Mumbai: Three persons suffered fractures after a car collided with an autorickshaw and a two-wheeler in Andheri (E) on Thursday afternoon, police said.The accident occurred in the afternoon near J.B. Nagar Metro Station in Chakala. Police detained the driver and seized the car, and a case was being registered against him.According to the police, the…
Mumbai: A 38-year-old homemaker from Sakinaka, the wife of an auto-rickshaw driver, lost Rs 38,000 after she fell for a social media post and was later threatened and blackmailed with arrest and jail by scammers, Sakinaka police said.The FIR was registered on Wednesday after the woman was duped between July 4 and 6. Police said…
Kalyan: A brother and sister allegedly attempted suicide by slitting their wrists at a lodge near Kalyan railway station on Thursday. Both were rescued in time and are currently undergoing treatment. Their condition is reported to be stable.The injured have been identified as Sunil Belshekar (56) and Padmaja Belshekar (53).According to the police, the siblings,…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation general body on Wednesday passed a resolution and took action against the assistant director of town planning, Somnath Kekan, over his administrative decisions. Kekan had allegedly issued construction commencement certificate and no-objection certificate for fire on the same day without following the due procedure. Kekan allegedly granted permissions…
More than 1,000 students and demonstrators gathered at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Wednesday, braving heavy monsoon rain as part of a protest led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement Mumbai: As student protests across the country gain momentum, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (BMC-MARD) has released a letter…
The accident site at Gautam Nagar, Balkum, where a contract worker died after a tin roof collapsed and a tree trunk fell on him during a tree removal operation on Thursday. Thane: A 42-year-old contract worker engaged by the Thane Municipal Corporation’s tree authority was killed while clearing a fallen tree in Balkum on Thursday…
Mumbai: A 19-year-old boy drowned after he entered Powai Lake while playing with his brother on Thursday afternoon. His body was yet to be found, Powai police said.The tragedy took place after Kailash Soman, a resident of Filterpada, reached the lake with his brother. “We are gathering information about the boy. The exact circumstances leading…
Palghar: Relentless rain continued to batter Palghar district on Thursday, triggering widespread flooding, disrupting transport and power supply, and cutting off more than 200 villages from the rest of the district. Authorities evacuated 891 people from flood-hit areas, while one person died in Dahanu taluka in a rain-related incident.The district recorded an average rainfall of…
MUMBAI: She is neither a student preparing for competitive examinations nor someone directly affected by the alleged NEET-UG paper leak.Yet Rhiya, the Mumbai actor-model whose image of standing in front of a police van during Wednesday’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest went viral, says she felt compelled to take to the streets because she believed…
Case files and travel documents were submitted to a Mumbai consumer commission after an agency allegedly altered a promised ladies only Thailand trip. (AI-generated image) MUMBAI: A consumer disputes redressal commission in Mumbai has directed Bengaluru-based travel company East Wing Travel and Tourism Private Limited to pay Rs 60,000 in compensation and litigation costs to…
