MUMBAI: Western Railway carried out two major blocks on its suburban section during the night between Saturday and Sunday for infrastructure work, including the launching of steel girders for Metro Line-6 between Ram Mandir and Jogeshwari, and the installation of girders for two foot overbridges at Dahisar. WR Chief Spokesperson Vineet Abhishek said a block…
MUMBAI: Central Railway’s Mumbai Division will operate a megablock on its Harbour Line between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Chunabhatti/Bandra sections to carry out various engineering and maintenance works today. There will be no megablock on the Main Line between CSMT and Karjat/Kasara, which will be a relief for several commuters travelling by local…
Navi Mumbai: Moving a step forward in expanding its wing of promoting competitive sports among the economically backward strata while giving opportunity to civic school students, the Sports and Cultural Department of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation kicked off technical swimming training to students in its schools to help them develop skills and achieve excellence…
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded a 7% decline in fatal road crashes and an 8% drop in fatalities in the first three months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to transport department data released on Saturday. More than 2 lakh riders were caught travelling without helmets during the three-month period. Officials said the…
Mumbai: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy in 2021 during a festival. Delivering the verdict five years after the incident, the special judge relied on the consistent testimony of the child and medical evidence that confirmed that…
Mumbai: A day after the Bombay high court warned the BMC that if methane emissions caused by mismanagement of Kanjurmarg dumping site and their ill-effects are not curtailed soon, it would be restrained to stop all “activities” there and would require authorities to look for an alternative site, Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe visited…
Rs 299 dress deal costs Mumbai nurse Rs 1 lakh in online scam (Representative image) MUMBAI: Lured by a heavily discounted online offer, a nurse at a private hospital in Mumbai ended up losing Rs 1 lakh in a fraud linked to a fake dress sale, police said. As per preliminary investigation, the fraud was…
Mumbai: In just 30 days amid the ongoing West Asia crisis and fears of LPG shortage, cyber fraudsters targeted Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) piped gas consumers and applicants in Mumbai and duped more than 100 individuals of Rs 2.7 crore by tricking them into downloading malicious APK files that enabled remote access to their phones…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has asked the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) to begin inspection of the Metro Line 2B extension up to Chembur metro station on the Sion-Trombay Road, as it moves to operationalise a crucial interchange with the monorail network, which has remained shut since Nov 2023 following…
Navi Mumbai: A 21-year-old woman was found brutally murdered at a residency lodge in Lonere located along Mumbai-Goa highway in Mangaon taluka of Raigad district on April 20 afternoon. A case has been filed under BNS sections for murder along with rape, and under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989….
