BMC is set to auction a 5,166 sq m plot in Worli that houses its Municipal Testing Laboratory Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: The BMC has received only two bids for the auction of its Municipal Testing Laboratory (MTL) plot in Worli. The BMC had last month floated a tender to auction the prime Worli plot for ‘commercial exploitation’….
One of the resident doctors claimed a mob of 100 turned up at Kurla Bhabha Hospital Mumbai: Relatives of a patient who died a day after childbirth allegedly assaulted four resident doctors from the gynaecology department at Kurla Bhabha Hospital on Wednesday night.All four doctors were women. “My head was banged against the wall and…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to 7 per cent from 18 per cent for a period of six months with effect from May 15, in a move aimed at providing relief to airlines grappling with high fuel costs. The civil aviation ministry said the move…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: A 23-year-old man was arrested by the Aarey Colony Police from Bihar for kidnapping a minor girl from the western suburbs and sexually assaulting her.The investigation was complex as the girl had performed a factory reset on her mother’s phone, erasing all traces of her conversation with the…
HSRP being fixed in a vehicle in Pune Mumbai: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Thursday announced that it will be mandatory for all vehicles, registered before April 2019, to install High Security Registration Number (HSRP) plates from July 1.The earlier deadline was Dec 31, 2025. However, after reviewing the progress of HSRP installation across the…
Grant Road building’s staircase collapses Mumbai: As many as 63 people, who were trapped inside a four-storey residential-cum-commercial Mhada building in Grant Road (E) after the staircase collapsed on Thursday afternoon, were safely rescued by firefighters. No one was hurt in the incident.According to fire brigade officials, the staircase between the ground and first floors…
Kalyan: Timely intervention saved a 1-year-old girl who swallowed a sharp hairpin that got stuck in her throat.The child, Pragya Vishwakarma, was playing at her home in Kaka Dhaba in Kalyan East when she put the hairpin in her mouth. As the pin got lodged in her throat, she started having breathing difficulty.Her family immediately…
As a temporary measure and on humanitarian considerations, Bombay HC directed restoration of electricity and water supply to the building following a petition by an 80-year-old resident As a temporary measure and on humanitarian considerations, Bombay HC directed restoration of electricity and water supply to the building following a petition by an 80-year-old resident As…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only Mumbai: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Central Railway apprehended over 1300 touts, seized contraband worth Rs 43.6 lakh, and returned lost luggage worth Rs 3.09 crore to its rightful owners in the first quarter of this year. The data, across all five divisions of Central Railway, was released…
Mumbai: Observing that a calculated financial fraud is serious and a threat to the economy, and the accused cannot be shown any leniency, a special court on Thursday convicted and sentenced to three years of imprisonment two directors of a garment firm for defrauding Bank of Baroda of more than Rs 4 crore in 2013.Special…
