Despite efforts to save the marine mammal, the calf could not survive. (Image-Social Media) MUMBAI: A 26-foot baby humpback blue whale that washed ashore along the rocky coastline of Mumbai’s Bandra area died despite a coordinated rescue operation, an official said on Sunday. The whale calf was found stranded on Saturday morning, prompting a rescue…
Devendra Fadnavis carried out an inspection of various infrastructure projects in Palghar district on Sunday Mumbai: The construction work of Boisar railway station for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train is proposed to be completed by December 2027, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.On Sunday, Fadnavis carried out an inspection of various infrastructure projects in Palghar district.He said…
No one was hurt in the incident as the accused was immediately overpowered and disarmed by police constable Vishal Gade Mumbai: Panic gripped the area outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on Saturday evening when a 20-year-old inebriated man allegedly brandished a sickle and threatened his girlfriend and passersby. No one was hurt in the…
Police said he ordered 30,000 capsules and 50kg of zinc phosphide online Mumbai: The 39-year-old Pune man arrested for allegedly distributing pills filled with zinc phosphide to participants of a Muharram procession in Byculla last week arrived in the city about a fortnight ago and checked into a budget hotel in Dongri, said Byculla police….
The doctor was appointed on contract through Sai Sanjeevani Services Mumbai: The State Human Rights Commission has taken up the case of an alleged ‘bogus doctor’ who was found posted in the ICU at VN Desai Hospital in 2024. The hearing is scheduled to start on July 9.The hospital found that Dr Bharat Sawant, appointed…
A case has been registered against the accused under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Kalyan: In a major crackdown on human trafficking, the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) of Thane Police has arrested a senior woman advocate for allegedly operating a prostitution racket from a hotel…
MUMBAI: On a Wednesday afternoon, 20 young people in a drama studio in Govandi are working on a performance unlike most the city has seen. Words come slow and deliberate—or in a sprint. Expressions resist easy reading. Lines find their own rhythm. And if the audience fails to read between the lines, the play’s theme…
Late on Tuesday, 21-year-old Mayank Lohar (L) was knifed to death by a co-traveller, Roshan Suvarna (R), following an altercation over closing the door of the train compartment amid heavy rain. MUMBAI: In the aftermath of the horrific murder of a young passenger on a local train, the Govt Railway Police (GRP) plans to intensify…
The Khan family proposes to construct a ground-plus-stilt-plus-six-storey residential building with a total built-up area of 1,014.11 sq metres Mumbai: Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has granted clearance to a proposal for a new sea-facing residential building owned by actor Salman Khan’s mother, Salma Khan, in Bandra (West). The Intimation of Disapproval (IOD) for…
MUMBAI: Byculla police have arrested a 39-year-old Pune resident after they caught him distributing capsules mixed with zinc phosphide, a highly toxic acute rodenticide to control rats and mice, to devotees participating in a Moharram procession at Byculla late on Friday.Police recovered 1,400 capsule from Faiyyaz Premji, a resident of Viman Nagar in Pune.One of…
