Mumbai: Resident groups from Bandra (W) have opposed the Maharashtra Maritime Board’s (MMB) new advertising policy that allows ads on hoardings, hot air balloons and flotels/barges along the coast. Residents have said none of the two promenades or beaches in Bandra and elsewhere in Mumbai under MMB can be venues to erect any sized hoardings….
Mumbai: Suburban and long-distance services on Central Railway will be disrupted this weekend due to a 15-hour special block for yard remodelling work linked to the Kalyan-Kasara third line project. The block will be operated between Umbermali and Atgaon stations from 12 noon on April 25 to 3 am on April 26.Suburban services between Asangaon…
Kalyan: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a cognitively impaired minor girl in 2019.Special judge V A Patravale convicted the accused, a Jalgaon resident, for offences under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of…
Mumbai: A wedding function in Bhandup West ended in a tragedy for one of the attendees who died after accidentally falling into a 30-foot septic tank pit in an under-construction SRA building in the vicinity, while chasing some men who allegedly made gestures at a woman at 11.30pm on Thursday. Ten others were injured in…
Mumbai: A 85-year-old retired Ghatkopar resident lost Rs 1.1 crore of his savings to fraudsters who impersonated police officers and placed him under ‘digital arrest’ for over two weeks in a fake money laundering case.According to the FIR registered on Thursday evening at Cyber Police Station, East Division, the ordeal began on April 5 when…
Mumbai: The Govt Railway Police (GRP) have recorded a non cognisable complaint against a home guard for assaulting a train manager following an altercation on Western Railway. The incident had been captured on CCTVs. Police said the train manager did not suffer injuries. Police have informed the home guards superiors about the incident.Train manager Chetan…
Mumbai: A 25-year-old man undergoing treatment for blood cancer died by suicide at KEM Hospital on Friday. The deceased, identified as Aravind Lohar, had been admitted to the hospital’s Hematology Department for the past month. According to hospital officials, his condition had shown signs of improvement in recent days and he was expected to be…
Mumbai: Two Kalyan residents have been arrested for allegedly duping an agro businessman of nearly Rs 90 lakh by posing as police officials and threatening him with a fake accident case. The accused, identified as Uday Jha (31) and Dhiru Gupta (30), were held by the Maharashtra cyber cell after the money trail led to…
Image Used For Representational Image MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has approved a sweeping financial restructuring of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), including taking over Rs 32,679 crore of its debt, carving out its agriculture business, and paving the way for a potential stock market listing of its non-agriculture arm, according to a…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena leader and former MP Sanjay Nirupam has flagged concerns over the state govt’s move to make knowledge of Marathi compulsory for auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers, urging state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik – a colleague from the same party – to reconsider the decision.In a letter dated April 23, Nirupam said the proposed…
