Mumbai

Bike taxis are gaining popularity among Mumbai commuters seeking faster and cheaper travel options. MUMBAI: At 8.45am outside Andheri railway station, the monsoon-dampened air is thick with exhaust fumes, blaring horns and long queues of frustrated commuters. As autorickshaws refuse short-distance rides and buses crawl through traffic, 26-year-old finance professional Sneha Kulkarni bypasses the chaos…

Homeopaths are now practicing modern medicine after receiving pharmacology certificates. The country’s first medical council-registered homeopath, Mankhurd-based Neha Pawar, has kept her shop closed for the past year. In its place stands a motor driving school. Pawar was given her certificate by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) on Aug 3, despite severe pushback from the…

Comedian Kunal Kamra questioned Mumbai police about upholding the law during a potential protest MUMBAI: Comedian Kunal Kamra on Sunday asked Mumbai police when he could perform his stand-up in the “entertainment capital”, questioning whether the force would uphold the law if a mob tried to disrupt his show. Kamra said his proposed performance would…

(Representative image) Powai police arrested a SIM gallery sales executive as the eleventh accused in an engineering admission fraud case MUMBAI: Powai police arrested a SIM gallery sales executive, the 11th accused in an engineering admission fraud case registered on July 17, after allegedly finding that he supplied fraudsters with SIM cards activated without customers’…

Mumbai police requested CCTV at airport blind spots due to unsolved theft cases. MUMBAI: Amid unsolved airport theft cases, Sahar police have asked the city airport operator, Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), to install CCTV cameras at ‘blind spots’-areas with no surveillance between conveyor belts and aircraft loading points-where passengers’ checked-in baggage may be tampered…

Mumbai: Maharashtra’s public health department will henceforth factor annual performance, rather than seniority alone, into future postings and responsibilities of civil surgeons and district health officers.State health minister Prakash Abitkar said the department would conduct an objective annual assessment on a 100-point scale, with officers’ three-year performance report cards considered for future postings, allocation of…

Mumbai: Following rigorous review meetings and directives to overhaul route planning, the state-run bus service MSRTC recorded a sharp Rs 66-crore increase in revenue in Aug compared to July, signalling a turnaround for the cash-strapped corporation. From Rs 954 crore in monthly revenue in July, it crossed the Rs 1,000-crore mark for the first time…

On Friday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had said that the state government was working to build a consensus on restricting the use of high-decibel DJ systems during festivals and called for a return to traditional ways of celebrating Mumbai: The debate over use of DJs during festivals, especially Ganeshotsav, in Maharashtra, intensified on Sunday with…

Mumbai: A student of a prestigious management institute has lodged a police complaint against a man who claimed he was the college counsellor and duped the student of Rs 24.6 lakh. Bangur Nagar police registered an FIR and are probing further. Police said the accused had warned the student that he would be debarred for…

Mumbai: A total of 376 Govindas were injured across Mumbai during Dahi Handi celebrations on Saturday, the highest number recorded in the past four years. Of these, 90 are undergoing treatment in hospitals, while 286 were discharged after receiving first aid.The number of injuries has risen steadily in recent years—from 222 in 2022 and 195…