Census 2027 is India’s first digital enumeration exercise MUMBAI: For census enumerators in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the hardest part isn’t counting people. It’s convincing some of them to be counted.As the house-listing phase of the 16th census enters its final days before the June 14 deadline, enumerators, who are mostly school teachers and government staff,…
Woman and cab driver found dead in car BADLAPUR: A woman and a cab driver were found dead inside a parked car in Badlapur (East) on Thursday afternoon, with police suspecting that the woman was murdered before the driver allegedly died by suicide. The case came to light after the woman’s four-year-old son reportedly alerted…
File pic for representation. Mumbai: In a major anti-encroachment drive, the Mumbai suburban collector’s office demolished 220 illegal godowns on a 14-acre plot along the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road (GMLR).This is the second major anti-encroachment drive in the area. In April, an 11-acre plot was cleared of over 1,200 hutments and the plot was handed over…
Mumbai: A 39-year-old jogger suffered serious injuries after being attacked by a pet Rottweiler while jogging along Carter Road in Bandra (West) on Monday, prompting police to book the dog’s owner and handler. The victim of Santacruz (West), underwent surgery for injuries to his private parts and is currently recuperating in hospital.According to victim’s complaint,…
Police have registered a case of rash driving and negligence against the bus driver Mumbai: A 43-year-old man asleep in the shadow of a parked school bus lost his life when the bus driver reversed the vehicle without checking. The incident occurred in Borivli East on June 8. Kasturba Marg Police have registered a case…
Swati DeshpandeMumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday, hearing actor Salman Khan’s appeal against denial of interim relief by a trial court in a defamation suit, remarked that access to social media does not entitle individuals to publish content that could defame others, whether private citizens or celebrities. The court orally suggested if an amicable…
Sanjeev DevasiaMumbai: Additional municipal commissioners and additional district election officers of the BMC have directed that police complaints be filed against booth level officers (BLOs) who have not reported for duty under the special intensive revision (SIR) programme of voter lists. The complaints are to be lodged at police stations in the respective jurisdictions.The directions…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has upheld a woman’s right as the cousin and heir of a deceased tenant to inherit the tenancy of a flat owned by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet in Parsi Colony, Dadar (East).Justice Milind Sathaye on Wednesday dismissed the petition by Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties, Bombay, finding no “perversity” in…
Mumbai: In view of the delayed onset of the monsoon and the decline in water storage levels in the dams supplying water to Mumbai, BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide has directed the civic administration to urgently inspect the condition of all wells in the city and undertake desilting and waste-removal work wherever necessary. Housing societies located…
Mumbai: A major tragedy was averted at the Shivajinagar BEST depot in Govandi on Tuesday when, moments before a slab crashed inside one of the buildings there, 25 drivers and conductors rushed out sensing danger and escaped without getting hurt. Staffers said they were having lunch when they heard a creaking sound from the ceiling….
