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Mumbai: A day after 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav died in a tree crash in Chembur, the BMC suspended two officials–Jagdish Bhoir, assistant garden superintendent of M-West ward and Arun Mundhe, sub-engineer from its roads and traffic department, M-West ward–for alleged negligence, pending a departmental inquiry.Following Tuesday’s tragedy, BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide has directed officials to undertake…

Mumbai: Shiv Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat has kicked up a row by saying falling of trees and lightning strikes are not in human hands. The comment came in the wake of the death of a student after a tree collapsed on a school bus in Chembur.A day after he made the remarks, the social justice…

Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Sunil Shinde called for a comprehensive road master plan, instead of focusing primarily on Metro rail expansion Mumbai: Raising concerns over housing and infrastructure planning in the city, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Sunil Shinde on Wednesday urged Maharashtra government to reconsider allowing extremely tall Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) buildings, arguing that…

Mumbai: A 51-year-old pedestrian working at a nearby petrol pump died after a portion of the third-floor balcony of a ground-plus-three-storey Mhada cessed building collapsed at Walkeshwar late on Tuesday.The incident, which was reported to the Mumbai fire brigade at 11.22 pm, took place at Surya Prakash Building on Babulnath Road in the Gaondevi area….

Cryptocurrency, other virtual digital asset-based investment frauds can now be pursued under the MPID Act. MUMBAI: In a move aimed at tightening the legal framework against financial frauds and speeding up recovery for duped investors, the Maharashtra legislature on Wednesday passed amendments to the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999…

The incident took place at the Janakalyan Building in Dahisar East where the youth’s aunt stays. MUMBAI: An 18-year-old boy attempted to end his life by jumping off the balcony of a building in Dahisar East on Wednesday, but was saved due to the quick thinking of neighbours. The incident took place at the Janakalyan…

After a devastating tree collapse in Maharashtra took the life of an 11-year-old boy, minister Shirsat remarks incited fury among the public MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena Sanjay Shirsat has stirred a controversy with his remarks on the death of an 11-year-old boy in a tree collapse incident in Mumbai, saying that the falling of trees…

A tragic tree collapse in Mumbai, claiming an 11-year-old’s life, highlights a critical flaw in urban tree management. The death of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava after a 70-year-old peepul tree collapsed onto his school van in Mumbai’s Chembur is more than another monsoon tragedy. Coming within a day of a separate incident in Uttar Pradesh‘s Firozabad…

Tree falls on school bus during rain in Mumbai, kills 11-year-old MUMBAI: The death of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav on Tuesday afternoon occurred after a peepal tree crashed along Road No. 11 in Chembur—the very stretch where BMC departments had repeatedly warned each other months earlier that road works were damaging tree roots and increasing the…

A young boy’s life was tragically cut short when a falling tree crushed the autorickshaw he was traveling in. MUMBAI:A cricket bat clutched tightly in a grieving mother’s hands has become the most poignant symbol of a young life cut short.Heartbreaking visuals emerged on Wednesday of Juhi Srivastav, mother of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav, who died…