The report called a BMC worker’s fall into an open channel an accident Mumbai: Days after a BMC worker fell into an open stormwater channel during mayor Ritu Tawde’s inspection of a chronic flooding spot at King’s Circle, a civic inquiry termed it an accident and called for better crowd management during VIP visits.Eyewitnesses told…
Some of the seized capsules Mumbai: The Pune man arrested for allegedly passing out pills filled with zinc phosphide at a Muharram procession last week had destroyed some of the poison he had ordered online, said police.The probe has shown that the suspect, Fayyaz Premji (39), had ordered 30,000 capsules and 50kg of zinc phosphide,…
Mumbai: When doctors at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital in Parel drew blood from a two-and-a-half-month-old baby girl, they froze. Instead of the familiar crimson, the syringe filled with a thick, pinkish liquid.What began as an evaluation for an enlarged heart quickly turned into a race against time to save a child suffering from familial lipoprotein…
Mumbai: Four pedestrian bridges over railway tracks in south and central Mumbai, flagged as unsafe by the railways, will undergo structural audits by IIT Bombay, with the BMC set to seek approval from the civic standing committee to pay the IIT-Bombay institute Rs 12 lakh in advance for the exercise.The proposal, which will be placed…
Mumbai: From next year, all exams conducted by the state govt will be held online, school education minister Dada Bhuse announced in the Maharashtra assembly on Monday. A committee has been formed under state chief secretary Rajesh Agarwal to create the necessary infrastructure to conduct online examinations. Bhuse added that all those found guilty in…
The initiative is part of the BMCs efforts to strengthen technology-driven grievance redressal mechanisms. MUMBAI: Citizens can now report illegal hawking across Mumbai through the BMC’s WhatsApp chatbot, with the civic body introducing a dedicated complaint option following directions from the Bombay high court.The new feature has been added to the BMC’s WhatsApp chatbot on…
Thane: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and housing minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said developers were expected to complete housing and redevelopment projects in three years and said that only those builders who adhered to timelines and maintained quality would be given priority in future govt contracts.Shinde was speaking after handing over keys to beneficiaries of…
On Sunday, Devendra Fadnavis, accompanied by state forest minister Ganesh Naik and fisheries minister Nitesh Rane, carried out an inspection of various infrastructure projects in Palghar district Mumbai: The 157km Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway, part of the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor, will be commissioned by August 31, said CM Devendra Fadnavis. Once commissioned, the travel time between Vadodara…
Thane: Nearly six years after a young woman was set ablaze at her residence in Diwa, a Thane Sessions Court convicted her husband for murder, relying primarily on her dying declarations and other corroborative evidence. Additional Sessions Judge B.D. Shelke convicted Shahir Devram Parkhe (32), under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murdering…
Thane: A fire broke out at a timber warehouse in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra‘s Thane district in the early hours of Sunday, and no casualties were reported in the incident, an official said. The blaze erupted at the facility in the Bhinar Nimbavali area around 5 am, the official said. “Three fire engines from the…
