Navi Mumbai: In a hit-and-run fatal accident reported at the Rodpali Circle on Friday afternoon, Krishanmohan Jha, 31, lost his life after being crushed by an unknown heavy vehicle on the Panvel-Mumbra stretch of the highway. Seeing him lying on the road, one Raviraj Dahiphale, a driver from Koparkhairane, alerted the Kalamboli police. The police…
Mumbai: The rollout of smart electricity meters in Maharashtra has crossed 1.50 crore installations as of Thursday, accounting for nearly 50% of the total meters slated for replacement across the state, officials said.The large-scale deployment is being carried out by MSEDCL, along with Mumbai utilities BEST, Adani Electricity and Tata Power.Officials noted that a significant…
Mumbai: The indefinite strike by RTO employees entered its seventh day on Sunday, with no resolution in sight as the govt and administration remain unresponsive to the union’s pending demands. In a bid to escalate pressure, employees across Maharashtra will stage a two-hour sit-in protest in all RTO offices on Monday morning.The RTO Employees’ Union,…
Mumbai: Khar police arrested a chicken seller from Powai’s Pathanwadi slum, identified as Zahidali Roshan Ali Qureshi alias ‘Murgi’ (29), within 10 hours for a Rs 6.9 lakh burglary at a western suburban hotel on Saturday.Police said Qureshi, who had dozens of theft cases, was traced after officers examined dozens of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage…
Thane: Poor route planning, long travel time and limited operating hours appear to have derailed the Thane Municipal Transport’s (TMT) much-publicised AC double-decker bus service, with the city’s first such bus drawing barely a quarter of its carrying capacity during its first week of launch.Introduced last Tuesday, the lone bus service modelled on Mumbai’s popular…
Rain-ready morning walkers at Marine Drive on Sunday morning Mumbai: Mumbai parts of Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai received a brief spell of pre-monsoon showers on Sunday morning, bringing slight relief from the hot and humid weather.In the 24-hour period ending Sunday 8.30am, the IMD Colaba observatory recorded 6.8mm of rainfall and the IMD Santacruz…
Thane: Alleging a complete collapse of Thane’s water planning system, three BJP legislators on Sunday accused the municipal administration of pushing over 25 lakh residents into the clutches of an unregulated tanker mafia that is allegedly profiteering from the city’s chronic water shortage while Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) authorities look the other way.Addressing a press…
Mumbai: Customs at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) arrested two Indian passengers for smuggling 19.017 kg of hydroponic weed worth over Rs 6.65 crore in the illicit market from their baggage following their arrival from Bangkok.The arrested persons have been identified as Tejinder Gaba, 48, a resident of Karnal, Haryana, and Rohan Chandrakant Mahale,…
Thane: A 75-year-old Mumbai-based businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 56 lakh by a ‘healer’ who promised to cure his ailments with alternative treatments before allegedly blackmailing him using nude photographs, police said.According to the Kasarvadavali police, the accused and an associate befriended the businessman at a Mumbai hospital nearly two years ago while he…
Devendra Fadnavis said 10 legislative bills will be brought for consideration during the monsoon session Mumbai: The state govt will move a bill in the monsoon session to formally recognise women as farmers, CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday.He said it was noted scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan who had, during a session conducted for legislators,…
