Saanika Shah, 22, recently performed Bharatanatyam at Everest Basecamp before summitting the peak A string of prayer flags flutters above a poster of Mount Everest in this Mulund home. Nearby hangs a dreamcatcher and a whiteboard scribbled with the coordinates of the world’s highest peak. “I manifested Everest,” says Saanika Shah who was 17 when…
Mumbai Fire Brigade is set to acquire a 104-meter turntable ladder, its tallest yet, to combat fires in the city’s increasing high-rises (Representative image) MUMBAI: As Mumbai’s skyline continues its upward climb, the city’s fire brigade department is preparing to do the same. Mumbai Fire Brigade has initiated the process of procuring a 104-metre turntable…
Vasai’s traditional water system, its ancient ponds called bavkhals, is systematically disappearing as land values soar. On a blindingly hot morning in Vasai, Ranjeet Vartak leads us down a rutted rack in Bhuigaon Village and gestures towards a scene that could be mistaken for a trick of the light—an informal housing settlement sitting solidly on…
The arrest of nine alleged terror suspects by the Delhi Police’s special cell has unearthed a Mumbai underworld connection, with investigators focusing on the role of Muddasar Hussain Sayyed, alias Munna Jhingada, a close aide of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel and a key operative of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. MUMBAI: The arrest of nine…
In fit of rage, dad kills his specially abled 4-yr-old boy (Image used for representational purpose only) MUMBAI: A four-year-old boy was allegedly killed by his father in Morarji Nagar in Powai on Friday morning. Powai Police have arrested the accused, Rajesh Prakash Singh (27), on murder charges.Police said Rajesh was living with his elderly…
Mumbai: The Anti-Evasion wing of CGST and Central Excise Mumbai Central has arrested a 51-year-old Mumbai businessman for allegedly fraudulently availing input tax credit (ITC) of nearly Rs 12.13 crore through bogus GST invoices without actual receipt of goods or services.The agency said arrested accused, Fakhruddins Dahodwala, is the key person and alleged mastermind behind…
The BMC has also made it mandatory for all public toilets to introduce a citizen feedback system, maintain hourly cleaning logs, conduct at least one deep-cleaning drive every week and install an IoT-based odour monitoring system called “Gandhavedh” to help control foul smells. Mumbai: BMC has given operators of pay-and-use public toilets in Mumbai three…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai crime branch team, in coordination with the Panvel taluka police, have arrested 13 bookies for online betting on the IPL-T20 cricket match between the Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans teams after conducting a raid at a farmhouse in Panvel on Friday night.PI (crime) Anand Kamble of Panvel taluka said the…
Navi Mumbai: A 45-year-old chartered accountant from Kharghar was booked by Ulwe police for allegedly molesting a 20-year-old woman, who is also from Kharghar, while travelling in the Cityflo passenger bus along the Atal Setu from Navi Mumbai towards Mumbai on Friday between 9.30 am and 10 am.The victim woman lodged a complaint at Sewri…
Mumbai: One in every five fathers in Greater Mumbai uses tobacco. Every second neighbour and close relative whom children observe daily, too, use some form of tobacco.Tobacco use is so deeply embedded in many homes and neighbourhoods that children grow up seeing it as a normal part of everyday life, according to a new survey…
