The total value of the stolen phones was Rs 2.49 crore. (Representative Image) MUMBAI: The Mumbai Govt Railway Police (GRP) recovered and returned 1665 stolen mobilephones to their owners at a special event organised recently. The total value of the stolen phones was Rs 2.49 crore.GRP commissioner Rakesh Kalasagar handed out the phones back to…
Model Rhiya Yadav, who went viral during the NEET protest in Mumbai, has approached the Maharashtra Police cyber cell MUMBAI: Model Rhiya Yadav, who went viral after stopping a police van carrying protesters during the NEET paper leak protest in Mumbai, has approached the Maharashtra Police cyber cell alleging online harassment following the incident, she…
Resident groups and activists have urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to cancel land allotments. MUMBAI: Resident groups and activists have written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking his intervention to cancel the allotment of three reserved open spaces in Juhu and Andheri (West) to the Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM).TOI had last week reported that…
BEST Committee and commuter group discussed expanding bus services on the Eastern Freeway. MUMBAI: Expansion of bus services on the Eastern Freeway and the induction of 150 additional electric double-decker buses emerged as key focus areas during a joint meeting between the BEST Committee and commuter advocacy group Aapli BEST Aaplyachsathi (ABA), amid renewed efforts…
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has quashed a POCSO case against a woman, holding that there was “absolutely no reason” to subject her to a criminal trial when the evidence did not support the allegations. A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran allowed the woman’s appeal and set aside the FIR registered at…
Mumbai: Sahar police arrested a 36-year-old Bangladeshi man at Mumbai International Airport on July 22 after immigration officials suspected his Indian passport was forged when his dialect resembled that of people who speak in Bangladesh, police said.The accused, identified as Babu Biswas alias Tapas Biswas, allegedly entered India with his wife and family members through…
MUMBAI: Mumbai’s corporate geography is undergoing another transformation. After decades that saw Nariman Point dominate the skyline before Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) emerged as the country’s premier business district, a growing number of promoter-led companies, family offices and founder-driven enterprises are now gravitating towards Worli, signalling that connectivity and convenience are becoming as valuable as a…
Coastal road command centre MUMBAI: At 12.08pm on July 15, an alert flashed across the 30×6-ft video wall inside the Coastal Road’s Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) at Breach Candy.A car had caught fire inside the southbound tunnel. Within seconds, CCTV cameras zoomed in on the vehicle, the tunnel’s Linear Heat Detection System confirmed…
Reliance Industries Ltd has presented an updated Coastal Road open spaces plan to the BMC (Representative image) MUMBAI: With SC allowing only up to 15% of the Coastal Road open spaces to be used for ticketed recreational facilities and access-controlled areas, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has resubmitted to BMC a revised master plan and concept…
Mumbai: The East region cyber police station on July 23 registered a case against unknown mobile users for publishing and transmitting material depicting children in sexually explicit acts on social media.The case was registered after the cyber police received a complaint from the state govt, alerting it through a “tip line” about videos and photos…
