Veteran actor Anupam Kher inaugurated Sangeeta Babani’s ‘Solar in Full Bloom’ public art installation in Juhu, Mumbai. The series features eight solar-powered sculptures, blending art with sustainability. Kher emphasized that such beautification uplifts the soul, not just the eyes. Minister Ashish Shelar lauded the collective effort to enhance Mumbai’s beauty, while artist Babani hopes the…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has quashed a 2019 rape case against a man after observing that the woman had earlier filed around four similar FIRs apart from a few cases of alleged sexual assault against different men, in one of which the accused stood acquitted, beside cruelty cases against two husbands. The HC said…
Mumbai: A bank seeking to recover a loan amount via mortgaged properties in Mumbai found out too late that they are reserved as recreation grounds (RGs). Unable to sell at an auction, Central Bank of India approached the Bombay high court for directions to change the reservation.The HC would have none of it. The court…
The auto involved in the accident Navi Mumbai: A 40-year-old auto rickshaw driver ferrying his two friends along the Alibaug-Pen road, upon reaching near the Dharamtar creek bridge in Vadkhal, Friday afternoon, allegedly performed a stunt by speeding the auto with his hands off the steering handlebars. He lost control, veered off the road, and…
MMRDA Metro Rail Project (Wadala Plant) Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has withdrawn a controversial eligibility condition from two Metro Line 4 tenders after contractors raised objections, prompting concerns over restricted competition.The condition, introduced in tenders CA310 and CA302 for architectural finishing, plumbing, façade and pre-engineered building (PEB) works at several Metro…
Mumbai commuters faced another day of disruption on Saturday as employees of the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) continued their strike. (Image Credit: Sanjay Hadkar/TNN) MUMBAI: Mumbai commuters faced another day of disruption on Saturday as employees of the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) continued their strike, bringing bus services in…
Shiv Sena (UBT) banners featuring rebel MP Sanjay Dina Patil were seen in his constituency in areas like Kanjurmarg on Friday Mumbai: Among the six Shiv Sena (UBT) rebel MPs, the case of Mumbai North East MP Sanjay Dina Patil has become the most curious.Patil, who is the lone Mumbai Sena (UBT) MP out of…
A 50-year-old autorickshaw driver was killed after a concrete slab fell from the 17th floor of a residential building in Qureshi Nagar, Chunabhatti, late Thursday night. By: Srimoyee PalitMUMBAI: A 50-year-old autorickshaw driver was killed after a concrete slab fell from the 17th floor of a residential building in Qureshi Nagar, Chunabhatti, late Thursday night.The…
Corporators questioned the practice of compensatory plantation being carried out outside Mumbai’s municipal limits, arguing that such measures dilute the objective of maintaining the city’s green cover Mumbai: At the BMC’s Tree Authority meeting on Friday, when multiple tree-cutting and transplantation proposals came up for approval, corporators across party lines questioned the practice of compensatory…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday has issued a fresh show-cause notice to its absentee MPs, threatening disqualification.The party’s Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha, Anil Desai, has issued formal show-cause notices to the MPs concerned. They have been given a strict 24-hour deadline to submit a written explanation for their conduct.The notice carries a…
