A Mumbai Police constable, Ravindra Hake, 28, lost his life on Sunday in a railway accident between Vikhroli and Kanjur Marg stations. According to police sources, Hake, a resident of Indapur, was serving in the LA unit (Tardeo) of the Mumbai Police. Accompanied by friends, he was looking for a house in a MHADA building…
The newly elected president of the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) will hold discussions with authorities on the recent suspension of resident doctors at St George’s Hospital during his first visit to the city this week. Dr Pratik Debaje, a resident doctor at GMC Nagpur who was declared the new MARD president on Saturday,…
The police have arrested four members of a gang for allegedly stealing 29 mobile phones valued at R8.13 lakh from a shop in Thane district, a police officer said on Sunday. The theft took place in the early hours of July 28 at the shop located near a bank at Sai Residency in Bhiwandi area….
Upper Vaitarna, one of the seven lakes supplying water to the city is expected to fill up in the coming days. The BMC had previously drawn water from Upper Vaitarna`s reserve stock, which caused this lake to lag behind the others in reaching optimal levels. Despite a lull in heavy rainfall for over a week,…
A joint meeting of eight passenger associations from Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Dahanu, MMR, and Konkan on Saturday discussed the August 22 protest and called for merging Mumbai’s railway system into a separate, consolidated body called “Transport for Mumbai” to improve suburban services. Commuter organisations in the city have planned a “white wear” protest on August…
Five members of a family were arrested on Sunday for allegedly harassing and torturing a 25-year-old woman for dowry and causing her death in Thane, police said. Based on a complaint by the woman’s brother, the police have arrested her husband and four members of his family under sections of the BNS, said senior inspector…
The Malad police in Mumbai apprehended a 41-year-old habitual criminal, Aristide Fernandes, who had allegedly been on the run for two years. Known for deceiving people with promises of expensive mobile phones, jobs, and lucrative business opportunities, Fernandes defrauded victims of crores of rupees, leaving them financially ruined. Fernandes was captured on Friday night by…
A dog has spread fear in Arnala Village, Virar West, after biting 28 residents on Saturday. The Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) has initiated a search for the animal. The incident took place on Saturday morning when the dog entered Arnala Nalekar Pada in Shanti Nagar. Following the attacks, villagers are scared about leaving their…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Sunday that its senior leader and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will take the decisions over seat-sharing and negotiations with allies for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, reported news agency PTI. BJP`s Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar told reporters, “The core committee (of the state unit) convened in…
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The Tiranga Yatra, organised by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), took place on August 11 across the city`s 25 administrative divisions. A wide range of people took part in the yatra, including local legislators, film stars, senior citizens, and officials, said the civic agency. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, in their communique, said that Mumbaikars have given…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde commented on the recent incident involving an attack on Uddhav Thackeray’s convoy, stating that it was a retaliation by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers. The attack, involving the hurling of coconuts and cow dung, occurred in Thane on Saturday and was allegedly in response to a previous incident where workers…
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) head Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday said people will not forgive Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray because “he left bhagwa (saffron) and distanced himself from the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”. Bawankule`s remarks came a day after Thackeray, while addressing Sena (UBT) workers in Thane, accused Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath…
A Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) has urged the Maharashtra State Board of Waqf (MSBW) to conduct public hearings of Waqf institutions instead of holding them inside the chairman`s chamber. SP legislator from Bhiwandi (East) Rais Shaikh on Sunday said he has written to MSBW regarding hearings in 184 Waqf institutions. In…
The Navi Mumbai Police on Sunday registered a case against a woman and her driver for allegedly killing her husband after he objected to their relationship, an officer said. The 58-year-old victim, a resident of Khanda Colony in Panvel, died on Thursday. The police then sent the body for postmortem and registered a case of…
Shortly after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research on Saturday alleged that SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch and her husband had stakes in “both the obscure offshore entities used in the Adani money siphoning scandal,” the couple issued a joint statement rejecting the allegations. Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband accused Hindenburg Research, against whom SEBI has taken…
The CBD Belapur police have registered a first information report (FIR) against a doctor for allegedly molesting a 56-year-old woman after she blamed him for the death of her son during treatment in a hospital in Navi Mumbai, an officer said on Sunday. The son of the woman, who was a resident of CBD Belapur,…
Five Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested for allegedly staying illegally in Navi Mumbai, the police said on Sunday. Following a tip off, the Navi Mumbai Police`s anti-human trafficking cell conducted a raid in a residential building at Koparkhairne on Saturday and apprehended four women and a man. During the questioning, it came to light that…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday said it was now clear why Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) did not answer her letters seeking details of Adani group companies. She was reacting to United States (US) short-seller Hindenburg Research`s claim that SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch and her husband had stakes in the…
