition’ from the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the term seditious from the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), do the new criminal laws outlaw sedition? The framers of the new criminal laws have ensured that provisions of the draconian section remain in the new criminal law with enhanced quantum…
The eleven-day struggle of the 11-year-old girl who was run over by a school van at Mankhurd came to an end on Wednesday night. The girl breathed her last at LTMG hospital. The girl identified as Meenashree Bahera had been seriously injured after being hit by the school van and dragged for some distance. At…
The Worli Police, probing into the hit-and-run case involving a politician’s brat, recovered the discarded empty beer cans near Bandra Worli Sea Link on Friday. The 23-year-old Mihir Shah, who had already consumed Jack Daniel’s whiskey at a Juhu-based pub had purchased four beer cans from Malad, emptied the beer cans, and discarded them after…
The Shil-Daighar police in Thane have arrested three men for allegedly raping and murdering a 30-year-old woman. The woman had left her house after a quarrel with her husband and took refuge in the temple. The police believe that woman may have visited the temple in the past however, on that fateful day she was…
With the state Assembly elections just a few months away, public representatives are seizing every opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to their constituents. Bandra West MLA Ashish Shelar has revived the water tank cleaning initiative for societies in his constituency, aiming to show his dedication to their well-being. While some have welcomed the move, others…
A fact-finding committee has identified the misalignment between the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge and the C.D. Barfiwala flyover in Andheri as a result of poor coordination between civic and railway officials. This oversight has caused embarrassment for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which is now seeking an explanation from the concerned officers. The BMC had…
The Navi Mumbai cyber police have apprehended a Std 12th pass 32-year-old man at Surat airport for operating an international cyber fraud syndicate. According to police reports, the accused were based in Dubai to evade local law enforcement. The arrested suspect, identified as Kashikumar Kalyan Bhai Italiya, 34, from Surat, previously worked in diamond trading…
After a gap of 56 years, the BMC-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital successfully performed its first heart transplant on Thursday. The donor is Sai Parab, 34, who passed away because of severe complications during pregnancy that led to bleeding inside the brain. Her husband, Deepak Parab, said, “We rushed her from Kalyan to KEM…
Flights to and from Mumbai faced disruptions on Friday morning. Various airlines issued statements saying that the delay was due to weather conditions and air traffic congestion at Mumbai airport. Meanwhile, senior pilots and experts suggest that delays could have been reduced by using various procedures. On Friday morning, heavy rain caused low visibility and…
The city is set to witness another spell of heavy rainfall this weekend with IMD issuing an orange alert for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and heavy rainfall warning. The weekend can observe an accumulative rainfall between 250-300 mm. Meanwhile, an orange alert has also been issued for various districts of Maharashtra, including Raigad, Ratnagiri Sindhudurg,…
Suburban services on Central Railway Mumbai were erratic since morning due to heavy rain and wind. This was followed by a rail fracture near Matunga and, later in the evening, a small portion of the roof of Mumbai’s biggest railway station at Mumbai CSMT fell off due to heavy winds. No one was injured in…
Heavy rain hit the city, causing significant waterlogging in several areas early Friday morning. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Santacruz recorded 115.8 mm of rainfall, while Colaba registered 86 mm by 8.30 am. Earlier in the week on Monday morning, some parts of the city experienced up to 300 mm of rainfall. This…
The southbound stretch of the Coastal Road, as well as south Mumbai in general, were badly congested on Friday morning, with commuters expressing frustration about having to wait inside the tunnel linking Worli and Girgaon for an extended amount of time. A commuter told mid-day, “The traffic congestion in the tunnel was horrible this morning.”…
Suburban services on Central Railway Mumbai were erratic since morning due to heavy rain and wind. This was followed by a rail fracture near Matunga and, later in the evening, a small portion of the roof of Mumbai’s biggest railway station at Mumbai CSMT fell off due to heavy winds. While the Coastal Road faced…
MTNL Mumbai consumers have been complaining extensively about a lack of redressal and timely response. Many consumers said they would have loved to keep the connection but had to give up due to the company’s apathy. “I was forced to give up my MTNL landline as well as my MTNL mobile numbers after repeated follow-ups…
