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…
Mumbai commuters faced another day of disruption on Saturday as employees of the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) continued their strike. (Image Credit: Sanjay Hadkar/TNN) MUMBAI: Mumbai commuters faced another day of disruption on Saturday as employees of the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) continued their strike, bringing bus services in…
A 50-year-old autorickshaw driver was killed after a concrete slab fell from the 17th floor of a residential building in Qureshi Nagar, Chunabhatti, late Thursday night. By: Srimoyee PalitMUMBAI: A 50-year-old autorickshaw driver was killed after a concrete slab fell from the 17th floor of a residential building in Qureshi Nagar, Chunabhatti, late Thursday night.The…
Summit calls for health measures to combat anemia MUMBAI: A group of healthcare experts, policy makers, jurists and other stakeholders have called for stronger public health measures to combat anemia, especially among girl children, female adolescents and women.Held by city-based Human Social Care Foundation (HSCF), an NGO holding Special Consultative Status with the United Nations…
MUMBAI: A special court on Saturday acquitted 8 accused including deputy CM Sunetra Pawar’s brother Padamsinh Patil in the 2006 murders of Congress leader Pavanraje Nimbalkar and his driver, Samad Kazi. Patil (86), a senior NCP functionary and former state minister, is alleged to have orchestrated the murder of Nimbalkar, his cousin, due to political…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday has issued a fresh show-cause notice to its absentee MPs, threatening disqualification.The party’s Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha, Anil Desai, has issued formal show-cause notices to the MPs concerned. They have been given a strict 24-hour deadline to submit a written explanation for their conduct.The notice carries a…
India’s nuclear power expansion reached a key milestone with the successful installation of the reactor pressure vessel at Kudankulam Unit-5 (Image enhanced with AI) MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India crossed another milestone in its nuclear power expansion programme on Monday with the successful installation of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at Unit-5 of the Nuclear Power Corporation…
BEST employees continue their indefinite strike for a second day (File photo, Image enhanced with AI) MUMBAI: Despite appeals from the Maharashtra transport minister and the invocation of the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA), employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking continued their indefinite strike for the second consecutive day on…
A dumper truck rammed into the noise barrier installed along Mrinal Tai Gore Flyover extension in Goregaon on Friday morning Mumbai: Two weeks after the inauguration of Mrinal Tai Gore Flyover extension in Goregaon, two noise barrier panels installed along the bridge came crashing onto S V Road below early on Friday after being hit…
