At least 10 people were killed and few others were injured after a truck overturned in Maharashtra’s Sangli district in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased included three women and seven men. The mishap took place near Taasgaon-Kawathe Mahakal highway at around 2 am this morning. The truck was[Read More…]
The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees begun an indefinite strike from Monday midninght for a salary hike. They have asserted that they won’t end it until their demands were met. At least one lakh workers have gone on the strike. The police have increased security to prevent any[Read More…]
The Indian Railways will launch a special Rajdhani train between two metro cities, Delhi and Mumbai from Monday. The special Rajdhani will reduce the travel time by two hours and will not have the flexi-fare system. The train will run from Delhi on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 4.15 pm.[Read More…]
The workers’ union of city’s second largest public transport system, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has threatened for an indefinite strike if their staff does not receive Diwali bonus. BEST has cumulative losses of Rs 2,500 crore. “Employees received bonus last year, but this time nothing has been stated[Read More…]
A major fire engulfed an oil tank farm of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) situated on the Butcher Island off the east coast of Mumbai on Friday evening. The authorities are suspecting that it was caused by a lightning strike. The fire started around 5 pm when the city and[Read More…]
A teacher of Mumbai’s Oxford High School in Ghatkopar allegedly beat up a student for not having an Aadhaar card. The teacher has been identified as Shyam Bahadur Vishwakarma who hit Suhail Ansari(16) on his head with a stick. He was later hospitalised at Sion Hospital. Reportedly, the boy already[Read More…]
Former Maharashtra chief minister, Narayan Rane, who had last month resigned from the Congress party, on Sunday, announced the launch of a new political party called ‘Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksh’. “I have just launched the party. I am waiting for some people to join, then I will decide the future course[Read More…]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to 2008 Malegaon blast case accused, Major Ramesh Upadhyay, on grounds of parity. In August, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit. While granting bail to Upadhyay, the Bombay High Court asked him to furnish a surety[Read More…]
Caught in the vicious circle of unemployment, a Mumbai-based couple committed suicide on Friday evening. They were residents of Malad area, who ended their lives by hanging themselves from the ceiling of their house at around 8.30 pm. They have been identified as Dhanraj (24) and Kajal (19). The bodies[Read More…]
Since the last 24 hours, the city of Mumbai has recorded 210 mm of rainfall. It started on Tuesday afternoon and lashed many parts of the city. The MeT department said that the coastal city recorded 303 mm and Dahanu near Mumbai recorded 304 mm of rainfall till 8:30 AM[Read More…]
On Monday, Thane police arrested Iqbal Kaskar, India’s most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, in connection with an extortion case. The Thane Anti-Extortion Cell, led by encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, took him for questioning from his Mumbai residence in the evening. He was arrested later. “Kaskar called a builder from[Read More…]
Fire broke out at Mumbai’s iconic RK Studio on Saturday afternoon. It was confined to the electric wing of the studio, according to news agency ANI. Six fire brigades have reached the spot to douse the fire and five water tankers have also been called in to assist the firefighters[Read More…]
Maharashtra has proposed to raise water cess for water bottling plants and breweries multifold. This may lead to hike in prices of beer, soft drinks and bottled water. The government has also considering a hike of 16%-20% cess on domestic water supplied to urban areas. The state has exempted rural[Read More…]
The usage of Hindi word, “chhammakchhallo” in real life can land you in legal trouble. A Thane court has held that the use of the word is an “insult to a woman’s modesty”. Last week, a magistrate sentenced a city resident to a simple imprisonment “till the court rises” for[Read More…]
The weather office has issued a “red alert” for heavy rain on Wednesday in Mumbai. The city has reported nearly 300 mm of rain in some parts on Tuesday, at least 10 times more than usual. Five people were killed in incidents attributed to the nonstop downpour. Schools and colleges[Read More…]
A flood like situation has arrived in Mumbai after heavy rain since Monday. The heavy shower has choked the city and more rain is expected over the next 24 hours, predicted Met department. With high tide likely in the evening at 4.30pm, the situation could take a turn for the[Read More…]
A 27-year-old man, in an allegedly drunk condition, stabbed his mother to death and later feasted on her heart along with ‘chutney’ and pepper, at Kolhapur on Monday. He took this extreme step as he was deprived of food. An hour later, he was spotted walking out of the house[Read More…]
Even before the Reserve Bank of India( RBI) released the new Rs 50 denomination notes, a man was seen in possession of them in Mumbai. The incident is seen as a matter of security breach. It is still not clear how and from where did the man get the notes.[Read More…]
The Supreme Court granted bail to Lieutenant Colonel, Shrikant Prasad Purohit in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on Monday. Seven people were killed in bomb blast on 29 September at Malegaon in Nasik district of north Maharashtra. Purohit (45), who was in jail for eight years, had denied participation in[Read More…]
The effect of price rise of vegetables seems to come down heavily on a Mumbai resident. A 54-year-old man had stolen tomatoes worth Rs 57,000 from the shop of Jagat Shrivastava in Dahisar on 18 July. He was arrested by Mumbai’s Dahisar Police on Wednesday. Earlier, over 300 kilograms of[Read More…]
The family of a 19-year-old girl, who died on Saturday, donated her heart, liver and kidneys on Monday. Pratibha Vijaychand Nishad’s body was found on the tracks between Vile Parle and Santacruz railway stations on Saturday. She was a fashion designing student. “We received information that a girl had been[Read More…]
In a shocking move, the Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court, seeking to revive a section of a law that makes keeping beef at home an offence, said TOI reports. The court is scheduled to hear the case later on Friday. Over a year ago, the Bombay high court[Read More…]
The Maharashtra government has cleared a shops and establishment bill, which will let stores, hotels, theaters and multiplexes in Mumbai to remain open seven days a week and operate round the clock. Presently, shops have to close by 10 pm, commercial establishments by 9.30 pm and restaurants by 12.30 am.[Read More…]
Soon after the massive rally by the Maratha Kranti Morcha, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced various schemes and benefits to the community. The benefits of concessions in fees to 605 vocational courses, earlier applicable only to the other backward classes, will now be extended to students from the Maratha[Read More…]
After 57 protest march last year, the Maratha Kranti Morcha has taken out its “biggest” silent protest in Mumbai on Wednesday. The protest demanding reservation in jobs has started from Jijamata Udyan in Byculla and is expected to culminate at Azad Maidan by 5 pm. With more than three lakh[Read More…]