MSRDC to set up a 24-hour monsoon control room from June 1 Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Friday said it has decided to set up a 24-hour monsoon control room from June 1 to tackle rain-related emergencies in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).The MSRDC said in its release that the control…
Mumbai: Western Railway will run two special-fare trains Mumbai to Ahmedabad to meet peak travel demand during the IPL final match on Sunday. A WR official said Train No. 09021 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad AC Superfast Special will leave Mumbai Central on Sunday at 6.20 am and reach Ahmedabad at 12.40 pm.After the match, one can take…
Mumbai: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) has intensified its ticket inspection drive across its network to curb unauthorised travel and ensure fair revenue collection. During April 2026, KRCL conducted 934 ticket-checking drives along with routine inspections, detecting around 37,000 cases of unauthorised or irregular travel, an official press note on Friday mentioned. The checks resulted…
Of the 547 dewatering pumps operational at various locations, 146 are in the City division, 178 in the Eastern Suburbs division, and 223 in the Western Suburbs division. Mumbai: The BMC Storm Water Drain Department has deployed ‘IoT-Based Monitoring System’ to continuously monitor the functioning of the dewatering pumps. An Internet of Things (IoT) device…
The detention followed allegations that the accused resumed drug trafficking activities after securing bail in earlier narcotics cases Mumbai: A 33-year-old woman, Nazia Rabiul Islam alias Shobha Mandal, has been detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and sent to Nashik Road Central Jail for one year, said…
Mumbai: In a statewide crackdown on misleading drug advertisements and sale of misbranded medicines, the state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday seized stocks worth Rs 73 lakh from 12 establishments across seven districts.The raids were carried out simultaneously in Mumbai, Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Amravati and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar under the Drugs and Magic…
Thane: The body of a man who drowned in Ilthanpada Dam at Digha in Navi Mumbai was recovered on Friday following a multi-agency search and rescue operation, a senior civic official said.The Airoli fire station received an alert about a youth drowning in the dam on Thursday, following which a search and rescue operation was…
Mumbai: The BMC tree authority on Friday approved a proposal to allow cutting and transplanting of a total of 1,992 trees for the proposed Mumbai Coastal Road project from Versova to Bhayander. Civic officials said of the 1,992 trees affected, 726 will be cut, while 1,266 will be transplanted on a 3.5-acre land owned by…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that the disabled sister of the deceased victim of a May 1991 road accident is also entitled to receive compensation along with his widow and children.It recognised Sridhar Shetty’s sister as a ‘legal representative’, citing Supreme Court’s Oct 2021 judgment that the term under the Motor Vehicles Act…
Yasin Shaikh’s family continues to stay near the site and takes turns staying awake through the night to guard what remains of their belongings Mumbai: Almost a week after railway authorities demolished nearly 500 structures in Garib Nagar, hundreds of displaced residents are now squatting around the edges of the cleared settlement itself. Staying put…
