The blaze was confined to electrical wiring and installations, wooden furniture, tarpaulin, bamboo and plastic material at an adjacent temporary fruit stall. MUMBAI: Eleven people were safely rescued after a fire broke out at a commercial building on Station Road in Kandivali West early Monday morning.The fire was reported at around 4.14am at Abhirai Hotel…
Dr Santosh Kadam, who was one of the nine members elected to MMC in April, said the council can only be formed once all the posts are filled Mumbai: The state govt on Saturday notified the nomination of five members to Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC). One of the four ex officio member posts is yet…
Mumbai auto drivers learning Marathi prioritize refusal phrases over basic communication. MUMBAI: While people learning new languages start with bare necessities, some city auto drivers seem clear on their priority. After nearly a week of learning basic Marathi at RTO-run classes, they are rustling up a string of excuses in Marathi to refuse rides.One such…
Mumbai: The Vasai Virar Citizens Action Forum on Sunday tweeted about a 7.26 am Virar–Churchgate AC local witnessing water leakage inside an AC coach, causing significant inconvenience and discomfort to commuters.“It is deeply concerning that passengers are paying a steep premium fare for AC local services, yet basic standards of safety, comfort, and maintenance are…
Mumbai: FDA has issued a formal show-cause notice to Shah Rukh Khan, Tiger Shroff, and Ajay Devgn for their role in the advertisement of the Vimal Elaichi brand, alleging that this is masked to promote Vimal Pan Masala, which is banned in the state for causing oral cancer.The notice states that the ad is in…
Mumbai: The patrolling team of the Yellow Gate police station, ASI Suresh Bhalerao, ASI Prashant Borse, and PC Nilesh Malusare, found a distressed turtle while patrolling in the territorial waters of the Arabian Sea. The large loggerhead sea turtle, weighing over 100 kg was struggling to swim and float on the surface.The police officials rescued…
Ride refusals make up over 60% of auto passengers’ complaints Mumbai: ‘No’ has got some stiff competition. After spending nearly a week learning basic Marathi at RTO-run language classes, some auto drivers in Mumbai are using their newly acquired vocabulary to rustle up a string of excuses in Marathi to refuse rides.One such auto driver…
In a letter dated August 12 to Canadian Consul General Jeff David, Powai Action Forum member Ratan Sharda said broad pavements used by residents for nearly 25 years had been barricaded or obstructed, leaving pedestrians without safe walking space Mumbai: The controversy over barricaded footpaths along Central Avenue in Powai’s Hiranandani Gardens has now reached…
The drive gathered momentum in July, when MSEDCL intensified field inspections and detected 11,032 fresh cases of theft through illegal hooks and meter tampering Mumbai : The state power utility, MSEDCL, on Sunday announced that it has intensified its drive against power theft, uncovering as many as 19,599 cases across domestic, commercial, industrial and other…
BJP MLC Amrish Patel sought CM Devendra Fadnavis’s “immediate intervention” Mumbai: Amid controversies over BMC and Mhada’s move to lease three plots totalling 16 acres to a trust headed by him, BJP MLC Amrish Patel sought CM Devendra Fadnavis’s “immediate intervention” to ensure that the allotments are not cancelled. The CM directed BMC chief Ashwini…
