Mumbai: The city sweltered under intense heat on Saturday as temperatures in several suburbs climbed close to the 40-degree mark, making for a hot and humid weekend. Ram Mandir emerged as the hottest spot at 39 degrees Celsius, followed closely by Vikhroli at 38.8 degrees Celsius and Chembur at 36.6 degrees Celsius. These were the…
Mumbai: A magistrate’s court granted bail to Rashmi Saluja, former executive chairperson of Religare Enterprises, in connection with a cheating and criminal conspiracy case registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) involving allegations of irregularities related to Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).The court noted that while the accused was not arrested during the investigation, her…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) tied up with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to tackle the massive growth of giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) weeds in the historic Vadale Lake in Panvel city. The bioremediation process was initiated again after it failed with a research laboratory based in Mumbai.The campaign was…
Mumbai: While rejecting the bail pleas on Thursday of two Nesco Exhibition Centre employees, Sunny Jain and Balakrishnan Kurup, in the drug overdose deaths case, a court said the organisers were prima facie responsible for negligence and the mishap that occurred at the concert in April.Saying they failed to ensure no drug or liquor was…
Navi Mumbai: A 37-year-old man from Yadav Nagar, Digha, arrested by Rabale MIDC police for murdering his 24-year-old pregnant wife in Dec 2017, was convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life by the district and additional sessions court at Belapur on Wednesday.The accused, Akhilesh Gupta, then 28, worked as a machine operator in a…
Navi Mumbai: Navi Mumbai residents were urged to guard against heatstroke as temperatures climbed across the state, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) said. In its advisory, the civic body called a heat wave a “silent disaster” that typically occurred in the pre-monsoon months from March to June. It noted that a heat wave was…
Dhaval Lakshmi Olive Ridley turtle MUMBAI: Almost six months after an Olive Ridley turtle was released from Dahanu with a satellite transmitter on her back, she has returned to Indian waters after a 3,500km round trip across the Arabian Sea, nearly reaching the coast of Oman.Dhaval Lakshmi, the turtle, is the only one among the…
Navi Mumbai: Around 100 villages and tribal hamlets in Panvel faced a nine-hour blackout between Thursday night and Friday morning as the power supply network of 22KV high-tension line at Nere was damaged during excavation work for laying a Mahanagar Gas Ltd pipeline along the Akurli-Sukapur stretch.Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd could not restore…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel district and additional sessions court judge SR Ugale on Thursday convicted and sentenced a murder accused man to life term imprisonment with a Rs 50,000 fine after eight years of trial.The accused allegedly killed his sister’s father-in-law, Ram Prasad Gupta, 60, and attempted to murder the victim’s wife, Lakshmi Devi, 53,…
Navi Mumbai: Environmental groups and citizen activists will organise a silent march in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, May 9, on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day, to demand urgent protection of the city’s flamingo wetlands and fragile biodiversity. The march, themed #SaveFlamingoLakes, will begin at NRI Lake near Vanashree Building in Seawoods, NRI Phase-2,…
