Vasai: A 44-year-old man from Nalasopara allegedly died by suicide after being unable to cope with persistent harassment over the recovery of an online loan, police said. An accidental death report (ADR) has been registered at Achole police station, and further investigations are underway.According to the police, the man, who lived with his wife on…
The buses are scheduled to be inducted in phases during 2026 and 2027 Mumbai : In a major boost to sustainable urban mobility, the BEST Committee on Tuesday approved the induction of 1,500 air-conditioned electric midi buses under the Government of India’s PM E-Drive Scheme. With this, the number of new bus routes will increase…
Mumbai: Since October 2025, the MIDC has disbursed 1,183 industrial plots to various industries, earning a revenue of Rs 5,502 crore.Currently it is in the process of acquiring 66,343 acres across Pune, Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur , Palghar, Thane, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Nashik and Wardha.For 97 MoUs signed by the state govt with various industries…
Disha Salian’s father rejects Mumbai Police findings regarding his daughter’s death MUMBAI: Satish Salian, father of former celebrity manager Disha Salian, rejected the findings of the Mumbai Police‘s Special Investigation Team (SIT), which were found to be consistent with the earlier probe that had ruled out foul play in his daughter’s 2020 death.Salian disputes the…
BEST Committee Chairperson Trushna Vishwasrao said the episode underscored broader concerns regarding the Wet Lease mode Mumbai: BEST Committee member and corporator Pravina Morajkar has raised serious concerns over the conduct of a Wet Lease bus driver following an incident in the Nehru Nagar area on the night of July 27, calling for stronger behavioural…
MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers staged a protest outside the Congress’ Tilak Bhavan headquarters in Mumbai on Wednesday, dousing an effigy of Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal with a dark liquid and raising slogans over his alleged “gungi gudiya” (mute doll) remark against deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar.Visuals from the protest showed party workers…
The proposal was cleared by the BEST committee on Tuesday Mumbai : In a significant step towards strengthening passenger and road safety, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has launched a special safety sensitisation and training drive for approximately 5,200 Wet Lease bus drivers across Mumbai.The initiative follows a special meeting convened with…
Harshita Kumar returned home after eighty-two days in hospital following a tree crash. MUMBAI: Almost three months after being admitted in the hospital, Harshita Harish Kumar (21) who was injured in a tree crash incident at Khar was discharged and back home on August 3, Monday.He father Harish Kumar said, “Harshita is finally home after…
The Bombay High Court ordered social media intermediaries to remove vile and abusive online content. MUMBAI: Observing that some of the content was “vile’’ “abusive’’ and “certainly defamatory’’, Bombay high court on Wednesday granted urgent interim relief to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and directed Social Media intermediaries to remove posts including videos that linked…
Bombay high court ordered Meta and X Corp to remove defamatory content MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed social media giants Meta and X Corp to immediately take down all content, including Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated material, allegedly defamatory towards Union minister Nitin Gadkari regarding the government’s ethanol-blended petrol policy.Sandeep S Ladda, the advocate…
