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The BMC had planned to convert Aarey Colony`s main road to cement concrete, but the three-kilometre stretch from the VIP guest house to Powai, known for wildlife crossings, may not receive the proposed underpasses. Due to the narrow road and traffic constraints, the BMC is considering asphalt instead, which would result in 14 underpasses not…

Mumbai University (MU) has issued notices to three colleges on the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus following complaints of charging “unauthorised” excess fees from students. This action was in response to the allegations by the Maharashtra Navnirman Vidyarthi Sena (MNVS), which accused the colleges of imposing exorbitant fees for aided programs despite receiving government grants and violating…

The BMC has received preliminary approval from the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change for a bridge project connecting Yari Road to Lokhandwala. The bridge will pass through 0.21 hectares of mangrove forest. “Since the bridge passes through a mangrove forest, we needed permission from the environment ministry. Recently, we received in-principle approval for…

Four constables, one officer, and a panch suffered severe burn injuries after the Choubey family threw boiling water at them in Bhayandar on Wednesday evening. Earlier, the family had hurled utensils at the police from their kitchen to intimidate them. Senior officials quickly sent reinforcements to the scene. Three members of the Choubey family—the couple…

An American woman, Lalita Kai, was chained to a tree and left alone in a jungle along with her documents among other things in the Sindhudurg district by her ex-husband, Satish, after she told him she did not want to live in India as his wife. The police travelled to Tamil Nadu to arrest him,…

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar chaired a high-level meeting at Mantralaya on Thursday, issuing a directive that officers responsible for the Mumbai-Nashik highway will be suspended if the traffic congestion issue is not resolved within 10 days. The Mumbai-Nashik Highway, a key route connecting northern Maharashtra to Mumbai, is currently plagued by severe traffic…

Omie Kalani’s decision to support Shrikant Shinde during the recent Lok Sabha elections has come back to haunt him in a way that will impede his plans to contest the Assembly polls. Omie Kalani is a politician from Ulhasnagar and son of a staunch loyalist of Sharad Pawar, Pappu Kalani. The second generation politician had…

Shalene Nayar finally smiled yesterday after two-and-a-half  agonising days. The Marine Drive police called to say her husband, Lowell Thomas Runion, missing since Tuesday evening, was found in Santacruz. “Relief coursed through me,” said Nayar, a Marine Drive resident. Her husband, known as ‘Tom,’ had been missing since he left the Cricket Club of India…

Rain activity has abated further and lake areas witnessed hardly any precipitation. However, the Upper Vaitarna finally crossed the halfway mark due to moderate rainfall in the first half of the week and percolation effect. While four out of seven lakes are already full and the combined water stock reached 78 per cent mark, one…

Central Railway’s (CR) recent proposal to terminate harbour line suburban services at Sandhurst Road and do away with fast train halts at Byculla has sparked opposition from passenger associations and experts. The proposal According to sources, the proposed alterations are intended to make space for the extension of the fifth and sixth lines up to…

Mumbai University’s long-delayed Senate elections face fresh setbacks. Controversies over voter registration—including duplication, fraud, and legal disputes—led to last year’s voter list being annulled. The new list shows a sharp decline in registered voters. In March 2023, 1,22,000 graduates logged in to register for the Senate election process. However, after scrutiny, only 90,000 voters were…

Political corridors are abuzz with talk of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting a new national president soon, and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis is one of the prospective candidates for the top position. Speculations have been rife ever since Fadnavis met Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently in Delhi where he attended the party…

A recent RTI reply has shed light on the subpar quality of assessment and evaluation at Mumbai University. The data reveals that more than 50 per cent of students who applied for re-evaluation in the first half of 2023 were declared passed after the re-evaluation process. Similarly, over 45 per cent of students who sought…

Three elderly siblings have been living inside a 1BHK flat on the third floor of a dangerously dilapidated building that is being redeveloped in Borivli West. Since 2021, Harsha Vyas, 69, and her brothers Deepak Vyas, 66, and Kumar Vyas, 64, have been living without electricity, relying on solar lamps for light. The siblings, who…

The BMC has already missed the deadline to open one arch bridge connecting the Coastal Road to Bandra Worli Sea Link by July end.  In a reply to an RTI activist, it has also been revealed that the BMC has allowed one of the contractors to push the deadline to May 2025.  The northbound and…

Catch it if you can A woman throws a frisbee for her pet dog to retrieve while passers-by watch at Carter Road in Bandra. Books amidst traffic buzz Page-turning traffic stoppers at the island The covers are off. You usually hear this phrase by excited commentators indicating that rain has stopped at a cricket match…

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday directed the administration to suspend the concerned official if traffic flow on the Mumbai-Nashik highway does not get smooth in 10 days, reported news agency PTI. He also asked authorities to submit a proposal to halt toll collection on the Mumbai-Nashik highway until potholes are filled and…

