Train services on the Aman Lodge–Matheran railway section will continue to operate Mumbai: Regular passenger services on the Neral–Aman Lodge railway section will remain suspended during the monsoon season (June 15 to Oct 15, 2026), owing to safety considerations during the heavy rains.However, train services on the Aman Lodge–Matheran railway section will continue to operate…
Mumbai: A large tree fell on the elevated nature trail walkway at Malabar Hill in south Mumbai on Friday morning, prompting authorities to temporarily shut the popular walking route as a precautionary measure, officials said. The walkway was reopened the same evening.Nobody was injured in the incident, but some portion of the walkway suffered damage,…
According to the BMC, a total of Rs 12,312 crore has been provided to the BEST as financial assistance between 2012-13 and 2025-26 Mumbai: The BMC standing committee on Friday did not take up the proposal for the disbursement of Rs 1,000 crore to the cash-strapped BEST undertaking after members raised concerns over fund utilisation,…
MUMBAI: The MRA Marg police station in South Mumbai on Friday arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly stabbing a man in his thirties multiple times over a monetary dispute. Police said the accused and the victim were known to each other and are related. The accused allegedly attacked the victim with a sharp weapon inside…
P Varavara Rao, who is an accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, has sought permission to permanently live in his hometown Hyderabad pending trial while on bail Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday issued a notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and sought its response to P Varavara Rao, an accused…
Manju.VMumbai: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released no report on the Air India Flight 171 crash on Friday, the first anniversary of the tragedy in Ahmedabad that claimed 260 lives. It thus missed the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) 12-month deadline for a final or interim report.The Annex 13 document of ICAO, which lays…
Mumbai: In a relief for a six-year-old boy, who was denied admission to a school in Airoli, Navi Mumbai, under RTE Act solely because his father failed to submit a registered leave and licence agreement as proof of residence, Bombay high court stayed the rejection and directed that the application be processed forthwith.Justices Riyaz Chagla…
Navi Mumbai: A resident of a Kharghar building and three of her colleagues working at a BPO were trapped in a lift between the third and the fourth floors for about 50 minutes after a power outage early on Friday.Assuming it was only power tripping and someone would attend to it soon, they waited for…
FDA is collecting details and will accordingly investigate pharmacies in areas where the patients reside Mumbai: Gynaecologists at a city hospital have raised an alarm after 12 women were rushed to the facility in two months with severe complications from taking abortion pills without medical supervision. The hospital has flagged its concerns with the state…
Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: The state govt has decided to buy 125 Remote Control Robotic Craft (RCRC) boats for disaster response forces for search and rescue operations. Each boat will cost around Rs. 22 lakh, and the total budget will be around Rs 28 crore. Officials said RCRC boats are unmanned, scaled-down watercraft equipped with remote control and…
