An official on Thursday said that police have arrested a 30-year-old man after seizing charas valued at Rs 6.24 lakh from his possession in Maharashtra`s Thane district, reported news agency PTI. The man was found moving in a suspicious manner near a skywalk of Dombivili railway station on Tuesday. During checking, the police found him…
The Supreme Court said it has listed for hearing on Friday a plea challenging the verdict of the Bombay High Court (HC) which had upheld a decision of a Mumbai college to impose a ban on wearing of `hijab`, `burqa` and `naqab` inside the institute’s campus, news agency PTI reported. A bench comprising Chief Justice…
Trains services between Kasara and Mumbai was partially affected on Wednesday night after a boulder fell on the tracks near Aatgaon station in Thane district, about 100 km from Mumbai, officials said, reported news agency PTI. While talking about Mumbai local train update, a Central Railway spokesperson said the bounder fell on the UP line…
The Western Railway has collected an impressive Rs 57 crore in fines from ticketless travelers over the past three months. According to Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, “The highly motivated ticket-checking team, under the supervision of senior commercial officers, organised several ticket-checking drives from April to July 2024. These efforts resulted…
In a move reflecting its cautious approach amid ongoing economic uncertainties, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent. This marks the ninth consecutive time the central bank has opted for stability in its monetary policy. “After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic and financial…
Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan on Wednesday said that he will work to make the state`s economy larger than Japan and Germany and also assured to ensure that the wealth created in the state reached its remotest village, news agency PTI reported. He took office only last week on July 31 after succeeding Ramesh Bais. Governor…
In Mumbai, the collective lake levels in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to the city are now at 90 per cent, as per the BMC data. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, on Thursday, the collective lake levels or water stock in Mumbai lakes is now at 13,09,043 million litres of…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest Mumbai weather update, predicted light to moderate rainfall on Thursday. The weather department, in its latest Mumbai weather update, has predicted “light to moderate rain in city and its suburbs” in the next 24 hours. The maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle at 32…
A court on Wednesday remanded eight alleged pirates, apprehended in March during an operation off the coast of Somalia, in judicial custody after their claims of being underage were found to be based on forged or unreliable documents. In an operation lasting over 40 hours, the INS Kolkata intercepted pirate ship ex-MV Ruen in the…
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said he would have brought the entire Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with him had the BJP and Shiv Sena offered him the chief minister`s post. Speaking at the launch of “Yoddha Karmayogi – Eknath Sambhaji Shinde”, a biography of the current chief minister, Pawar noted in a…
A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly posing as the PA of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant and cheating the owner of the famous `Bademiya` restaurant of more than Rs 11.2 lakh. Suraj R Kalav, the accused, allegedly ordered hundreds of plates of food from the eatery while also promising to arrange admission…
The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of the closure of the Nagpur airport for eight hours daily since March 2024, and sought responses from the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation, Airport Authority of India (AAI) and others. The situation was causing a lot of inconvenience to passengers, it said….
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has introduced comprehensive rules for ground handling service providers (GHSP). The new regulations, which must be implemented within six months, address the increasing complexity of ground operations amid the rapid growth in aircraft movements and the rise of third-party ground handling services. A senior DGCA official highlighted the…
The Shiv Sena split may create challenges for the Mahayuti as well as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) when it comes to sharing Assembly seats. The Byculla, Ghatkopar East and Andheri West Assembly constituencies can potentially create hurdles during seat-sharing talks between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) while the seats that could prove contentious for…
An 11-storey cyber building, equipped with the latest technology to combat cybercrime, is likely to be handed over to Mumbai police soon. The original deadline was August 15, but a month-long delay is anticipated owing to some pending work. Construction of the building began in 2019 during the tenure of Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister….
The Dindoshi Sessions Court in Mumbai has framed charges against dismissed Railway Police Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary, who was arrested by the Borivli GRP for the murder of his senior officer and three passengers while on duty aboard a Jaipur-Mumbai train on July 31, 2023. According to sources, Chaudhary will stand trial on…
Final touch An artist in Lalbaug paints snake idols in time for Nag Panchami on August 9. Vasai’s paw-some celebrations The animal shelter re-imagined through an AI-generated artwork by the team On August 13, Poonam Ahuja will throw a party for the 75 cats and dogs housed at Vasai’s Ahuja Animal Care Foundation. “We are…
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde approved the Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (SATIS) plan for Kurla on Wednesday, instructing officials to expedite the work. The chief minister also approved the construction of a road overbridge at the Chunabhatti level crossing gate and the upgrading of the dilapidated subway at Everard Nagar along the Eastern Express Highway….
