Children are orchestrating unique Mother’s Day surprises, with creative workshops like pottery and punch needling gaining popularity. From hands-on creative workshops to curated outings, children across age groups are planning special surprises for their mothers.Workshops have emerged as a popular choice. Across the city, experiences such as punch needling, flower-making, pottery, tile mosaic art and…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Thursday upheld the 2018 acquittal of 21 police officers from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh and a civilian in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Shaikh ‘fake encounter’ case.Appeals had been filed in April 2019 by Shaikh’s brothers Rubabbudin Shaikh and Nayabuddin Shaikh against the trial court’s acquittal verdict. “Appeals dismissed,” HC chief…
Four members of the Dokadia family in Mumbai died after consuming watermelon laced with zinc phosphide, a potent rat poison. (File photo) MUMBAI: The mysterious deaths of four members of the Dokadia family in Mumbai’s Bhendi Bazaar have put the spotlight on zinc phosphide — a toxic rat poison that forensic experts say releases a…
Mumbai: The CBI has registered a case against an alleged middleman for demanding a Rs 4 lakh bribe from a fine art collector-businessman who had purchased Raja Ravi Varma prints, oleography and lithostones through an auction conducted by the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT-II) in Mumbai.The CBI said the accused, identified as Vijay Kumar, allegedly sought…
Mumbai: A sessions court on Thursday granted bail to a welder accused in the fatal Metro Line 4 parapet collapse in Mulund, citing the principle of parity and the fact that custodial interrogation is no longer required. Ramashish Yadav is the last accused to get bail in the case.Additional sessions judge M B Oza observed…
Mumbai: The state revenue department has decided to assign a separate survey number/group number to land owned by the railways in every village map and record of rights (7/12 extract, property registration card) and the ownership of the land shall be recorded as Government of India-Railway Department.In a Government Resolution (GR) issued on Thursday, the…
Mumbai: Around 210 trees are set to be impacted for the proposed RBI staff quarters project in Chembur. A proposal of the project will be placed before the BMC’s Tree Authority on Friday, which is expected to take a final decision. According to the plan, of the 210 trees obstructing the construction on the plot…
Mumbai: Housing societies can now have a larger yogalaya, fitness centre, recreation centre or meditation centre within the society premises that can be built free of floor space index (FSI).The state urban development dept has issued a notification increasing the area to be utilised for such leisure components from the earlier 2% to 4% of…
Mumbai: Eleven days and 54 tests later, forensic laboratories in Kalina have found that rat poison in the watermelon killed four members of the Dokadia family in Bhendi Bazaar’s Pydhonie area.Senior forensic officials from state forensic labs (FSL) said that zinc phosphide (rat poison) was found within the fruit as well as the viscera (internal…
Palghar: A truck driver was arrested after driving recklessly and crashing into multiple vehicles in Saphale market area of Palghar district on Wednesday at 4.30 pm. According to police, the accused driver, Ranjit Kumar Mahto (30), a native of Bihar, was driving a cement-loaded truck in an intoxicated state. The collisions damaged the vehicles and…
