Mumbai: Central Railway has decided to permanently close a gate near the Kalwa Car Shed after repeated incidents of passengers attempting to board empty local train rakes from an unauthorised location, posing a serious risk to life and safety.Railway officials observed that between 8 am and 8:30 am, commuters routinely trespass through the main entry…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane questioned Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s third marriage, asking whether it should be viewed as an example of “love jihad“.The BJP MLA also urged members of the Hindu community to think carefully before supporting such celebrities.“When celebrities take such decisions in their personal lives, Hindu society should think about it. It…
Mumbai: A 25-year-old woman was injured after the slab of a dilapidated chawl collapsed beneath her while she was drying clothes in Mankhurd on Saturday evening. The incident took place around 6.34 pm at Shree Saraswati Chawl in Ambedkar Nagar, PMGP Colony.According to civic officials, the woman entered the first floor of an unoccupied, dilapidated…
Mumbai: Rail traffic on Central Railway was briefly affected on Sunday afternoon after the locomotive of a freight train developed a technical fault between Vasind and Asangaon stations.According to railway officials, the engine of the goods train failed at around 2.42 pm, affecting train movements on the section. Several trains were delayed, and some services…
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a 40-year-old tennis coach from Navi Mumbai accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old student in Thane, observing that the girl’s post-incident conduct and continued training with him without complaint rebutted the legal presumption of guilt against the man. The court cited major inconsistencies and lack of corroborative evidence.The…
The twin cities saw relentless rain for five days Vasai: Five bodies were recovered from different parts of Vasai-Virar over two days, taking the toll due to the recent torrential rain and flooding in the twin cities to 10. Most of the victims are believed to have either drowned or been swept away in floodwaters.Last…
Police found that the accused allegedly impersonated a doctor, created fake identity documents, opened accounts in various banks and, in collusion with other arrested associates, embezzled some amount through CSR funds over the last three years Mumbai: A 50-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly posing as a doctor for the last 28 years…
The suburbs scored high in ‘digital learning’ Mumbai: Mumbai city far outranks the suburbs in school learning outcomes in fundamental reading and maths proficiency, shows an index released by the Union education ministry. While Mumbai city has secured the sixth spot statewide on the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D), Mumbai suburban has found itself…
Mumbai: Maharashtra marginally improved its performance on a govt education index in a year, going up from a score of 649.8 out of 1,000 points to 654.6. Nationally, it trails behind top performing regions like Chandigarh, Punjab, Kerala and Delhi, but it maintains a lead over other large industrial states such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra…
Mumbai: Citizens’ forum Amchi Mumbai Amchi BEST (AMAB) on Sunday strongly opposed the state govt’s proposal to redevelop BEST depots through long-term leases to private developers, calling the move “the last nail in the coffin” of Mumbai’s public bus undertaking. It warned that once malls, residential towers, theatres and shopping complexes come up on depot…
