Mumbai: Two passengers were injured — one of them critically — after flying debris and a 3m-long iron rod from ongoing railway work struck a moving Kasara-bound local on Wednesday afternoon, in a shocking incident that has exposed serious lapses in safety practices by the engineering wing of Central Railway.Following the incident, three staffers from…
Mumbai: A 36-year-old homemaker from a Charkop housing society has been arrested after she tipped off an acquaintance and got him to loot her neighbour’s house. Police said the accused made a duplicate key to the neighbour’s house and stole gold jewellery worth Rs 34 lakh.On April 13, a 40-year-old woman approached the Charkop police…
Mumbai: The quick alertness of two traffic constables led to the arrest of two persons from Aurangabad who were travelling in a tinted glass car with an illegal weapon. The two suspects have been placed under arrest and booked under the BNS sections of the illegal arms act.According to the police, head constable Prabhakar Pawar…
Mumbai: The state govt will set up 37 automated vehicle testing stations by Aug end. At present, seven such stations are operational. This was informed at a review meeting held at the CM’s residence on Thursday. CM Devendra Fadnavis directed that the fitness check of vehicles in the state should be done only through registered…
Mumbai: Two years after introducing a CET-based entry process for courses such as BMS, BBA, BCA and integrated MBA, the state govt has decided to modify the norms to address the issue of vacant seats and delays in the process. Students with a valid MHT-CET score in either PCM or PCB will also be eligible…
Mumbai: Aarey and Mahanand Dairy brands will be relaunched soon, Meenesh Shah, chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), informed CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday. He also said that the NDDB has developed a test strip to check for adulteration of dairy products. Fadnavis then suggested that NDDB, along with the Indian Institute of Technology, develop…
Mumbai: Residents of chawls and buildings that have been included in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project will get a minimum of 500 sq ft carpet area rehabilitation flats to a maximum of 754 sq ft free of cost. This will benefit around 8,700 households in Dharavi that have been included in the Dharavi Notified Area. This…
Thane: A 19-year-old woman died after falling into the gap between a moving train and the platform at Bhiwandi Road railway station in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred at 7.25 pm on Tuesday on platform no. 4 as the train slowed down, they said.The victim, identified as Jinisha Khandelwal from…
Mumbai: A train manager was allegedly assaulted by a home guard after he objected to blocking of a ladies compartment’s entry gate on a Western Railway suburban local. A raliway staff union has demanded that an FIR be registered.The incident occurred on April 21, when train manager Chetan Malvade was on duty on Churchgate-bound train…
Mumbai: The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has initiated plans to develop a 374-hectare Integrated Logistics Park in Navi Mumbai by inviting expressions of interest (EOI) for the first phase covering 72 hectares.The project will come up near Chirle village in Pushpak node, leveraging proximity to key infrastructure such as Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority,…
