Mumbai: The Dongri Police arrested a 32-year-old habitual conman who allegedly duped jewellery shop owners across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai by posing as a customer, showing fake online payment confirmations and fleeing with gold ornaments.His arrest has led to the detection of seven similar offences registered across multiple police stations.The accused, identified as Rahul…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has directed the state govt to pay Rs 17.95 lakh in compensation to a 23-year-old woman’s family for “violating her right to life” by denying her timely emergency care.The commission also noted that the pregnant woman’s delivery was conducted by doctors who were not trained in obstetrics,…
Relentless downpours that have severely disrupted normal life, administrative operations, and public transport networks across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Mumbai: A holiday has been declared for schools and colleges across Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai on Monday due to an ‘orange’ alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall…
Vedant Sawant died after being electrocuted by a metal ladder inside his Nalasopara residence that became live due to an inverter-related electrical fault on Saturday Thane: A 20-year-old college student, Vedant Sawant, died after being electrocuted by a metal ladder inside his Nalasopara residence that became live due to an inverter-related electrical fault on Saturday….
The plan was discussed at BEST committee meeting Mumbai: Heavy rainfall on Sunday led to waterlogging in several parts of Mumbai, prompting BEST to divert buses on 43 routes across the city. According to BEST officials, diversions were implemented in nine waterlogged locations, including parts of Chembur, Dadar, Byculla, Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Vidyavihar, to…
Two youngsters were reported to have drowned in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday at the waterfall, one of Navi Mumbai’s best-known natural landmarks in the Kharghar hills that draws thousands of monsoon visitors every year. Navi Mumbai: Environmentalists urged the Maharashtra govt to revive the long-abandoned eco-tourism project at the Pandavkada waterfall in the…
File pic of Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: “Hindus are naive and gullible, but they are not stupid. If someone is looting temples by taking advantage of our Hindutva, no Hindu will forgive them now,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday evening as he kicked…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s (NMMC) Property Tax Department received an unprecedented response from citizens in its property tax collection campaign for the financial year 2026-27, collecting Rs 434.02 crore in the first quarter from April to June 2026, a record in the corporation’s history, said the civic officials. Technology-based administrative work played…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai crime branch Unit 1 arrested two men accused of a house-break theft at a locked apartment in Bonkode on June 7, where they decamped with gold ornaments worth Rs 15 lakh along with Rs 40,000 cash stolen from the neighbouring apartment. The arrested duo are both habitual offenders.ACP (crime) Prerana…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a health alert against three skin-lightening creams, including one allegedly manufactured in Pakistan, after laboratory tests found they contained mercury and lead far above the permissible limits, making them unsafe for use.An FDA release, issued on Saturday evening, ordered an immediate stop to the use,…
