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…
Mumbai: Mumbai Metro One becomes the first metro service in India to issue metro passes entirely through WhatsApp. Commuters can now buy, store and use metro passes directly through WhatsApp, with support for Google Wallet and Apple Wallet.Mumbai Metro One on Sunday introduced a fully digital Metro pass system that allows commuters travelling on the…
Mumbai accounts for the highest number of pending trainees at 9,196, followed by Thane (4,871), Navi Mumbai (1,400), Palghar (350) and other parts of Maharashtra (1,610) Mumbai: Nearly 25,000 autorickshaw drivers across Maharashtra are yet to receive certification under the state’s Marathi language training programme, with 7,750 drivers failing the test and need to reappear….
Navi Mumbai: A gas leak from one of the pressure wagons of a goods train put rail traffic movement out of gear late on Saturday evening at Panvel railway station till midnight. The goods train was moving from JNPA to Raipur, Chhattisgarh.The train was stopped at Panvel railway station platform number 5 before being taken…
(Image used for representative) MSEDCL intensified its power theft drive over four months, detecting 19,599 cases MUMBAI: State power utility MSEDCL on Sunday said it has intensified its drive against power theft, detecting 19,599 cases across domestic, commercial, industrial and other consumer categories over the past four months. Of these, 11,032 cases were detected in…
Commuters in Mumbai can now enjoy the convenience of purchasing and managing their metro passes through WhatsApp MUMBAI: Mumbai Metro One has become the first metro service in India to issue metro passes entirely through WhatsApp. Commuters can now buy, store and use metro passes directly through WhatsApp, with support for Google Wallet and Apple…
Mumbai: BJP’s plan to provide tablet devices to all 237 corporators appears to have hit a procurement hurdle, with the civic administration finding it difficult to buy the devices through Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.According to a BJP functionary, the tablets proposed to be purchased are of Chinese make. Since the particular Chinese-made tablets are reportedly…
MUMBAI: City police have arrested four men, including a former scrap dealer’s employee, for allegedly stealing 22kg of silver, cash and two mobile phones worth Rs 46.4 lakh from a Sakinaka workshop.Scrap dealer Mohammed Khan, 31, said the silver was recovered while dismantling a 25-year-old railway engine bought through a govt tender from Daund railway…
A grand Military Pipe Band display celebrated 80 years of India’s Independence. MUMBAI: As part of celebrations marking 80 years of India’s Independence, a grand Military Pipe Band display featuring 15 JAK LI and the Artillery Centre Band was held in Mumbai, drawing a gathering of over 40,000 people.15 JAK LI and the Artillery Centre…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: A sailor and his two children, aged two months and three years, were found dead at their residence in Mumbai’s Navy Nagar, prompting a detailed investigation by police.According to preliminary information, the sailor is suspected to have died by suicide by hanging. The bodies of the two children…
