Mumbai: FDA has issued a formal show-cause notice to Shah Rukh Khan, Tiger Shroff, and Ajay Devgn for their role in the advertisement of the Vimal Elaichi brand, alleging that this is masked to promote Vimal Pan Masala, which is banned in the state for causing oral cancer.The notice states that the ad is in…
Mumbai: The patrolling team of the Yellow Gate police station, ASI Suresh Bhalerao, ASI Prashant Borse, and PC Nilesh Malusare, found a distressed turtle while patrolling in the territorial waters of the Arabian Sea. The large loggerhead sea turtle, weighing over 100 kg was struggling to swim and float on the surface.The police officials rescued…
Ride refusals make up over 60% of auto passengers’ complaints Mumbai: ‘No’ has got some stiff competition. After spending nearly a week learning basic Marathi at RTO-run language classes, some auto drivers in Mumbai are using their newly acquired vocabulary to rustle up a string of excuses in Marathi to refuse rides.One such auto driver…
In a letter dated August 12 to Canadian Consul General Jeff David, Powai Action Forum member Ratan Sharda said broad pavements used by residents for nearly 25 years had been barricaded or obstructed, leaving pedestrians without safe walking space Mumbai: The controversy over barricaded footpaths along Central Avenue in Powai’s Hiranandani Gardens has now reached…
The drive gathered momentum in July, when MSEDCL intensified field inspections and detected 11,032 fresh cases of theft through illegal hooks and meter tampering Mumbai : The state power utility, MSEDCL, on Sunday announced that it has intensified its drive against power theft, uncovering as many as 19,599 cases across domestic, commercial, industrial and other…
BJP MLC Amrish Patel sought CM Devendra Fadnavis’s “immediate intervention” Mumbai: Amid controversies over BMC and Mhada’s move to lease three plots totalling 16 acres to a trust headed by him, BJP MLC Amrish Patel sought CM Devendra Fadnavis’s “immediate intervention” to ensure that the allotments are not cancelled. The CM directed BMC chief Ashwini…
Mumbai: A retired BEST employee and two of his associates have been arrested by the Cyber Police for operating a mule bank account used to funnel proceeds from cyber frauds.Investigators revealed transactions amounting to Rs 2.54 crore had been routed through the prime accused’s bank account. These are suspected to be proceeds from different online…
Navi Mumbai: A gas leak from one of the pressure wagons of a goods train put rail traffic movement out of gear late on Saturday evening at Panvel railway station till midnight. The goods train was moving from JNPA to Raipur, Chhattisgarh.The train was stopped at Panvel railway station platform number 5 before being taken…
Mumbai: Mumbai Metro One becomes the first metro service in India to issue metro passes entirely through WhatsApp. Commuters can now buy, store and use metro passes directly through WhatsApp, with support for Google Wallet and Apple Wallet.Mumbai Metro One on Sunday introduced a fully digital Metro pass system that allows commuters travelling on the…
Mumbai accounts for the highest number of pending trainees at 9,196, followed by Thane (4,871), Navi Mumbai (1,400), Palghar (350) and other parts of Maharashtra (1,610) Mumbai: Nearly 25,000 autorickshaw drivers across Maharashtra are yet to receive certification under the state’s Marathi language training programme, with 7,750 drivers failing the test and need to reappear….
