People at a protest for restoration of power supply in Vasai-Virar Vasai-Virar: Although the rain eased on Wednesday, floodwaters continued to inundate several parts of Vasai-Virar, resulting in a drowning and leaving thousands of residents stranded indoors for the fifth consecutive day.Many localities were without electricity for more than 72 hours, triggering protests by angry…
Officials said nearly 60% of the underground pipeline project has been completed. (Representative image) MUMBAI: Heavy rain continued to affect Mumbai’s suburban rail network on Wednesday, although conditions on the Western Railway network improved marginally compared with the previous day.On the Central Railway network, train services between Neral and Bhivpuri Road on the south-east route…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, directing the deletion of online posts that she claimed violated her personality, publicity and moral rights, bringing back her trademark dimpled smile. She sought that social media intermediaries be directed to take down AI-generated deepfake and morphed content of hers, and…
Mumbai: The BMC standing committee on Wednesday approved an amnesty scheme to grant occupation certificates (OC) to buildings which did not have these although families were already residing in them. Less than two weeks ago, members of the standing committee had sought a review of the amnesty scheme.On June 25, the committee had sought clearer…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday disposed of a petition filed by actor and film critic Kamal R Khan after the state informed the court that they have initiated steps to withdraw the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against him in connection with a criminal case registered by the Oshiwara Police Station. The Oshiwara…
The mother and her premature newborn are taken to hospital in a tractor in Nalasopara by a civic doctor. Vasai-Virar: A doctor with the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) and his tractor came to the rescue of a seven-month pregnant woman stranded in her home in flood-hit Nalasopara when she went into premature labour on Wednesday.Dr…
Ramesh Mhatre denied attacking a woman doctor Kalyan: Shiv Sena’s Kalyan-Dombivli corporator Ramesh Mhatre and three of his alleged associates were arrested on Wednesday for the attack on a hospital’s doctors and staffers over purported delay in a patient’s treatment two days prior, even as his party distanced itself from the assault.Within four hours of…
Speeding tanker crushes auto Thane: A speeding gas tanker allegedly jumped a traffic signal and overturned onto an autorickshaw on the Thane-bound carriageway of the Ghodbunder Highway near D-Mart at Anand Nagar on Wednesday afternoon, killing the auto driver and a passenger while leaving another passenger critically injured.The accident occurred around 1 pm and briefly…
Mumbai: BJP corporator Makarand Narwekar has appealed to the BMC to exempt civic field staff from Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duties to ensure public safety amid monsoon crisis.Narwekar pointed out that across the BMC’s administrative wards, hundreds of municipal employees, including around 50 personnel from A Ward alone, have been pulled from their regular duties…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt’s decision to make a domicile certificate and knowledge of Marathi mandatory for obtaining badges for aggregator cab and bike-taxi drivers from Aug has sparked concern among a section of drivers, especially migrants who form a significant part of the app-based taxi workforce in Mumbai and other cities.Drivers say they fear the…
