Thane: An image of an apparently unstable part of a concrete parapet wall of the under-construction Metro 4 line at Anand Nagar, Ghodbunder highway went viral Wednesday evening sparking concern among residents and motorists who feared a possible repeat of the LBS Marg Mulund tragedy in February.The Thane regional disaster management cell that was alerted…
Navi Mumbai: The state Director General of Police (DGP) Sadanand Date has directed the police commissioner of Navi Mumbai Milind Bharambe to submit a report on a complaint against pastor Vishal Moreshwar for making misleading statements in a video.The March 8 complaint by BJP activist and advocate Sanjay Singh stated that in the video Moreshwar…
Thane: The four-lane 800-metre long bridge over the Kasheli creek was opened, providing partial relief to motorists using the new Mumbai-Nashik highway. Widening work at several crucial parts, including that at Kharegaon, and Pimplas among others, are yet to be completed. Officials said complete relief for motorists will be only after the entire stretch of…
Mumbai: A 45-year-old man was arrested by the Malad Police for sexually abusing a stray dog on a pavement at Malad West recently. The incident occurred outside a veterinarian’s clinic and the clinic staff alerted the police.According to the statement of an animal handler at the clinic, the incident occurred late on April 26. The…
Mumbai: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of a chair in the name of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, at the famous London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in London. It was also decided to provide scholarships for doctoral studies in the name of Dr. Ambedkar through…
Mumbai: Municipal commissoner Ashwini Bhide, who carried out a surprise early morning inspection of the city and the eastern suburbs for sanitation work on Wednesday, directed the administration to implement innovative ideas of citizens associations, service-oriented organisations and housing societies, besides seeking guidance from institutions like Tata Institute of Social Sciences for keeping the city…
Mumbai: The state urban development department (UDD) on Wednesday authorised Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) to undertake heavy engineering, infrastructure, consultancy and turnkey works within India and abroad. Such work cannot have any monetary or scope limitation.In a govt resolution (GR), UDD said it considers it expedient to leverage MMRC’s technical expertise, institutional capability and…
Mumbai: A 45-year-old man was arrested by the Malwani Police for sexually abusing a stray dog on a pavement at Malad West recently. The incident occurred outside a veterinarian’s clinic and the clinic staff alerted the police.According to the statement of an animal handler at the clinic, the incident occurred late on April 26. The…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Faheem Ansari, who was acquitted in the 26/11 terror attacks case, seeking a police clearance certificate to drive an autorickshaw for his livelihood.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale, while dismissing the plea, said the certificate was rightly refused by…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: A day after posting to the year 2046, a decade-old Rs 20 crore defamation suit filed by a SoBo senior citizen after she insisted on pursuing it and was disinclined to accept an apology from defendants, Bombay high court recalled that part of its order and posted the…
