A father’s desperate demand for the death penalty surfaces after his 22-year-old son was tragically murdered on a Mumbai local train MUMBAI: A day after a 22-year-old passenger was allegedly stabbed to death during an argument over a train door on a Mumbai local, the victim’s father demanded the death penalty for the accused, saying…
Accused Roshan Suvarna (L) MUMBAI: A 21-year-old clothing store staffer returning home during heavy rain was stabbed to death by a 30-year-old co-passenger following an argument over keeping the door closed in a first class coach of a Churchgate-Nalasopara train Tuesday night.Police sources said Roshan Suvarna of Mira-Bhayander felt humiliated after being told off for…
File pic of Kanjurmarg dumping ground Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday noted that odour levels have reduced in the vicinity of the Kanjurmarg landfill treatment facility, but sought strict compliance from the BMC and the operator of the municipal waste processing centre for violations flagged by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB).A division…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt has acquired rare historical archives that document the story of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, covering all the big turning points of the struggle to create a unified Marathi state with Mumbai as its capital in the form of correspondence, written records, and 150 precious photographs. Part of the record are minutes…
An uprooted tree crashed onto a parked car at Purushottam Chowk, Dadar TT, on Wednesday. Fire Brigade and BMC personnel cleared the fallen tree amid rainfall. No injuries were reported Mumbai: The overnight downpour in the first 24 hours of the much-delayed monsoon onset pushed the city’s rain gauges into triple digits, with several pockets…
No food service establishment shall be allowed to operate without a valid FSSAI licence or registration, said FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe Mumbai: In a major food safety crackdown, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will launch a statewide campaign from Thursday, bringing nearly 4.5 lakh food establishments under stricter compliance norms.Food businesses must also…
The inspection was conducted following complaints Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the state-run JJ Mahanagar Blood Bank located within the JJ Hospital complex in Byculla following a series of complaints, officials said. The blood bank was closed to the public during the inspection. The inspection was underway at the time of…
Chaitanya.Marpakwar Mungantiwar demanded that a Marathi language centre be set up in Chandrapur Mumbai: BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday criticised the state govt for not getting any funds from the Centre even after Marathi received classical language status. He said the state finance department also did not allocate money for Marathi, and only Rs…
Mumbai: A proposal for the takeover of about 2,000 square metres of land, which houses a government hospital offering OPD services in Aarey Milk Colony, for the operation of a hospital on the land that will cater to the tribal population was referred back by the BMC improvements committee on Wednesday.Corporators pointed out that the…
Mumbai: In a city where Marathi ‘asmita’ (pride) remains an election issue, state assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar apologised on Wednesday after he put himself in an embarrassing position by mispronouncing several Marathi words while reading out condolence messages in the legislature. Even more glaring, in a condolence message for renowned singer Asha Bhosale, he referred…