The India Meteorological Department in its daily update stated that Mumbai is likely to receive moderate spells of rainfall on Sunday. In the 24-hour period from Saturday 8 am to Sunday 8 am, Mumbai city received 3.04mm, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 8.52 mm and 5.88mm of rainfall, respectively. A high tide…
Nationalist Congress Party (SP) legislator Jitendra Awhad has raised questions on Thane Police after the attack on Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s convoy by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members in the city on Saturday night. Awhad posted three videos to indicate that the police did not do much to prevent the attack. “From…
NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar on Sunday faced angry Maratha agitators in separate incidents who stopped his vehicle in Solapur district and later raised slogans and waved black flags when the veteran politician was addressing a rally in Barshi town. Visuals aired by television channels showed a group of people raising “Maratha aarakshan” slogans stopping…
The forest department and the Wildlife Welfare Association (WWA) have seized trophies of wild animals from a photocopying shop at Virar. A local resident who had seen several trophies of wild animals in a shop belonging to Himanshu Kapadia in Virar West near Virar railway station had informed WWA. “Our team was prompt to respond…
>> The oldest tram ticket issued in Bombay featured three languages: English, Marathi and Gujarati. >> One of the first BEST bus service route maps, published by the British India Press in 1942, displayed routes A to O in multiple colours. >> BEST route bus timetables were issued in attractive multi-colour formats. Such quirky facts…
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is building a massive network of 14 Metro rail lines in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) spanning a total of 337.1 kilometres. Of these, three spanning 46.5 km are operational, eight spanning 165.7 km, are under various stages of construction and the rest are in the planning and…
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday attributed the attack on Uddhav Thackeray’s convoy by MNS workers to frustration stemming from the absence of condemnation following a similar incident involving himself. On Saturday, a handful of MNS workers hurled tomatoes and cow dung at Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray’s convoy in Thane, a…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey criticized Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, and demanded the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, following an attack on Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray`s convoy on Saturday. During the attack, MNS workers allegedly threw coconuts and cow dung at Thackeray`s convoy. Speaking…
Hawa main udta jaye Students at Carter Road play with their raincoats to make the most of the monsoon. Lugras as Sunday best Today, churches across Mumbai, Vasai, Thane and Raigad will become a sea of lugras and surkhas, as the East Indian community steps out in traditional attire to mark Bhumiputra Aitwar or Indigenous…
I urge all housing society members to please install grills so that mishaps don’t happen,” said Hazequa Kapadia, 15, a Nagpada resident who sustained injuries to her brain after a frying pan fell on her head from the 22-storey Danish Villa building in 2017. The incident is strikingly similar to the one that occurred on…
A controversy has erupted over the issue of increasing the rent paid by those operating stalls outside the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount during the Bandra fair. Stall owners on Sunday morning protested against a proposal to hike the rent tenfold this year. The church, however, clarified that this is a way to…
The Virar police have arrested two college-going teenagers who allegedly shared an obscene video of a minor girl on WhatsApp. The matter came to light on July 8, when the victim’s father approached the police. “The girl’s father claimed that an obscene video of his 16-year-old daughter had been circulating on WhatsApp. Considering the seriousness…
A day after a two-year-old boy went missing from outside his home in Govandi, the Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 6 successfully reunited him with his family. The police team left no stone unturned in their search, forming different teams to search for the boy across different areas, including local mosques and children’s shelters, as well…
An aspiring model and actor from Bihar, Abhaykumar Umesh Kumar Chaurasiya, 24, was apprehended by the Borivli Government Railway Police (GRP) on Friday evening with an Italian-made pistol and 14 live cartridges in his possession. The arrest took place during a routine check at Borivli station when GRP constable Shrirang Mane, along with PSI Mahadik…
In the run up to the Maharashtra Assembly polls, the BMC has come out with a draft for hoardings and flags during the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). According to the rule, no political hoarding will be allowed on vehicles, and only one flag per automobile will be allowed during MCC. After the Ghatkopar hoarding…
Mumbai Police’s cyber helpline 1930 has been swamped with cyber fraud complaints, revealing the types of frauds prevalent in the city. Probes revealed the tactics used by these criminals, and police said the five major frauds prevalent in the city include stock market investment scams, part time job task fraud, fake arrest, digital arrest schemes,…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has placed almost the entire Maharashtra on green alert, signalling a moderate level of caution as it forecast a downpour of 16-64 mm in Mumbai on Sunday. The weather update comes amid a week of high tides. “While rainfall is expected (in Mumbai), it is unlikely to cause major disruptions….
Art on her feet A woman gets a temporary tattoo of an anklet made by a local artist at Juhu Beach. Dance, music, and revolt A member of the rally sports a shirt adorned with Warli art The vibrant celebrations of Adivasi Divas (Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples) last weekend in Aarey forest couldn’t…
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