India Meteorological Department issued a yellow alert for a heatwave in isolated pockets of Mumbai and Raigad for October 9, as temperatures continued to hover several degrees above normal. Mumbai: The city barely had time to bid goodbye to rains before it got its first heatwave warning of the post-monsoon season. India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Mumbai: “I don’t know whether I will be here tomorrow,” he said at an event in Goa, days before his unexpected passing. “We all have to go someday. That time comes in the life of everyone. But before that time comes… we have to think… am I able to do what I want to do?…
Thane: The Thane Crime Branch is investigating the bank accounts of the accused in Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Pradeep Purnekar’s murder case and trying to establish who supplied them with firearms and trained them in shooting.These aspects were raised during the remand proceedings, as investigators sought seven days’ police custody of Nikhil Yadav and Nitesh…
Mumbai: The long-awaited Vidyavihar railway station flyover connecting Ramchandra Chemburkar Road in the east with Lal Bahadur Shastri Road in the west is set to be ready for traffic by Oct 10, with all major civil works completed and installation of noise barriers in the final stage.The two-lane flyover, which spans 650m, is expected to…
Pic only for representation Mumbai: BMC on Wednesday demolished 28 structures between Jhunjhunwala College and the Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road in Ghatkopar (West).Further, BMC on Thursday also demolished seven unauthorised shops, 15 temporary tarpaulin sheds, two unauthorised platforms and 20 hawkers obstructing footpaths along D G Mahajani Road and Jerbai Wadia Road in Sewri.The action was…
Mumbai: Shariful Islam, a Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly attempting to burgle actor Saif Ali Khan’s Bandra residence and grievously assaulting him in Jan 2025, filed a fresh plea to plead guilty during a court hearing on Thursday.Shariful, who is currently in judicial custody, was produced before the court for the hearing.The court also directed…
Mumbai: A 45-year-old carpenter killed his 20-year-old daughter by poisoning her chicken biryani and later strangled her after she and her sister objected to his remarriage. He had intended to kill her second daughter too, but she escaped since she decided to stay with her uncle on the fateful night.The incident happened on Oct 2….
The hydraulic crane at Anand Nagar-Saket elevated freeway worksite fell onto a safety barricade, which then struck the autorickshaw on Eastern Express Highway Thane: An autorickshaw driver and his passenger were injured after a hydraulic crane deployed at the Anand Nagar-Saket elevated freeway worksite toppled onto a safety barricade, which then struck their vehicle near…
Retail tur dal averaged about Rs 150 per kg, up from Rs 120 Navi Mumbai: Prices of major pulses have risen by Rs 10-20 per kg in Vashi APMC wholesale market in recent weeks amid supply shortages, deficient monsoon rainfall, drought conditions, higher logistics costs and festive demand. Retail prices have increased by Rs 20-30…
A tremor measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded on Thursday evening in Palghar distric (Representative image) PALGHAR: An earthquake of 3.7 magnitude was recorded in Palghar district at 7.16pm on Thursday, triggering brief panic among residents.The Kurze area in talasari taluka was identified as the epicentre, with the tremor originating at a depth…
