MUMBAI: Former MLA and Prahar Janshakti Party leader Bachchu Kadu on Thursday joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and became a Sena candidate for the MLC polls. On Wednesday, Kadu had hinted that he was open to negotiations on his Prahar Janshakti Party’s merger with the Sena. Kadu said Shinde has accepted all the conditions…
MUMBAI: Jiya Jacob, the 11th accused held in the suspected drug overdose case that led to the deaths of two MBA students, was on Thursday remanded to judicial custody by a magistrate court in Borivali. Vanrai Police are now looking for Jacob’s live-in partner, Mahesh Khemlani, who is believed to have moved abroad after the…
Mumbai diners will soon know if their paneer is dairy-based or a vegetable oil substitute. MUMBAI: If you’re ordering your favourite paneer tikka or butter paneer at restaurants across Mumbai and Maharashtra, expect a new level of transparency from May 1. Diners will now be clearly told whether the “paneer” on their plate is real…
Mumbai’s real estate is set for a major shift as the new Mumbai-Pune Expressway bypass, the Missing Link, promises to slash travel times MUMBAI: As Mumbai’s housing demand spills beyond its saturated core, the upcoming Missing Link on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway is poised to reshape the region’s real estate geography, catalysing growth across the emerging…
MUMBAI: Hundreds of passengers booked on late-night SpiceJet flights from Mumbai to Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi were put through a gruelling sleepless night on Wednesday night and Thursday early hours due to inordinate delays and cancellation. Among the worst hit was a SpiceJet red-eye flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru which departed nine hours late on…
Navi Mumbai: A 29-year-old labourer died after falling from the 27th floor of a building under redevelopment in Vashi on Tuesday around 4pm. Prima facie, Vashi police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) under relevant section of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that mandates the police to inquire and report on unnatural deaths.The deceased…
Metro One delays after maintenance trigger overcrowding MUMBAI: Commuters on the Mumbai Metro One corridor faced delays and overcrowding on Thursday after the operator imposed temporary speed restrictions following rail grinding work.The maintenance exercise, carried out in collaboration with Bangalore Metro, is aimed at improving track quality and ride safety. However, the resulting speed curbs…
Navi Mumbai: The crime detection branch team of CBD-Belapur police station on Tuesday arrested the second accused from Pune in the murder case of a daily wage labourer whose body—with his head smashed with a stone—was found under the flyover near NMMC headquarters on April 17 morning. The first accused was arrested on April 24…
Kalyan: In a major push to address long-standing traffic concerns, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has floated a tender for the construction of a railway overbridge (ROB) at the busy Mothagaon railway crossing on Retibunder Road in Dombivli. The much-awaited infrastructure project is expected to ease chronic congestion at the level crossing and significantly improve…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly posing as the son of a former Gujarat MP and cheating a businessman along with others of lakhs of rupees on the promise of good returns on their share market investments, officials said.The accused was identified as Vicky Vajubhai Barejia alias Vicky…
