Navi Mumbai: The body of a Nalasopara resident, Chandrakant Chavhan, 55, was retrieved off the railway tracks near Monkey Hill on the Lonavla-Karjat section on Tuesday evening. Under the guidance of Khopoli police inspector Sachin Hire, the volunteers of local NGO Help Foundation brought the body amid inclement weather conditions, including incessant rain, by trekking…
Navi Mumbai: Debris cleaning operation continued for the second day on the Mumbai corridor of the Mumbai-Goa highway in the Kashedi Ghat section, Ratnagiri. A collapsed hillock fell on the highway on Monday, resulting in complete closure of the highway for 12 hours on Monday. The Mumbai-bound traffic was diverted to the Goa-bound carriageway since…
A man was killed and three others were injured after the parapet fell on a passing auto and a car Mumbai: The police chargesheet filed over the Feb 14 fatal parapet slab crash at an under-construction Metro-4 site in Mulund said a welder’s warning before the tragedy was ignored. The welder had warned that the…
To prevent registration of expensive cars in other states to avoid paying taxes in Maharashtra, the state will now check GST verification and documents related to the origin of bank loans and residence, said minister Pratap Sarnaik Mumbai: State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday admitted that “there is a racket in the Regional Transport…
Mumbai: Faced with the proliferation of unauthorised bike-taxis in the state, the govt has decided to introduce rules to regulate this form of transport which require drivers of bike taxis and aggregator cabs to get a state-issued badge from Aug 1. For this, a domicile certificate and knowledge of Marathi will be mandatory. The proposal…
Mumbai: The ongoing wet spell has led to the single-biggest jump in water stocks this monsoon in the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai.As of 6 am on Tuesday, July 7, the total water stocks stood at 4.2 lakh million litres, or 28.9% of the lakes’ total live storage capacity. Just 24 hours…
Mumbai customs officials arrested Sreekant Sreedhan, a marketing manager, and a customs broker. MUMBAI: The customs department arrested Sreekant Sreedhan, marketing manager of Supriya Lifescience ltd, and a customs broker for allegedly attempting to export 200 kg of Ketamine Hydrochloride, a psychotropic substance illegally to South Korea.Export of the substance requires a prior No Objection…
RTI activist Jeetendra Ghadge criticized the decision, alleging it shields information on prosecution approvals (Photo credit: X) MUMBAI: A recent order of the Maharashtra State Information Commission (SIC) upholding the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) response to an RTI application seeking details of prosecution sanctions in corruption cases has triggered fresh debate over transparency in anti-corruption investigations.Mumbai-based…
Mumbai: An 18-year-old delivery boy was killed after a water tanker struck him while he was making a late-night delivery in Jogeshwari (W) early Saturday.The deceased, Harsh Barnwal, was a native of Jharkhand and lived with his elder brother at Virar. Barnwal’s father had passed away, and he is survived by his mother.The fatal crash…
Palghar: CM Devendra Fadnavis said nearly 500 Palghar residents were being shifted to safer locations even as Kelwa and Pelhar dams in the district reached their full storage capacities on Monday. Officials had to release excess water and begin evacuation of residents of downstream villages. Alerts were issued to eight villages near Kelwa dam. Four…
