People at a protest for restoration of power supply in Vasai-Virar on July 8, 2026 Vasai: Life in flood-hit Vasai-Virar began returning to normal on Thursday, five days after torrential rain brought the city to a standstill. Power supply, which had remained disrupted in several parts of Vasai-Virar, was restored in most areas on Thursday,…
Navi Mumbai: The search operation at the Patalganga river stretch continued for the second day to retrieve the missing 1,000-odd of the 2,000-plus LPG cylinders swept away from an HP Gas bottling plant in Rasayani MIDC, Raigad, on an inundated channel passing through the unit on Wednesday. The river passes through Khalapur, Panvel and Pen…
Navi Mumbai: An FIR was registered against a BJP councillor in Mahad, Suraj Bamane, and two of his aides for assaulting the chief officer (administrative head) of Mahad municipal council Dhananjay Kolekar over alleged non-resolution of the problem of a damaged underground water pipeline which caused disruption of water supply in the councillor’s ward.The alleged…
The fallen tree near the RTO office in Louiswadi where Pandurang Bhuvad was critically injured Thane: A 64-year-old plumber who was critically injured after a roadside tree collapsed on him in Thane on Monday died during treatment on Thursday, becoming the first tree-fall casualty in Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) limits this monsoon. The death came…
A Booth Level Officer verifies voter details under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Nagpur Mumbai: With Maharashtra reeling under the monsoon’s fury, just around 10%-15% forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have been distributed to voters in Mumbai and a total of 46% in the state over the last 10…
Mumbai: Dy CM Eknath Shinde has reprimanded Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors and medical staff at a hospital in Thane district, industries minister Uday Samant said on Thursday.“Our party’s line is very clear. It is inappropriate to hit a woman doctor. Many in the Shiv Sena, as well…
Kalyan: A Kalyan court on Thursday rejected the police’s plea to produce arrested Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre through video conferencing in the case of alleged assault of a doctor and nursing staff at Dombivli’s Shastri Nagar Hospital. The court directed the police to produce the 72-year-old corporator, who had been admitted to hospital on…
The current phase will focus on raising the tracks through the station area, which has emerged as one of the most flood-prone stretches. (File Photo) MUMBAI: Western Railway (WR) has decided to raise the track level at Nalasopara and Vasai as part of a two-phase flood mitigation plan after waterlogging earlier this week disrupted suburban…
A doctor from a municipal hospital medical college claimed that there is a 23% drop in blood available for thalassaemia patients Mumbai: A 24-year-old youth has spent the last four days looking for six blood bags for his uncle, who is scheduled to undergo cardiac bypass surgery at a public hospital in the city. “I…
Mumbai: A 56-year-old Powai construction supplier who lost Rs 6.6 lakh to an MGL piped gas bill fraud received the full amount after a court directed the accused, Mangaluru resident S K Shetty, to pay the victim before entertaining Shetty’s anticipatory bail plea, the police said.Between March 25 and May 12, Mumbaikars lost Rs 3…
