MUMBAI: On a Wednesday afternoon, 20 young people in a drama studio in Govandi are working on a performance unlike most the city has seen. Words come slow and deliberate—or in a sprint. Expressions resist easy reading. Lines find their own rhythm. And if the audience fails to read between the lines, the play’s theme…
Late on Tuesday, 21-year-old Mayank Lohar (L) was knifed to death by a co-traveller, Roshan Suvarna (R), following an altercation over closing the door of the train compartment amid heavy rain. MUMBAI: In the aftermath of the horrific murder of a young passenger on a local train, the Govt Railway Police (GRP) plans to intensify…
Mumbai: The Byculla police have arrested a 39-year-old Pune resident after they caught him distributing capsules mixed with zinc phosphide, a highly toxic acute rodenticide to control rats and mice, to devotees participating in a Moharram procession at Byculla late on Friday.Police recovered 1,400 capsules from Faiyyaz Premji, 39, a resident of Viman Nagar in…
Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday hit out at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray after he flew on the same plane as chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday evening. Shinde said honesty is more important than travelling on a plane. Shinde said Fadnavis knows how dangerous a…
MUMBAI: Byculla police have arrested a 39-year-old Pune resident after they caught him distributing capsules mixed with zinc phosphide, a highly toxic acute rodenticide to control rats and mice, to devotees participating in a Moharram procession at Byculla late on Friday.Police recovered 1,400 capsule from Faiyyaz Premji, a resident of Viman Nagar in Pune.One of…
The Khan family proposes to construct a ground-plus-stilt-plus-six-storey residential building with a total built-up area of 1,014.11 sq metres Mumbai: Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has granted clearance to a proposal for a new sea-facing residential building owned by actor Salman Khan’s mother, Salma Khan, in Bandra (West). The Intimation of Disapproval (IOD) for…
Mumbai: In a ruling that could benefit taxpayers investing in under-construction or redevelopment projects, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that tax relief on capital gains cannot be denied merely because the final conveyance deed is executed after the prescribed period. The relief is granted provided the taxpayer has acquired enforceable rights in…
Both had petitioned the HC separately after the sessions court in Mumbai denied them bail on May 7 Mumbai: In one of the oldest pending cases investigated by the Enforcement Directorate, a magistrate’s court this week acquitted a 73-year-old South Mumbai businessman and two of his firms in three separate cases related to Rs 17…
Mumbai: A police constable was verbally abused and threatened by a man when he went to break up a fight between two people in Jogeshwari East. Meghwadi Police registered an FIR and are looking for the accused.The incident occurred on June 26. Police personnel were on bandobast for Moharram near Idgah Maidan and Jhoola Maidan….
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has launched an awareness drive across suspected places and collected water samples following reports of two confirmed cases of the rare and serious autoimmune disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). The two cases were reported in the last fortnight from the Aadhar Multispecialty Hospital, Panvel.Both the patients stay in…
