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Mumbai: The BMC has imposed penalties totalling Rs 9.25 crore on contractors engaged in pre-monsoon drain-cleaning works after its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based monitoring system detected multiple irregularities and deficiencies in execution.The penalty amount is being recovered from the contractors pending bills, said civic officials on Saturday. The action follows AI analysis of photographs and videos…

Mumbai: Maharashtra has not convened its statutory State Road Safety Council meeting in over three years, despite reporting over one lakh accidents and more than 50,000 deaths during the period, as per officials.The last meeting of the State Road Safety Council, chaired by the transport minister, was held on April 4, 2023. Since then, more…

Palghar: The Palghar police arrested a 23-year-old absconding man from Bharuch in neighbouring Gujarat in connection with the alleged rape and blackmail of a woman and her minor sister here in Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.The arrest comes after a multistate manhunt was launched to track down the culprit, who was on the run since…

Mumbai: Unauthorised absence from work by a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) official would be detrimental to the public interest and amount to grave misconduct, the Bombay High Court said, refusing relief to an employee who was removed from service.The petitioner, Animesh Bakuli, was a senior assistant with the RBI and would undoubtedly be occupying…

Mumbai cyber police bust Rs 7 crore investment scam targeting retiree (Representative image) MUMBAI: The South Cybercrime Branch police arrested three persons for their role in helping cyber fraudsters who allegedly induced a 59-year-old South Mumbai retiree into investing in online share trading and cheated him of nearly Rs 7 crore. While investing the money,…

Actress Sanchita Ugale, 22, was found dead at her residence in Nalasopara East MUMBAI: Actress Sanchita Ugale, 22, was found dead at her home in Nalasopara East on Monday.According to Achole police, Ugale, a resident of Sai Santoshi Building in Achole village, allegedly hanged herself from a ceiling fan in her bedroom using a sari…

FIR against motorist for dragging petrol pump staffer, ramming vehicles MUMBAI: An FIR is being registered against a motorist after he hit a petrol pump staffer with his car, dragged him for a short distance before hitting other vehicles at a petrol pump in Borivali East late Sunday. Kasturba Marg police detained him and sent…

MUMBAI: An FIR is being registered against a motorist after he hit a petrol pump staffer with his car, dragged him for a short distance before hitting other vehicles at a petrol pump in Borivali East late Sunday. Kasturba Marg police detained him and sent him for a medical examination.Police said the motorist had an…

Mumbai: BJP Corporator, Makarand Narwekar, appealed to BMC to launch a pilot project transforming Colaba Causeway into a regulated, Singapore-style hawker zone.In a letter addressed to the BMC commissioner, Narwekar said that the civic body should design, own and rent out uniform street vending stalls to eligible vendors, on the lines of Singapore’s highly successful…

Mumbai: Bandra police took into custody two people for allegedly attacking a BMC supervisor when he went to check a complaint about an unauthorised tin shed said to have been put up on the terrace of a house in the Chibard Jetty area. The supervisor dialled the police helpline after the pair abused and assaulted…