A video of the incident has gone viral on social and triggering criticism over overcrowding on Mumbai’s suburban railway network Thane: A woman fell from a packed suburban local when it halted between Diva and Mumbra stations on Thursday morning and sustained minor injuries. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media,…
Navi Mumbai: Advocate Priya Goswami (32), a resident of Karanjade sector-2A, died in a hit-and-run mishap reported on Sheva road stretch near Navi Mumbai International Airport. She was on a regular walk when a speeding unidentified vehicle dashed her and fled from the spot without coming to her rescue.She fell down and was bleeding excessively…
Mumbai: Govt Railway Police (GRP) at CSMT have registered an FIR after an animal welfare activist complained of inhumane and cruel transport of birds through cages on the Geetanjali Express. Nearly 2,100 budgerigars—commonly called budgies or parakeets—were transported in seven cages on the train. Around six to seven of the birds lost consciousness.According to the…
Mumbai: Actor Sanjay Dutt made a phone call to transport minister Pratap Sarnaik to issue a clarification following the public backlash over his recent remarks regarding the Marathi language.Attending the prominent Sanskruti Yuva Pratishthan Dahi Handi in Thane, Dutt had jokingly remarked that despite spending six years in Pune’s Yerwada Jail, he had failed to…
Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against a 31-year-old man for assaulting his wife and elderly mother-in-law with a sickle, resulting in grievous injuries. Amar Tikudve, the accused, doubted his wife’s fidelity, police said.Tikudve works as a delivery boy for a food platform while his 29-year-old wife, Monica, is a security guard at Powai. The…
The Central Cyber Police have arrested a bank manager and his assistant (Representative image) MUMBAI: The Central Cyber Police have arrested a bank manager and his assistant of a Chowpatty branch in connection with an alleged Rs 29.83 lakh fraud in which money was siphoned off from the bank account of a dead customer after…
A ticket checker (R) was injured after a passenger assaulted him at Jogeshwari railway station MUMBAI: A ticket checker with Western Railway suffered injuries after being assaulted by a ticketless passenger at Jogeshwari railway station on Wednesday.An FIR has been registered against the passenger, Ajay Dhivar, by Andheri Govt Railway Police (GRP).Ticket checker Ashish Ranjan…
AERA has abolished landing charges for international flights at Navi Mumbai Airport MUMBAI: Airlines flying international routes from the newly operational Navi Mumbai International Airport will get a major tariff incentive, with aviation regulator AERA waiving aircraft landing charges for the first year in a bid to encourage carriers to add and sustain international connectivity…
MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested Ashishkumar Maniya in connection with an alleged attempt to illegally export diamonds worth over Rs 10 crore by concealing them in an export consignment at the Bharat Diamond Bourse in Mumbai.The Special Investigation and Intelligence Branch, Airport Special Cargo, Mumbai Customs Zone-III, examined a consignment filed…
The forum warned that increasing privatisation, workforce reductions and the depletion of BEST’s self-owned fleet threaten the utility’s public-service mandate. MUMBAI: Raising concerns over the deteriorating state of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, citizens’ action group ‘Aapli BEST Aplyach Sathi’ on Thursday called for urgent systemic reforms to preserve Mumbai’s public transport…
