Spain will be the ‘Country in Focus’ at the 17th KASHISH Pride Film Festival in Mumbai, June 3-7. The festival will showcase 13 Spanish LGBTQ+ short films, celebrating the nation’s progressive stance on rights and inclusivity. This collaboration also marks 70 years of diplomatic ties between India and Spain. The upcoming 17th edition of the…
MUMBAI: In a significant step towards modernising Mumbai’s suburban railway network, Dadar Railway Station on Sunday successfully commissioned the Electronic Interlocking system with distributed architecture. Electronic interlocking is a computer-based signalling system that uses advanced electronic controls to manage train movements with greater precision and efficiency. The new system is also expected to improve commuter…
MUMBAI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Central Railway continued round-the-clock vigilance to safeguard railway property and played multiple roles in passenger safety and security from January 1 to April 30, reuniting 584 children and adults and saving 25 lives through its key operations. During the period, RPF personnel carried out sustained efforts to rescue…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has refused to halt the fresh tender process for appointment of a toll operator for the Bandra-Worli Sea Link on a petition that challenged cancellation of an earlier tender.Justices Advait Sethna and Sandesh Patil on Friday said, “The said tender is floated for a project which is completely in public…
MUMBAI: Citizens groups, environmental activists and local residents will come together on May 17, Sunday to form a human chain in Bandra West to protest what they claim is the destruction of over 45,000 mangroves for the Mumbai Coastal Road project.While approximately 60,000 mangroves fall in the influence zone of the Mumbai Coastal Road (North)…
MUMBAI: Aarika Sumit Srivastava, 14,, who was injured in the tree crash incident on May 10, was declared dead on Sunday morning, doctors at P D Hinduja Hospital said. The other injured girl, Harshita Kumar, who was travelling with her in the same autorickshaw, remains critical and is admitted to the ICU of the same…
MUMBAI: BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide on Saturday directed civic officials to ensure that all municipal hospitals, clinics and healthcare facilities remain clean, encroachment-free and visually uniform, while also setting a May 31 deadline for completion of ongoing roadworks across the city.The BMC currently operates more than 500 healthcare facilities, including health centres, maternity homes, speciality…
Central Railway megablock today affects Mumbai local train services on Main and Harbour lines MUMBAI: Central Railway, Mumbai Division will operate megablock on its Main line between Thane and Kalyan to carry out various engineering and maintenance works today. On Main Line, the block is on Thane-Kalyan UP and Down fast lines from 10.40 am…
MUMBAI: The BMC on Saturday demolished illegal temporary structures and turf installations at the Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in Mulund, less than 24 hours after a site inspection led by Mumbai mayor Ritu Tawde and former MP Kirit Somaiyya.The action was carried out by the civic body’s T ward office following complaints of irregularities…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court recently quashed an FIR against a man who was booked on his ex-girlfriend’s complaint that he had sexual intercourse with her by making a false promise to marry.Both told HC they had reconciled their differences and are happily married. “This is a case of love between the applicant and the respondent,…
