Mumbai: In a massive shot in the arm for soccer aficionados and the nightlife industry across Maharashtra, the state govt on Sunday cleared a special extension allowing hotels, restaurants and eateries to remain open until 4 AM on Monday. The late-night relaxation was specifically aimed at facilitating public screenings of the high-octane FIFA World Cup…
Bhoiwada Police have registered 14 separate cyber fraud offences in a single day, exposing the growing menace of online scams targeting people from all walks of life Mumbai: Bhoiwada Police registered 14 separate cyber fraud offences in a single day, exposing the growing menace of online scams that targeted people from all walks of life,…
The Porsche driver and the girl’s parents were unhurt Mumbai: Days after a car caught fire in a tunnel of Coastal Road, a speeding Porsche rammed into a divider on the road and hit another car on Sunday morning. While the Porsche’s driver escaped unhurt because its airbags deployed, a minor girl in the other…
Thane: Thane Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske has written to the Central Railway Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), seeking strict action against a railway canteen at Thane station over alleged unhygienic conditions and risks to passenger health.The development comes close on the heels of complaints received from commuters including a lady passenger who shared a video…
Badlapur: A 23-year-old man was found dead with a bullet injury to his chest at a cricket turf inside a farmhouse in Badlapur on Saturday late evening, with police investigating whether the death was a case of murder or suicide.The deceased, identified as Bhuvan Krishna Patil, operated the cricket turf business at the farmhouse in…
Mumbaikars cite confusion over documents Mumbai: Mumbai’s special intensive revision (SIR) 2026 voter verification drive is producing sharply different experiences across the city as the submission deadline nears, with residents, political representatives and booth-level officers (BLOs) describing an uneven rollout that ranges from smooth doorstep verification to confusion, anxiety and repeated follow-ups.Across several neighbourhoods, residents…
Navi Mumbai: A 14-year-old schoolboy residing in a chawl in Digha, who was admitted to a private hospital in Airoli node on July 17 after he complained of severe abdominal pain, died after 12 hours of treatment.The parents of the deceased boy, supported by Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi political party workers, lodged a complaint at Rabale…
Navi Mumbai: Three of a family sustained major injuries while their bedroom slab collapsed on them on Friday morning in Navin Sheva, Uran. The locals and the fire brigade team extricated the trapped victims from the debris in a half-an-hour-long operation. An 8-year-old boy and his parents sustained bone fractures in their legs and hands,…
Mumbai: After finding that the woman filed a police complaint against the accused only because he ended their five-year relationship, a magistrate’s court this week acquitted a 35-year-old south Mumbai man who faced 11 years of litigation after being accused of stalking, sending obscene messages, and threatening to unlawfully transmit private photographs of his former…
Residents, architects, and urban planners have long demanded special development control regulations and a policy for gaothans Mumbai: Charles Correa once said, “People don’t come to cities for housing, they come for jobs.” People come to Bandra’s gaothans to escape the city — and for its houses. Here, they make themselves at home in postcard…
