MUMBAI: A day after two young girls were critically injured in a tree crash incident in Khar on May 10, a letter from the BMC’s H-West ward office to the Khar police has put an uncomfortable question back on the table—what is killing Mumbai’s trees? The letter, accessed by this newspaper, claims the fallen tree…
MUMBAI: A group of residents in Juhu has launched its own civic platform that functions as an “issue collector”, allowing citizens to flag and document local problems in real time.Residents who are part of the volunteer network can upload complaints ranging from garbage and sanitation issues to illegal pavement encroachments, political hoardings, water leakages, tree…
Vasai: A 20-year-old man died due to electrocution on Friday afternoon, after he along with three others, were moving a hotel’s name board. The other three were not affected, but the 20-year-old, Abhay Tiwari, was declared dead on arrival when he was taken to a Mira road hospital. Naigaon police reached the spot and registered…
The court refused to extend the benefit of probation Mumbai: A magistrate’s court granted bail to Rajivranjan Pandey, an accused in a Rs 122-crore fraud at New India Co-operative Bank, Prabhadevi. Arrested in March 2025, Pandey had spent over a year in custody following allegations that he used an alias to receive Rs 15 crore…
Caution: Mind your step,” warns the floor as sliding doors open into a cold, pastel pink room where pedhas coexist with pastries and barfi with biscotti. At 9.15 pm on a Friday, Prashant Corner — a nearly four-decade-old mithai giant in Thane known for its pedhas — is humming with orders. Paper plates turn soggy…
Kolhapur: The Kolhapur Zilla Sahakari Dudh Utpadak Sangh, popularly known as Gokul Dairy, has announced a Rs 2 per litre increase in the selling price of cow milk. The new rates will come into effect on May 21, 2026, across Kolhapur, Pune, Mumbai, and all cities in the Konkan region.The decision was finalised during a…
Monsoons often leave behind stagnant water, which acts as a breeding ground for mosquitoes, which then transmit mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya, dengue, malaria and even Zika. Mumbai: A review of civic measures done ahead of monsoons to control mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya has revealed that work on 6,160 water tanks of…
Thane: Two persons were killed after their motorcycle crashed into a dumper truck on the Mumbai-Vadodara Highway in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Saturday.The accident occurred near the Mohili-Dugad stretch of the highway, where construction activity was underway on Friday, an official said.The victims, Jishan Ansari (20) and Imran Ansari (25), were wallpaper installers…
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his wife, whom he attacked 22 times with a hammer in front of his children, based on the testimony of his 13-year-old daughter.Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal found the accused, Vijay Mishra alias Samir…
Three guards flee with gold bangles worth Rs 5 crore Mumbai: The owner of a jewellery-making company based out of Charkop has lodged a complaint against three guards employed at his company for stealing gold bangles worth Rs 5.28 crore. Charkop Police have registered an FIR and are looking for the trio.The 63-year-old complainant runs…