A five-year-old girl died after a Labrador fell on her from a building terrace in Mumbra. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon while the girl was walking with her mother. The dog fell from the terrace, causing serious harm to the girl, who succumbed to her injuries, while the dog is undergoing treatment. The Mumbra…
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Mumbai Police on Wednesday issued traffic restrictions and diversions in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to ease traffic congestion in the area. According to the police, the Central Railway Authority is to demolish the old Sion rail-over-bridge and construct a new over bridge hence the traffic coming from Sion Railway Station to Kalanagar is diverted. Vehicular traffic…
The Maharashtra Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has approved several significant projects and policies aimed at improving infrastructure, agriculture, and public services across the state. In response to the agitation called by the State Transport Corporation`s trade unions, the Chief Minister chaired a meeting on Wednesday and instructed the High Power Committee (HPC)…
Parts of Maharashtra continued to witness light to moderate rains on Wednesday and Mumbai witnessed light showers as rain take a break in the city. According to the weather department`s data on Maharashtra rains, Satara district recorded 32.9 mm rainfall as Mumbai witnessed light showers between 8:30 am to 5:30 pm on August 7. Mumbai`s…
Mumbai Police on Wednesday issued traffic diversion on S.V Road in Bandra west for the ongoing work of the Mumbai Metro 2-B project in the area and shared list of alternate route for motorists. In a traffic notification, the police said that Mumbai Metro 2-B work is in progress at S.V. Road under the jurisdiction…
Railway officials said on Wednesday that the Kavach system has been implemented on 1,465 route km and 144 locomotives in the South Central Railway, and work is underway to install it on the Delhi-Mumbai-Howrah line. The installation of Kavach, a sophisticated Automatic Train Protection (ATP) technology to prevent train crashes and improve rail safety, is…
Western Railway on Wednesday said that it conducted massive ticket checking drives in the past four months and recovered Rs 57 crore as fines. In an official statement, the Western Railway said that in order to ensure hassle-free, comfortable travel & better services to all bonafide passengers over Western Railway, intensive ticket checking drives are…
A Mumbai court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against BJP MLA Nitesh Rane in a defamation complaint lodged against him by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Aarti A Kulkarni issued the NBW as Nitesh Rane failed to appear before…
On Wednesday, the BJP said that Uddhav Thackeray, the chief of Shiv Sena (UBT), was visiting Delhi to gain Congress support for his chief ministerial aspirations, not to address issues pertaining to youth, women, and farmers in Maharashtra. “Uddhav Thackeray has gone to Delhi not to raise issues affecting women, farmers or youths of Maharashtra….
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena-UBT president Uddhav Thackeray said on Wednesday that NCP supremo Sharad Pawar will not allow Mumbai to be destroyed. Thackeray was alluding to the Adani Group`s Dharavi redevelopment project. Thackeray`s comments come after Pawar`s recent discussions with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, during which the Dharavi reconstruction project was…
Nana Patole, the party`s state unit chief, declared on Wednesday that the Congress party`s manifesto for the 2024 Maharashtra assembly poll will focus on the difficulties faced by farmers and youth, particularly unemployment and inflation. Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will chair the manifesto committee, he added per the PTI report. According to the report, Patole…
Come August 31, at midnight the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority`s (MahaRERA`s) Maha-Complaint and Regulatory Integrated Technology Implementation or Maha-CRITI web portal, will go live. The revamped portal is at its final stages, and the new portal is expected to have several improved and useful features such as enhanced user experience, data analytics, personalised dashboards,…
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply And Transport (BEST) undertaking on Wednesday launched its own brass band platoon on the occasion of `BEST Day,` marking 77 years of its municipalisation since 1947. “Today, August 7, 2024, on the occasion of the 77th `BEST Day,` BEST`s own `BEST Brass Band` was inaugurated at its headquarters in Colaba by…
A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officer was booked and two people were held by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly seeking Rs 2 crore bribe from property developer in Mumbai, an official said, the PTI reported. According to the PTI, the ACB has registered a case against a BMC officer and nabbed two persons for seeking…
The police on Wednesday said that a 37-year-old Thane man has allegedly been cheated by five persons who posed as “sadhus” and offered to help him get rid of his problems, reported news agency PTI. One of the accused met the victim, resident of Rajnoli in Bhiwandi, some days back at a shop in the…
An official said on Wednesday that the police have seized banned gutka and tobacco products valued at Rs 6.41 lakh and arrested a 34-year-old man in this connection in Maharashtra`s Thane city, reported news agency PTI. Acting on a tip, a police team raided the residence of the accused in Rabodi area on Monday and…
Amid the reservation row, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar has claimed that “Nizami Marathas” are trying to snatch the quota designated for the Other Backward Classes, reported news agency PTI. The OBCs should thwart such plans in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, Ambedkar said at public meeting on Tuesday in Jalna as part…
Nearly 150 students from ashram schools who suffered from Palghar food poisoning were still under observation at various hospitals in Maharashtra`s Palghar district and their condition was stable, an official said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. On Tuesday, as many as 250 students from 20 ashram schools (residential facilities for tribal pupils) in Dahanu…
A Mumbai court on Wednesday charged dismissed Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, accused in the Palghar train firing incident, with murder and promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion. Chetansinh Chaudhary is accused of shooting dead four persons including an RPF official on a moving train in Maharashtra`s Palghar district last…
Police have registered an FIR against a 31-year-old Dombivli woman and three of her male friends for allegedly abetting her husband`s suicide in Maharashtra`s Thane district, an official said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. The Dombivli woman and her friends allegedly blackmailed and harassed the 42-year-old victim following which he hanged himself at his…
A man was found dead in Sanjay Gandhi National Park quarry in Maharashtra`s Thane district following which the cops have launched probe into the matter, an official said. According to the officials, a dead body of a yet to be identified man was found in a quarry based at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). The…
