Mumbai: Commuting has long been a challenge for Mumbaikars, and the latest to cite this as a reason while making a push for accommodation closer to the workplace is the city’s deputy mayor Sanjay Ghadi, a corporator of the Dy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Ghadi has written to municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide seeking allotment…
Eyewitnesses said the woman refused to move despite repeated requests from passersby and police personnel. NAVI MUMBAI: A drunk woman allegedly created chaos on a busy road in Navi Mumbai’s Ghansoli area on Monday after repeatedly stepping in front of an NMMT bus and an auto-rickshaw, disrupting traffic and drawing a large crowd.Eyewitnesses said the…
The accused fled the spot but later surrendered before police Kalyan: The son of a prominent Kalyan builder and local BJP neta allegedly knocked down a 51-year-old scooterist with his electric car in Ulhasnagar on Monday. The victim died during treatment. The accused fled the spot but later surrendered before Kalyan police citing fears of…
Mumbai: By the end of July, the BMC plans to launch an integrated construction and demolition (C&D) waste management portal, which aims to ensure that not a single kilogramme of construction and demolition waste is disposed of without monitoring.For the first time, a soil exchange platform will also be part of the portal, wherein developers,…
The biker and the pillion rider were unhurt Thane: A huge banner allegedly installed illegally on a foot overbridge along the busy Eastern Express Highway (EEH) collapsed onto a passing motorcycle on Monday morning, sparking panic among fellow commuters. The biker and his woman pillion escaped unhurt.The incident comes barely a week after a massive…
It recommended preparing a policy-based SOP for inspection, maintenance, pruning and safety audits of trees Mumbai: A three-member BMC committee set up to probe the June 30 Chembur tree crash, which killed an 11-year-old boy inside a school bus during incessant rain, gave a clean chit to the civic roads and gardens departments while recommending…
The plea is listed for hearing on July 23 Thane: Former Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Vinayak Raut, his corporator-son Gitesh Raut, his wife and and two relatives moved a court on Monday seeking anticipatory bail in a case alleging cruelty and occult practices on his daughter-in-law.The plea is listed for hearing on July 23.Thane police…
The search operation lasted nearly three-and-a-half hours Mumbai: A 10-year-old boy drowned after entering an excavated pit filled with water in Andheri (West) on Monday afternoon. The boy was with two other children for a swim. His body was recovered by a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team after a nearly three-and-a-half-hour search operation.The incident…
The manhole that claimed Aslam Shaikh’s life Mumbai: A draft inquiry report into the death of 55-year-old Aslam Shaikh, who died after falling into an open manhole on Khairani Road in Sakinaka during the monsoon, has flagged contradictory statements by several BMC officials responsible for supervising manhole safety works, complicating the probe into the incident.“The…
Mumbai: The chargesheet in the Goregaon drugs case, in which two MBA students died in April, has alleged that 2,800 Ecstasy pills were sent to Mumbai via international courier, concealed inside a midi dress, by a German national in Feb. This parcel and, subsequently, another consignment of 1,000 Ecstasy pills were allegedly ordered from the…
