Mumbai: Within two hours of forgetting his bag full of cash in an autorickshaw, a man got the money back thanks to the Dahisar police.On July 4, Borivli resident Pravin Javale was travelling in an auto from Dahisar to Andheri. He was carrying a bag containing Rs 10 lakh in cash. He forgot the bag…
Mumbai: A man impersonating a police officer extorted Rs 13,000 from Vile Parle resident Manoj Patel by threatening to book him and jail him for three months for chewing tobacco, which is banned by the govt.The Vile Parle police, which registered the case, said the conman flashed an ID card and demanded a Rs 25,000…
Mumbai: The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Monday slammed the Mahayuti govt over the landslide on the ‘missing link’ — called the ‘connecting link’ since its recent inauguration — on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended his govt, saying the missing link was an engineering marvel, be it the tunnel or the viaduct,…
Vasai: Three days of heavy rain brought life to a standstill across Vasai-Virar, with widespread flooding inundating residential areas, disrupting transport and leaving thousands of residents without electricity and internet connectivity. A red alert has been issued for Palghar district for Tuesday and all schools and colleges declared closed.Vasai-Virar received 213mm of rainfall on Saturday,…
Navi Mumbai: The catchment area of Morbe dam, located on the outskirts of the city, received a record single-day rainfall of 333 mm in 24 hours, bringing relief to the administration and residents, as dam storage volume rose to 43% from last week’s 26%.The water level dwindled drastically during extreme summer, leading to a 10%…
Navi Mumbai: A landslide from a hillock on the common stretch of the Kashedi Ghat section resulted in a complete closure of the Mumbai-Goa highway for around 12 hours on Monday. The landslide came along with trees and vegetation, leading to 7-8 ft-high debris deposits on the stretch. The incident was reported around 1.30 am…
Tragedy struck New Mandala as an illegal four-storey building collapsed during heavy rains, killing six people in a neighbouring hutment MUMBAI: The Mankhurd Police on Monday arrested the contractor and the chawl owner after six people were killed when an unauthorized four-storey structure collapsed onto a neighbouring hutment in New Mandala on Saturday night.On Saturday…
Delta run by Jaydev Mody owns casinos in Goa and Sikkim and is described as the only publicly listed companies in the regulated casino gaming field. MUMBAI: Bombay high court intervened in a gaming and hospitality company Delta Corp’s challenge to an April action by Meta Platforms Inc of suspending eight of its official IG…
Maharashtra’s IT Minister Ashish Shelar has received urgent calls from leading drone manufacturers to update the Unmanned Systems Policy-2026 (Representative image enhanced with AI) MUMBAI: Weeks after state govt unveiled its automated systems policy to regulate the use, research and manufacturing of drones, robotics and autonomous vehicles, leading drone makers have criticised the policy, warning…
BMC said it received 423 complaints related to fallen trees or branches and 29 complaints of wall or house collapses across Mumbai. MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday chaired a high-level review meeting at the Disaster Control Room in Mantralaya to assess the flood and landslide situation after incessant rain battered several parts…
