Mumbai: The state forest department’s mangrove cell has submitted a formal report to the taluka level administration that three illegal structures have come up within the eco sensitive mangrove buffer zone at Charkop, close to the proposed coastal road exit. The report, which was submitted on June 11 this year, also confirms mangrove destruction at…
Veteran actor Anupam Kher inaugurated Sangeeta Babani’s ‘Solar in Full Bloom’ public art installation in Juhu, Mumbai. The series features eight solar-powered sculptures, blending art with sustainability. Kher emphasized that such beautification uplifts the soul, not just the eyes. Minister Ashish Shelar lauded the collective effort to enhance Mumbai’s beauty, while artist Babani hopes the…
Seven years later, the trial is yet to start Mumbai: “Mumma, where is Papa?,” seven-year-old Preesha often asks her mother. For Preesha, her father, Shailesh Mishra, is a figure stitched together from photographs and videos. She was just seven months old when Shailesh, a financial advisor, was killed in a road crash caused by an…
Mumbai: A bank seeking to recover a loan amount via mortgaged properties in Mumbai found out too late that they are reserved as recreation grounds (RGs). Unable to sell at an auction, Central Bank of India approached the Bombay high court for directions to change the reservation.The HC would have none of it. The court…
Chess grandmaster Nihal Sarin is gearing up for Esports World Cup At 5 pm on a Wednesday, the massive wooden gates of Ghanshyam Villa in Navi Mumbai are closed. They look like they rarely open. There is no doorbell. “Knock, and the watchman will appear,” suggests a young neighbour. We obey. The watchman peeps through…
The residents fear further health complications Thane: Nearly 25 to 30 residents of a housing society in the Umbarde area of Kalyan West allegedly fell ill after consuming suspected contaminated drinking water. Residents complained of vomiting, diarrhoea, and stomach pain over the past week, triggering concern among families and society members.The affected residents include children,…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has quashed a 2019 rape case against a man after observing that the woman had earlier filed around four similar FIRs apart from a few cases of alleged sexual assault against different men, in one of which the accused stood acquitted, beside cruelty cases against two husbands. The HC said…
Mumbai: Commuters across Mumbai continued to face severe disruption on Saturday as the BEST employees’ strike entered its second day, with bus services remaining largely paralysed. Attendance among operational staff remained negligible, forcing the undertaking to rely on emergency measures to maintain essential services.According to BEST, only 37 of the 3,076 scheduled drivers and 11…
BEST conductor held for pelting stone at bus during Mumbai strike MUMBAI: The Dadar police on Friday arrested a 55-year-old bus conductor for allegedly hurling a stone at a BEST bus’ front windshield, shattering the glass and damaging public property in central Mumbai during a strike.The accused arrested identified as Suresh Markadey Maheshwaram is a…
The incident happened on platform 1 Thane: A Govt Railway Police (GRP) constable on duty at Dombivli railway station on Friday pulled a 70-year-old man to safety just seconds before he could slip under a moving local train, in an act of quick thinking that has since gone viral on social media.The incident took place…
