Mumbai: The Bombay high court has supported the order of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation to demolish a 16-storey building, “Jhalak Paradise”, in Ulhasnagar, while dismissing a petition filed by the developer, and coming down heavily on both the builder and civic officials for alleged fraud and serious violations.A bench of Justices Kamal Khata and A…
Mumbai: Amid a crackdown on fake birth certificates allegedly issued to illegal migrants in the city, a sweeping internal probe by BMC has uncovered violations in birth and death registration system, exposing what officials described as a parallel, unauthorised data trail across all 24 wards. The probe report called for the suspension of a third…
Thane: A man was booked for allegedly selling fake beauty products in Mumbra in Thane, a police official said on Thursday.Such items, reportedly made in Pakistan, worth Rs 13,972 were seized from accused Neeraj Shukla, who runs a shop in Kausa, the official added.He has been charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Copyright Act for…
Mumbai: A 39-year-old man with a criminal history was attacked with a sharp weapon and shot dead in Kurla West on Wednesday night. The killing appeared linked to an old rivalry, said police. Vinobha Bhave Nagar police have arrested Abhijit Jadhav, Shubham Ghadge, and Dinesh Pawar in connection with the fatal shooting and said they…
Mumbai: The long delayed Census 2027 is set to begin in Maharashtra on Friday, with self-enumeration of household data, including its assets and condition. This will be the country’s first digital census with details collected on smartphones.The first phase will run from May 1-June 14 and focus on house-listing or gathering details of households. The…
Mumbai: Agripada police on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old Govandi man for allegedly stabbing a food delivery boy multiple times as he thought that the teenager and his cousin were laughing at him.Police said the victim, Mazgaon resident Afzal Khan, was on his delivery rounds when he stopped near a roadside stall to meet his cousin…
MUMBAI: Hundreds of passengers booked on late-night SpiceJet flights from Mumbai to Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi were put through a gruelling sleepless night on Wednesday night and Thursday early hours due to inordinate delays and cancellation. Among the worst hit was a SpiceJet red-eye flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru which departed nine hours late, night…
Metro One delays after maintenance trigger overcrowding MUMBAI: Commuters on the Mumbai Metro One corridor faced delays and overcrowding on Thursday after the operator imposed temporary speed restrictions following rail grinding work.The maintenance exercise, carried out in collaboration with Bangalore Metro, is aimed at improving track quality and ride safety. However, the resulting speed curbs…
Mumbai: The Mumbai zonal office of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday took custody of alleged druglord Salim Dola from its Delhi counterpart in connection with multiple cases registered against him in Mumbai. Officials said Dola will be produced before a special NDPS court on Thursday over a 2024 case, in which he is listed…
MUMBAI: A 48-year-old constable attached to Nehru Nagar police station, Santosh Chavan, was killed after a heavy excavator drilling crane toppled on his motorcycle at an underconstruction flyover site on Sion-Panvel Highway in Mankhurd on Tuesday night. Mankhurd police have registered an FIR against the BMC-appointed private contractor and associated personnel for alleged negligence and…