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday announced a prize of Rs 1 crore for shooter Swapnil Kusale, who won a bronze medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics, reported news agency PTI. Kusale clinched the first ever Olympic bronze in 50m rifle 3 positions event, taking India`s overall tally to three at the ongoing Paris…

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has already missed the deadline to open an arch bridge connecting the coastal road to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link by the end of July. In response to an RTI activist, it was also revealed that the BMC has extended the deadline for one of the contractors until May 2025. The…

Ahead of this year`s Ganeshotsav, the BMC announced that public Ganesha Mandals who have been following government rules in the last ten years will be given permission for five consecutive years for building mandap These mandals will have to submit a self-declaration stating that they have followed all rules and laws and have no complaints…

The police on Thursday said that a thief broke into a temple and decamped with the `hundi` (cash box) containing Rs 6,000 in Thane district, reported news agency PTI. The accused, who targeted Radhakrishna Temple in the Khadegolawali area of Kalyan town, is currently lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai in connection with another…

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday took a swipe at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over the latter`s dare to Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and said those talking of challenging others must realise if they have the strength to do so, reported news agency PTI. Thackeray on Wednesday threw down a challenge to…

An official said that the police on Thursday detained four Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers in connection with the attack on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLC Amol Mitkari`s car in Akola two days ago, reported news agency PTI. The NCP legislator, however, held a protest outside the district Superintendent of Police (SP) office in Akola,…

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) legislator Jitendra Awhad`s car was attacked on Thursday evening in south Mumbai by three-four people allegedly over his remarks against former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sambhaji Chhatrapati. The assailants hit the rear part of the Member of Legislative Assembly`s (MLA) SUV with sticks and also pelted a stone,…

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday congratulated shooter Swapnil Kusale for clinching an Olympic bronze medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions event, saying he has made the country proud. It is a matter of pride that Kusale, who belongs to Maharashtra, has brought laurels to the country through his achievements in the world…

The Andheri police have arrested a 26-year-old man for drunk driving and performing stunts, which resulted in him crashing his vehicle into a parked car in Andheri East. According to the police, the accused was hanging out of the car window while attempting to steer. A local driver recorded a video of the incident, which…

Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 6 busted a gang that was alleged involved in changing the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers of stolen or robbed mobile phones and selling them in other states. The gang was busted after the police raided mobile repair shops in Govandi, Shivajinagar, and other nearby areas. During the raid, five…

According to data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the combined water levels of the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to Mumbai have reached 78.40 per cent. On Thursday, the BMC recorded overall lake levels of 11,34,736 million litres or 78.40 per cent of capacity. In comparison, the rates were 76.50 per cent over…

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its Mumbai weather update, has forecast light to moderate rainfall for city and suburbs. The latest Mumbai weather update predicts a “light to moderate spells of rain in city and suburbs. Possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated place during night or early morning” over the next 24 hours. The…

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A mobile phone of a commuter reportedly burst into flames in a Mumbai Monorail coach on Wednesday but nobody was injured, the officials said, reported the PTI. Accoding to the PTI, the incident took place at 9.35 am at GTB Nagar station and caused a brief commotion, said an official of Maha Mumbai Metro Operation…

C P Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra on Wednesday evening. He is the 21st governor of Maharashtra since the state was formed in 1960 and succeeds Ramesh Bais. Radhakrishnan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, reported the…

Granting relief to composer-singer Arijit Singh, the Bombay High Court has said AI tools generating content using a celebrity`s voice, image or other attributes without consent violate his or her “personality rights”. Celebrities are particularly vulnerable to unauthorised generation of content through AI tools, the court said. Hearing a petition filed by the famous singer,…

The Central Railway, while sharing the Mumbai local train updates, said that the trains to Badlapur, Karjat and Khopoli will only go up to Ambernath after disruption on SE line. It said that due to unavoidable reasons, train services on the South East (SE) Line have been disrupted and the trains that usually run to…

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials from Mumbai have reached flood-hit Kolhapur in Maharashtra to offer assistance in clean-up drives in the district. After recent heavy rainfall that led to severe flooding in Kolhapur, efforts are underway to restore normalcy in the district and the BMC has stepped in to help by sending teams to…

Sudhakar Shinde, additional commissioner and in charge of important departments like health and solid waste management has been transferred with an immediate effect as extension of his deputation hasn`t been approved. The question about his transfer was raised several times by opposition parties in the assembly sessions.  Sudhakar Shinde is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS)…

A man from Maharashtra`s Thane district was allegedly cheated to the tune of more than Rs 73 lakh under the pretext of share trading, and a case was registered in this connection against two persons, the police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI. The two booked include a woman, an official said.  According to the PTI,…

A Tripura man who used to fly to Mumbai and take shelter in drain to conduct thefts was held in Maharashtra`s Thane district, the police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI. He has been arrested in Thane for committing thefts, police said on Wednesday, claiming that he used to fly to Mumbai and take shelter…