Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought a reply from the Brihanmumbai Municiapal Corporation (BMC) to a petition filed by the Mumbai Football Association (MFA) that has challenged a move to turn Mumbai’s key football venue at Bandra into a convention complex.At a hearing before Acting Chief Justice RV Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad,…
Mumbai: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food licence of Blink Commerce (Blinkit) Pvt Ltd’s dark store in Malad West on the grounds of unhygienic conditions, cockroach infestation, and food safety violations.The action was taken after an inspection by food safety officers on Aug 7 at the facility located at Sarvodaya Bhuvan…
Mumbai: The city crime branch busted a racket allegedly involved in adulterating milk and selling it in counterfeit packets of reputed brands, including Amul and Gokul. Police raided a factory in an industrial area in Vasai in Palghar where counterfeit Amul milk packets were manufactured and arrested four persons.Acting on a tip-off, Unit 12 of…
Mumbai authorities are intensifying food safety inspections across various establishments. MUMBAI: On Monday, August 10, food safety inspections, disruption to the city’s transport network, preparations for Ganesh Chaturthi and public safety concerns are among the issues hogging the limelight in Mumbai. Stories ranging from restaurant hygiene to plaster of paris and clay idols are shaping…
The SC granted bail to Abhijeet Ganesh Kadu after over seven years in custody (Representative image) MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Abhijeet Ganesh Kadu, a MCOCA gangster in the 2019 murder of Pune gangster Nilesh Wadkar, noting that he had spent over seven years and six months in custody and co-accused with…
Producer-director Shakeel Noorani (73) was arrested on Saturday, MUMBAI: Producer-director Shakeel Noorani (73) was arrested on Saturday from a Mahabaleshwar farmhouse after being on the run for 40 days for allegedly raping an aspiring actress repeatedly over the last four years, threatening to release videos of the assault and inducing a miscarriage.Malwani police produced him…
Thane: A 60-year-old security guard was found dead on Sunday in the open basement area of an under-construction project in Thane, police said.The deceased has been identified as Ashok Salunkhe who was working as a contract security guard at SATIS-2 project site.Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (SATIS-2) project in Thane (East) is a multimodal transit…
The Mumbai Football Association held a peaceful protest at Neville D’Souza Football Ground on Sunday evening Mumbai: On Sunday evening, the city’s football fraternity gathered for a peaceful protest at Neville D’Souza Football Ground at Bandra Reclamation to oppose the proposed change in the plot’s reservation from a playground to an exhibition-and-convention centre.The Mumbai Football…
Vasai: A motorcycle rider was killed and another person injured after their bike was hit by a truck carrying LPG cylinders near Martin Complex in the Achole police station area on Sunday afternoon.The accident took place around 1 pm when the motorcycle, ridden by Krishna Vishwakarma, was travelling towards Vasai Link Road. As the bike…
Physical copies of BMC meeting agendas and proposals will, however, continue to be circulated during the transition towards a paperless system, BJP group leader in the BMC Ganesh Khankar said Mumbai: The BMC has proposed to provide 13-inch tablets to all 237 corporators, including the 10 nominated members, as part of its initiative to digitise…
