Mumbai is facing a 10% water cut Mumbai: With Mumbai continuing to face a 10% water cut, the BMC has directed its engineers to stop resolving water-supply complaints from their offices and instead visit affected areas, interact with residents, and identify the root cause of problems.Additional municipal commissioner Abhijit Bangar issued the directions during a…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC has held that the arrest of a woman, accused of extortion, after sunset was illegal and ordered her immediate release from jail.Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale on Wednesday said “there is a violation of Section 43 (5)” of Bharatiya Nagarik Surakha Sanhita, which states that no woman shall be arrested after…
Mumbai: Seeking discharge in a money laundering case filed by ED, Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal has said CBI is yet to complete its probe into the alleged predicate offence or file a chargesheet.In his plea before a special court, he said framing charges under Prevention of Money Laundering Act before CBI reaches even a…
Police arrested the five accused between April 5 and May 3 Mumbai: It sounded like an easy way to make some pocket money: apply for a part-time job, submit copies of Aadhaar and PAN cards, and start earning.But neither the job nor the salary ever came. Instead, five college students from Kalyan and Navi Mumbai…
Mumbai: Ruing the prevalence of manual scavenging in the country, Bombay HC said India is boasting about having reached the moon’s unexplored side while some of its citizens continue to be subjected to work “below human dignity” under the guise of the caste system.“In the 21st century, we boast about reaching the other side of…
File pic for representational purpose Mumbai: Dahi handi celebrations on Saturday appear to be subdued as compared to last year, say political observers. Indeed, fewer posters are visible and less hype has been built around the competitive human pyramid this season. The stakes are not as high given that there are no elections coming up.Last…
Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti Mumbai: The police have still not made any breakthrough threats to actor Aamir Khan allegedly by an accused linked to the Baba Siddique murder case, and were examining whether the threats were genuine or hoax calls. Mumbai police commissioner Deven Bharti said similarly they have registered an NC over threats…
File pic of the search and rescue operations after the Nepal flash floods Mumbai: They had escaped a monstrous Himalayan disaster just a week before. Then, on their way back to Kathmandu, the 54 members of the Panvel-based Pratibha Astrology group found themselves staring at another — a landslide that came crashing down directly in…
The opposition parties in the BMC demanded that the proposal be sent back to the administration for reconsideration Mumbai: The BMC removed 38 unauthorized stalls in the Andheri (West) area as part of its ongoing ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign.The action was carried out at Andheri (West) railway station, Vile Parle (West) railway station, Jogeshwari (West) railway…
The man died during treatment Mumbai: A 19-year-old man allegedly stabbed his wife, also 19, to death purportedly following a domestic dispute in Agripada early on Friday. He then turned the knife on himself, said police. He died later during treatment in a hospital.An Agripada police officer said both were daily wage labourers and lived…
