Mumbai: The ‘Eknath Shinde for CM’ clamour is growing in Shiv Sena. After MLA Abdul Sattar’s demand that Shinde, the party chief, be made the CM for 2.5 years, minister Pratap Sarnaik said people want him to helm the state govt and MLC Bacchu Kadu suggested that CM Devendra Fadnavis “should be promoted” with a…
File photo of a landslide in Bhandup Mumbai: The civic administration has appealed to slumdwellers living in the hilly areas of Vikhroli and Bhandup in S Ward to relocate to safer places as a precautionary measure ahead of the monsoon season.The administration has issued a warning to residents living on hill slopes in areas including…
Photo for representational purpose only Mumbai: Tardeo police have ruled out any drug angle in the death of a 28-year-old law graduate who fell ill during a music event at Worli’s NSCI Dome on Saturday night. They suspect he may have suffered a cardiac arrest.Rushil Gangurde, who lived in Mahim with his doctor brother Tanay…
Rishabh Gupta, who suffered grievous head injuries, was admitted to the hospital with severe shortness of breath Mumbai: On Monday, 22-year-old Rishabh Gupta, a student at Kirti College, was heading to a Swiggy store in Dadar West after class to earn some extra income as a gig worker when a speeding BEST electric bus crashed…
Officials said there was no major impact yet at Dadar station, which is also heavily dependent on tanker water Mumbai: Less than a day into the water tanker strike and CSMT already found itself in troubled waters on Monday, prompting Central Railway (CR) to activate contingency measures.CSMT consumes over 13 lakh litres of water daily….
Niyaz Ali, who worked as a Swiggy delivery partner, lived with a cousin in Null Bazaar Mumbai: A few years ago, Niyaz Ali left his village in Uttar Pradesh for Mumbai to support his parents and younger sister.After working several gigs, including loading vegetables in tempos, the 28-year-old finally landed a job as a Swiggy…
Mumbai: City crime branch officials on Sunday arrested a gold ornaments manufacturer from West Bengal in connection with an alleged cheating case involving over 2.8 kg of 24-carat gold worth nearly Rs 3.8 crore entrusted to him by multiple jewellery businessmen in Mumbai.The complainant, Bharat Jain, 45, a Santacruz-based gold trader, entrusted the manufacturer, Abulhasan…
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday dismissed speculation that he was upset over not being nominated to the Rajya Sabha and, in a lighter vein, said, “I am a kabaddi player, not a chess player.”Bhujbal also said his turn for a parliamentary berth could come in the future.He…
Former Bombay High Court judge Gautam Patel (File photo, image enhanced with AI) MUMBAI: Gautam Patel, a retired judge of the Bombay High Court, and his family have allegedly been subjected to repeated threats in India and the UK over his 2024 verdict in a succession dispute within the Dawoodi Bohra community.The family has received…
Malad corporator Tajinder Singh Tiwana has launched a 24×7 monsoon disaster control room, a first for the area MUMBAI: In a first Malad corporator Tajinder Singh Tiwana of the BJP, on Sunday launched a dedicated 24×7 monsoon disaster control room equipped with live surveillance, labourers and a coordination mechanism with multiple civic agencies.The control room…
