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Vedant Sawant died after being electrocuted by a metal ladder inside his Nalasopara residence that became live due to an inverter-related electrical fault on Saturday Thane: A 20-year-old college student, Vedant Sawant, died after being electrocuted by a metal ladder inside his Nalasopara residence that became live due to an inverter-related electrical fault on Saturday….

The plan was discussed at BEST committee meeting Mumbai: Heavy rainfall on Sunday led to waterlogging in several parts of Mumbai, prompting BEST to divert buses on 43 routes across the city. According to BEST officials, diversions were implemented in nine waterlogged locations, including parts of Chembur, Dadar, Byculla, Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Vidyavihar, to…

Mumbai: Heavy rains and strong winds disrupted flight operations at the Mumbai airport on Sunday, with the runway shut for an hour in the morning due to poor visibility. Delhi too had inclement weather with sudden heavy rains in the morning, which impacted flights in Mumbai as well. By evening, four flights were cancelled, and…

Two youngsters were reported to have drowned in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday at the waterfall, one of Navi Mumbai’s best-known natural landmarks in the Kharghar hills that draws thousands of monsoon visitors every year. Navi Mumbai: Environmentalists urged the Maharashtra govt to revive the long-abandoned eco-tourism project at the Pandavkada waterfall in the…

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that Congress MLC Dhiraj Lingade was offered Rs 20 crore to defect to the Eknath Shinde Sena. Raut referred to Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Sachin Ahir’s recent switchover to Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. Lingade however said he had not received any such offer. Lingade is…

File pic of Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: “Hindus are naive and gullible, but they are not stupid. If someone is looting temples by taking advantage of our Hindutva, no Hindu will forgive them now,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday evening as he kicked…

This marks the city’s second fatal tree-fall incident in under a week, following a similar tragedy in Chembur. MUMBAI: A 63-year-old man died after a tree collapsed on a shop near BMC Hindi school, Gomes Gown Building, Naupada, Kamini Kurla (West) on Sunday amid heavy rainfall. This marked the city’s second fatal tree-fall incident in…

Bombay high court slapped a Rs 1 lakh penalty on a Kalyan college for admitting a student to a BMS course despite his ineligibility and then informing him late (Representative image) MUMBAI: Bombay high court has imposed costs of Rs 1 lakh on a college for belatedly informing a student last February, of his ineligibility…

Researchers from IIT Bombay and the ICMR-National Institute for Research on Women’s Health (NIRWoH) have developed an indigenous placenta-on-chip platform that mimics the human placenta in the laboratory. MUMBAI: In a breakthrough that could make medicines safer for pregnant women while reducing animal testing, researchers from IIT Bombay and the ICMR-National Institute for Research on…

Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s (NMMC) Property Tax Department received an unprecedented response from citizens in its property tax collection campaign for the financial year 2026-27, collecting Rs 434.02 crore in the first quarter from April to June 2026, a record in the corporation’s history, said the civic officials. Technology-based administrative work played…