Mumbai: Bombay HC rapped the chief officer (CO) of Mhada’s Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board for cancelling an NOC given for redevelopment of a Tardeo building following a representation. Ten of the proposed sixteen floors of the building have been raised.“We find that there is an increasing tendency of persons to approach public officials…
MUMBAI: Carbon monoxide levels touching 3 mg per cubic metre — 50% higher than the permissible limit — ammonia spikes reaching 700 micrograms per cubic metre against a standard of 400, and hydrogen sulphide concentrations climbing to nearly 2 ppm, nearly 15 times the allowed limit, were recorded at two residential high-rises in Wadala during…
Mumbai: After two days of satisfactory air, Mumbai’s air quality deteriorated sharply on Friday, with the city’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) rising to 130 from 67 on Thursday and 70 on Wednesday — the steepest single-day spike recorded in the last three months. The reading pushed the city back into the moderate air category,…
Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said govt has requested a CBI inquiry into the plane crash that killed deputy CM Ajit Pawar last month. “We received a letter from the NCP seeking a CBI inquiry. We have written to the Union home ministry and the case will now be investigated by CBI, along with…
Vasai: A 31-year-old was stabbed and beaten to death on Friday night in Nalasopara (W). Police have arrested one, while teams have been formed to trace the remaining. In the FIR, five have been named — Roshan Singh, Jagan Mehndi, Sunil Malusare, Suraj Singh, Tinkle Mishra, with at least four other unknown accused. The victim…
Mumbai: As the budget session gets underway without a leader of the opposition (LoP) in both Houses for the first time in many years, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said MVA must move a no-confidence motion against assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar. He alleged that the assembly is being run in an arbitrary…
Mumbai: A major narcotics haul of charas worth around Rs 14 crore was detected at Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus after an unclaimed bag was found aboard the Awadh Express early Sunday morning, officials said. The train arrived at the platform at 4.20 am, and a heavy black bag was found by officials in one of the…
A college dropout from Bihar, Anand Chaudhary, was arrested from IIT-Bombay’s hostel premises for allegedly planting five live bullets in his childhood friend’s bag MUMBAI: Police arrested a college dropout from Bihar, Anand Chaudhary (23), from IIT-Bombay’s hostel premises on Feb 19 for possession of five live 7.65mm bullets that were found in a bag…
Deported Bangladeshis are repeatedly returning to Mumbai, with Rabiya Nasir Mulla caught for a second time after being sent back last August MUMBAI: Barely six months ago, Rabiya Nasir Mulla was caught living illegally in Mira-Bhayander and deported to Bangladesh. Recently, the 46-year-old was caught again- this time in Vile Parle – and is again…
Thane: In a major crackdown, police have unearthed an alleged racket involving illegal stimulation, extraction and sale of human eggs and arrested 3 women in Badlapur East, exposing what officials described as exploitation of economically vulnerable women.Initial investigations have found agents identified women willing to “sell” eggs for Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000. Mumbai: Violent…
