Vasai: Chaos erupted at Virar railway station on Friday morning after angry commuters stopped the 8:28am Virar–Churchgate local train in protest against its conversion from a regular service into an air-conditioned (AC) local. The protest began after Western Railway implemented a decision, announced on April 29, 2026, stating that the 8:28am regular local would operate…
Mumbai: Admissions to degree colleges affiliated to Mumbai University will start from Wednesday, May 6. While the first merit list for seat allotment is scheduled on May 26, according to the schedule released by the university, colleges can commence their academic session for undergraduate courses from June 13.Two days after the HSC results were announced,…
Mumbai: Observing that the object of the Juvenile Justice Act is reformative and not retributive, and that detention of a child is to be resorted to only when the statutory conditions are clearly satisfied, a special court for children on Monday overturned a previous order denying bail to three minors accused of assault. As regards…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has directed the state government to refund Rs 3 lakh in stamp duty to a homebuyer who had mistakenly paid the amount under an incorrect stamp duty head. The petitioner represented by advocate Charanjeet Singh Chandrapal had purchased electronic stamps in March 2018 for registering a flat purchase agreement. However,…
Mumbai: Nearly 1,200km away from their home state, Tamils in Mumbai were surprised as the victory of a rank newcomer—film star ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay, the founder of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)—shook the political ground beneath the feet of established parties like DMK and AIADMK. They attributed the churn to youth seeking change as well as overall…
Mumbai: Holding the case to be an example of ego clashes and a young victim’s fight against corruption, a special court on Monday convicted and sentenced a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) to one-year jail for his “sole intention to insult the modesty” of a 17-year-old girl after he publicly shamed her in 2017 by claiming…
Mumbai: A 34-year-labourer engaged by the BMC to clean streets was killed in a freak accident in Wadala after a metal ring from the tyre of a moving towing van burst and the hubcap flew off and struck him in the neck, said the police.The deceased, identified as Shailu Maruti, was an orphan.According to the…
Mumbai: In a relief, 17 years on, to parents who lost their son to a fall from a crowded Mumbai local near Jogeshwari station in June 2009, Bombay high court on Monday directed Western Railway to shell out Rs 4 lakh at 6% yearly interest since the accident, with a cap at Rs 8 lakh….
Mumbai: Mangala Popat Thoke (68), fondly called “Aaji” by her classmates, has cleared her Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination with 60% marks—turning a lifelong aspiration into reality. A resident of Vikhroli, Thoke says returning to school was not a sudden decision, but the culmination of a dream that had lingered for decades.“It was always at…
Mumbai: More than a week after a family of four died in Bhendi Bazaar’s Pydhonie, top officials at Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratories (DFSL) suspect three possible causes of death: bacterial contamination, fungal growth, and organic or inorganic toxins.“We are still not convinced that this wasn’t a case of fungal or bacterial contamination,” said a…
