Thane: A car driver had a lucky escape after his four-wheeler suddenly caught fire on the busy Retirbunder road near Kharegaon Toll Naka, Sunday at 3 pm, reducing the vehicle to a charred shell within minutes. Traffic movement on the stretch connecting the new Mumbai-Nashik highway and the old Mumbai-Pune highway was briefly affected during…
Navi Mumbai: Khalapur police in Raigad confirmed the SUV driver who grazed the car of NCP(SP) member of parliament (MP) Supriya Sule near Madap tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune expressway on Saturday was not under the influence of alcohol after it was confirmed by his medical test. Sachin Pawar, senior inspector of Khalapur, said, “After the…
Palghar: The kin of the bride and groom clashed over dowry during a wedding ceremony in Vasai in Palghar district on Sunday, leaving several persons injured, a police official said.A video of the ruckus, which took place at the wedding venue in Veer Savarkar sports complex, went viral on social media. It showed guests from…
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted two men accused of robbery under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), noting the prosecution failed to provide “substantial or corroborative evidence” linking them to the crime. The prosecution could not show the alleged crime was committed for gaining pecuniary benefits by the accused as a…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has started Maharashtra’s largest 50-bed dialysis centre, free-of-cost, at the Vivekananda Cultural Center building in Vashi Sector 14, officials said. The cost of dialysis, around Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500 per session, made it unaffordable for many patients, if done two to three times a week. Municipal…
Mumbai: Bringing attention to the effects of screen habits on mental well being, attention span and everyday relationships, RJ Kunal and Dr Sagar Mundada led an interactive session at The Times of India’s ‘Let’s D-Stress’ event held at Lodha Fiorenza in Goregaon East on Sunday.The session began with participants discussing their screen time through a…
Mumbai: Environmental NGO Awaaz Foundation has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking personal intervention against the proposed Maharashtra Maritime Board (Regulation of Display of Advertisements) Regulations 2026, raising concerns over light pollution, biodiversity loss and visual defacement of Maharashtra’s coastline.In the letter to Fadnavis, dated May 9, Awaaz Foundation founder Sumaira Abdulali objected to…
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have terminated the service of constable Shyam Sonawane, who was deputed as the bodyguard of former NCP leader Baba Siddique on charges of dereliction of duty.Siddique (66) was shot dead by three men outside his MLA son Zeeshan’s office in Bandra on October 12, 2024 night. Sonawane, attached to the Protection and…
Thane: Mahatma Phule police in Kalyan have registered a cheating and forgery case against five persons, including two nephews of a BJP functionary from Ambernath, for allegedly preparing forged will and power of attorney documents using backdated stamp papers to usurp family property worth crores belonging to their sister.The accused have been identified as brothers…
Mumbai: Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday inaugurated Phase 1 of the Dahisar River Rejuvenation and Beautification Project and said the sewage treatment plant (STP) model developed along the river should emerge as a “role model” for the rest of the country.Speaking at the inauguration in Dahisar, Goyal said cleaning rivers cannot…
