MUMBAI: For those travelling by the Western Railway suburban section, there is a megablock being undertaken on slow lines from 10.30 am to 3.35 pm between Churchgate and Mumbai Central stations today.During the block period, all slow line trains will run on fast lines between Churchgate and Mumbai Central station. Due to the block, some…
MUMBAI: Central Railway, Mumbai Division, is undertaking a megablock on its suburban sections for carrying out various engineering and maintenance works today. On the main line, the block is on the 5th and 6th lines between Vidyavihar and Thane stations from 8 am to 1.30 pm.Due to the block, there will be diversions of Mail/Express…
MUMBAI: Unlike many Mumbaikars who disliked April for its sizzling temperatures, Mahim resident, 27-year-old Payal (name changed), has happy memories of the summer month as a new bride. That is, until June 2, when the software engineer spent a day nursing “terrible acidity” that worsened with acute chest pain in the middle of the night…
Nashik: Deputy CM Eknath Shinde‘s Jalgaon-Mumbai chartered flight was grounded on Friday evening after the pilot’s flying-hour restrictions kicked in, but officials said special permission was secured for him to operate the flight after a kidney transplant patient sought help to reach a Mumbai hospital before midnight, reports Abhilash Botekar.Though she made it, the transplant…
MUMBAI: A former state govt employee was cheated of Rs 1.4 crore by cyber scammers who first led him to believe that he was interacting with a provident fund (PF) official and then scared him into thinking the official was arrested by the CBI. The 73-year-old complainant made payments for 1.5 years before realising that…
MUMBAI: RannSamar Foundation, a Mumbai-based all-India NGO, on Saturday organized a fund distribution program for families who have lost loved ones to manual scavenging—lives lost while cleaning septic tanks.Between 2018 and 2023, over 400 lives were lost while cleaning septic tanks and sewers across India. The year-wise figures are alarming: 76 deaths in 2018, 133…
Mumbai: A silent “Save Powai Lake” human chain scheduled for Sunday by local residents and nature lovers was cancelled after the BMC demanded a nominal “event fee” of Rs 11,000 to organise it at the lakeside. Green activists alleged they tried in vain to explain to civic officials that this was not an event but…
Mumbai: Observing that it was difficult to believe that only five women overpowered 10 to 12 policemen and assaulted them, a sessions court recently acquitted the women accused of causing an affray and assaulting police officers inside Bhandup police station in 2015. The judge cited lack of credible evidence and inconsistencies in testimonies of police…
Mumbai: In the early hours of dawn, as most of Mumbai still sleeps, the narrow lanes of Dharavi echo with the whistle of steamers and the clatter of aluminium vessels. In makeshift kitchens tucked inside shanties, women like Alaguthai Thangapandi are already deep into their day’s work — grinding soaked rice, mixing batter, and steaming…
Mumbai: Taking note of the rising cases of women being cheated on matrimonial sites, a sessions court recently convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old man, Jayendra Moranjan, also known by aliases such as Chetak Bhavsar, Sachin Misal, and Rahul Patil, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. He was found guilty of repeatedly raping a nurse on…
