Navi Mumbai: A 29-year-old labourer died after falling from the 27th floor of a building under redevelopment in Vashi on Tuesday around 4pm. Prima facie, Vashi police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) under relevant section of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that mandates the police to inquire and report on unnatural deaths.The deceased…
Metro One delays after maintenance trigger overcrowding MUMBAI: Commuters on the Mumbai Metro One corridor faced delays and overcrowding on Thursday after the operator imposed temporary speed restrictions following rail grinding work.The maintenance exercise, carried out in collaboration with Bangalore Metro, is aimed at improving track quality and ride safety. However, the resulting speed curbs…
Navi Mumbai: The crime detection branch team of CBD-Belapur police station on Tuesday arrested the second accused from Pune in the murder case of a daily wage labourer whose body—with his head smashed with a stone—was found under the flyover near NMMC headquarters on April 17 morning. The first accused was arrested on April 24…
Kalyan: In a major push to address long-standing traffic concerns, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has floated a tender for the construction of a railway overbridge (ROB) at the busy Mothagaon railway crossing on Retibunder Road in Dombivli. The much-awaited infrastructure project is expected to ease chronic congestion at the level crossing and significantly improve…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly posing as the son of a former Gujarat MP and cheating a businessman along with others of lakhs of rupees on the promise of good returns on their share market investments, officials said.The accused was identified as Vicky Vajubhai Barejia alias Vicky…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by a UK-based father to return his minor child, who was allegedly illegally brought to India by the estranged mother and continues to remain in India, in violation of the 2023 order of a Family Court in England to bring the child back.The HC…
Maharashtra FDA faces delays in testing watermelon samples linked to four deaths, as watermelons have vanished from local markets. MUMBAI: As the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) faces delays in testing food samples in four deaths linked to a watermelon, its investigators have also hit a new roadblock: Random sampling has been delayed due…
Navi Mumbai: A dumper driver was injured but narrowly escaped from being electrocuted on Tuesday afternoon at Khopoli. The driver was unloading the soil when the upper portion of the dump bed touched the overhead live wire. The driver jumped out of the truck, but the dumper caught fire.The incident was reported at Vadval under…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by a UK-based father to return his minor child, who was allegedly illegally brought to India by the estranged mother and continues to remain in India, in violation of the 2023 order of a Family Court in England to bring the child back.The HC…
MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR), acting on court directives, removed 45 illegal huts near B D Chawl in Wadi Bunder, close to Hancock Bridge, clearing land for a proposed Vande Bharat maintenance depot. The structures, along with a two-storey construction, had encroached upon railway land for years. Following due legal process, CR carried out a coordinated…
