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Kalyan: State deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said the govt has directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to appoint a consultant to prepare a comprehensive plan to ease traffic congestion across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).Speaking at a property exhibition organised by the MCHI-CREDAI Kalyan-Dombivli unit, Shinde said, “The consultant will…

Thane: A special Pocso court in Thane acquitted a man accused of raping and impregnating his minor stepsister in 2023, after the victim turned hostile and a DNA test established he was not the father of the child she delivered later. As per prosecution, the man gave his then 14-year-old stepsister a spiked soft drink….

Mumbai: Academics have become the latest targets of ‘sophisticated fraud’. Impersonators claiming affiliations with leading IITs approach professors and universities with offers to collaborate on high-value projects worth crores falsely presented as being backed by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). Their ask: an upfront part payment, framed as necessary to ‘secure’ the collaboration and unlock…

Mumbai: The weather bureau has forecast light rains/thundershowers for Mumbai and Thane for April 21 and 22, while for parts of Raigad, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rains and gusty winds are forecast.Experts, however, said that little relief can be expected from the ongoing heat, being summer season, even though there may be…

Mumbai: City Congress chief MP Varsha Gaikwad on Sunday slammed Mhada vice president and CEO Sanjeev Jaiswal for allegedly threatening a protester who was reportedly raising demands related to the Motilal Nagar redevelopment project. Gaikwad shared a video that went viral on social media where Jaiswal, an IAS officer of the 1996 batch, is seen…

Mumbai: Three types of special police squads will be formed in the western suburbs to monitor venues hosting live shows and music concerts from Bandra to Oshiwara, Andheri to Powai, and Sahar to BKC: anti-drug, anti-harassment and anti-theft squads. The areas fall under three zonal deputy commissioners (zones 8, 9, and 10). The move follows…

Mumbai: After issuing the letter of acceptance (LoA) for construction of the Gargai dam, BMC has initiated the process of appointing a consultant to oversee key aspects such as rehabilitation of affected villagers, tree transplantation, and provision of safety and design expertise.During a recent pre-bid meeting, firms from Spain, Japan and the Netherlands expressed interest….

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab on Sunday alleged large-scale rigging and cartelisation in the Rs 90 crore Vikhroli FoB tender. Parab also claimed irregularities in tenders for other projects such as the BKC–Chunabhatti connector.In a letter to metropolitan commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee, Parab demanded his immediate intervention to scrap the tenders. Mukherjee said he…

Mumbai: Police warned flyers that a youth, claiming to be a student from a Nagpur Technology Institute, moved around the airport premises and conned people on the false pretext of seeking monetary help to buy a flight ticket to rush back to college or to another destination as he had lost his ticket and was…

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma lauded S Hussain Zaidi’s new book, “Mafia Queens of India,” for its unique focus on women in the underworld. He highlighted the narrative’s fresh perspective, moving beyond typical male-dominated crime stories. At the launch of S Hussain Zaidi’s latest book Mafia Queens of India, that he co-authored with his wife and…