Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed Mumbai Mile, an NGO, to restore a site in Worli to its original condition after it carried out unauthorised construction activity in a Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area.The action follows violations during beautification work as part of CSR project along Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road near Mahatma…
Mumbai: A court, while hearing the bail application of the father-in-law of former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan and two others in a road rage assault case, pulled up the investigating officer on Tuesday for filing a report supporting grant of bail even before it had issued a notice on the application.Metropolitan…
Thane: An 8-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack on Tuesday morning in the forested hills of Kasara in Thane district, triggering protests by villagers who alleged forest dept inaction despite repeated warnings about the animal’s movement.The deceased was identified as Krishna Bhaga Agiwale, a resident of Kalbhonde village in the Kasara range. Police…
Two MBA students died from suspected ecstasy overdose at a Mumbai music show. MUMBAI: Police investigations in the suspected drug overdose case at a music show in Goregaon (East) that left two MBA students dead have shown that the ecstasy pills were sourced from a major drug supplier and three of the accused persons had…
MUMBAI: The latest round of budget allocations for corporators has revealed stark disparities in ward committee fund distribution within the ruling BJP, even as opposition members have received a marginal share. While ruling parties have traditionally secured a larger portion of funds during annual budget amendments, this year’s figures point to major internal variation within…
Mumbai: Recently, Nalasopara-based tailor Mohammed Jafferuddin saw a pamphlet inviting applications for weddings free of cost at a mass marriage event. Jafferuddin wanted to marry off his son Fariduddin and discussed it with family friend Hafiz Shamsher and the two families decided to get Fariduddin’s marriage with Shamsher’s daughter Sana at the mass wedding.This past…
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar MUMBAI: Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and a Rajya Sabha MP, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai for a routine health check-up, sources said on Tuesday, according to news agency PTI.. The 85-year-old leader was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital two days ago,…
MUMBAI: Several parts of Maharashtra are set to experience a change in weather on Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting light rain and thunderstorms across several districts.Mumbai to see light Rain, thunderstormsMumbai is expected to experience light rain and thundershowers on Tuesday, with conditions marked as “very likely.” The city, which remained largely…
The hospital precinct carries a Grade II-A heritage tag MUMBAI: When municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide visited the civic-run KEM Hospital last week, civic officials revived an old, ambitious pitch: a 42-storey hospital tower with a helipad in the sprawling Parel campus. The proposal, still on the drawing board, hinges on a crucial constraint – the…
Police probe tragic death of woman, 2 children in well (AI image used for representational purpose only) LATUR: A young mother and her two children lost their lives in a tragic incident in Latur, where a family dispute is suspected to have led to the deaths, police said. A 25-year-old woman allegedly jumped into a…
