21-year-old Mayank Lohar was killed by a co-traveller on a local train over a trivial dispute on keeping the compartment door shut. His family has demanded the strictest punishment possible for the perpetrator Mumbai: “I had never seen such a ghastly crime and so much blood before… It haunts me.” TOI spoke to an eyewitness…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation disconnected the water supply and sewage connection of Amoli Co-Operative Housing Society in Sector 30, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, after the building was declared a dangerous structure under the C-1 category. The building was declared dangerous in 2019-20 by the Municipal Corporation committee under category C-1 (highly dangerous, uninhabitable,…
Navi Mumbai: A 45-year-old butcher was booked by Ulwe police for slaughtering rams and goats and hanging their meat for sale at his illegally set-up tin shade on the pavement near a school in Sector 20, Ulwe, within the restricted 10 km radius and about 2 km from the aerodrome reference point of the Navi…
Navi Mumbai: Considering the frequent traffic congestion along the Belapur-Uran-Panvel stretch of road resulting in blocking the lane leading to the Atal Setu, the Navi Mumbai traffic department has issued a notification for diversion of heavy vehicles.Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Rahul Khade said that the traffic diversion for heavy vehicles travelling from the Belapur…
Navi Mumbai: Polluted creek water entering DPS Flamingo Lake during high tide emerged as another major threat to one of Navi Mumbai’s key wetlands, part of the Ramsar-listed Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary ecosystem, recent studies showed. The latest water sample from the tidal inflow channel revealed high levels of contamination, raising concerns over the sharp…
Since the law came into force, authorities have registered 627 criminal cases, said the senior official. Of these, only 127 have ended in convictions Mumbai: Maharashtra has stepped up its drive against sex-selective abortions by inspecting nearly every sonography centre in the state and conducting sting operations, but convictions under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic…
Mumbai: At least two executive engineers and eight assistant engineers declined promotions to the posts of deputy chief engineer and executive engineer, respectively, despite being eligible,while another executive engineer did not submit his documents for the promotion process.This has raised concerns over whether any vested interests, undue influence or other improper considerations may have prompted…
At the Mahanagar Blood Bank, inspectors found deficiencies in the storage and handling of blood and blood components Mumbai: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued an immediate “stop work” order for the state’s largest blood bank — JJ Mahanagar Blood Bank, located within the JJ Hospital complex in Byculla — for…
File pic of security at Aksa beach Mumbai: A 17-year-old collegian, Mazid Khan, was feared drowned off Aksa beach on Friday afternoon.The search-and-rescue operation, which continued for several hours, was suspended around 8pm; it will resume on Saturday. A fire brigade team, led by station officer Ashish Kesarkar, was involved in the search operation.Khan, a…
IIT-B’s new sub-campus will come up at State University of New York at Old Westbury on Long Island Mumbai: IIT-B is set to establish its first international sub-campus in the US, marking a significant milestone in the institute’s global ambitions and bringing one of India’s premier engineering institutions into the American higher education landscape.The new…
