Seventy per cent of the pond has been filled in this bavkhal in Chopra Farm in Vasai’s Rewad Wadi On a blindingly hot morning in Vasai, Ranjeet Vartak leads us down a rutted rack in Bhuigaon Village and gestures towards a scene that could be mistaken for a trick of the light—an informal housing settlement…
Mumbai: Unlike beginnings that arrive with celebrations and fanfare, endings can often be muted, marked by silent departures. Air India’s Mumbai story is a case in point. The Air India and Indian Airlines colonies that sprawl across 184 acres in Kalina, with the first of the four constructed way back in 1955, have moved into…
Saanika Shah, 22, recently performed Bharatanatyam at Everest Basecamp before summitting the peak A string of prayer flags flutters above a poster of Mount Everest in this Mulund home. Nearby hangs a dreamcatcher and a whiteboard scribbled with the coordinates of the world’s highest peak. “I manifested Everest,” says Saanika Shah who was 17 when…
Thane: A pair of discarded slippers, clothes and rags found near a decomposed body helped Thane Rural Police swiftly solve the murder of a 35-year-old tailor from Saki Naka, allegedly killed by a Mumbra-based zari worker and his accomplice over a Rs 3 lakh loan dispute.The body of Shamshad Ali was discovered on Thursday in…
Officials from the Thane Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspect and seize methanol evidence during an investigation into a suspected hooch tragedy in Pune, India. Thane: The Thane FDA has seized nearly six tonnes of toxic methanol from a Bhiwandi facility, which investigators claim is linked to the supply chain behind the Pune fatal hooch…
Rebecca SamervelMumbai: In a trial that took 15 years, a magistrate’s court this week acquitted a Bhiwandi doctor accused of fabricating a breast cancer diagnosis using a fake Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) letterhead for a woman who sought treatment following a tumour removal.Devaki Pujari and treating doctors believed the woman suffered from a severe malignancy…
A JCB excavator demolishes an unauthorised structure during an enforcement drive, clearing debris at the site in a news-style scene. Mumbai: BMC on Saturday demolished around 250 unauthorised structures in the Fukat Nagar and Milind Nagar areas of Powai as part of a joint anti-encroachment drive carried out by the S ward office and the…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to a company’s ex-employee who filed a petition in 2024, seeking investigation into alleged financial fraud in structural repairs to Vashi railway station. He also sought action against the company’s chief managing director.Justice Sandesh Patil on May 19 granted interim relief to Shrikant Patil,…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Saturday attacked the state govt over the Pune hooch tragedy, alleging that the Home Department was being run by a “havaldar”, and said the police department was unable to effectively combat illegal activities.He demanded the appointment of a full-time Home Minister and held the govt responsible for the…
Baramatri bus stand first among A category stands Mumbai: Baramati bus stand in Pune division, which has put into practice the concepts of cleanliness, discipline and tidiness, has secured first rank among ‘A’ category bus stands in the state and has won a prize of Rs 1 crore under the ‘Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Swachh, Sundar…
