MUMBAI: As the BMC prepares to table its 2026-27 financial budget later this month, a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query filed by the TOI offers a snapshot of how aggressively the country’s richest civic body spent on infrastructure this year.In the 2025-26 budget, the BMC earmarked a hefty Rs 43,162 crore for…
Navi Mumbai: The Anti-narcotics cell (ANC) team of the Navi Mumbai crime branch succeeded in arresting a drugs supplier from Amritsar, Punjab, who was transporting heroin and opium to Navi Mumbai through drug peddlers by road transport. The police team also seized Rs 7 lakh worth of heroin from his possession.ANC Senior Inspector Sandeep Nigade…
Navi Mumbai: A 50-year-old man was booked by Koparkhairane police after a complaint was lodged by his daughter-in-law, alleging that he sexually assaulted her son who was 1-year-old at the time of the incident and sexually harassed her. Umesh Gavali, Senior Inspector of Koparkhairane police station, said, “As the complainant claimed that the incident occurred…
The Mumbai-Pune eway was caught in a 32-hour traffic crisis recently PUNE: Weekend gridlocks have almost become a norm on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, and this Saturday was no exception. A surge of traffic once again brought the corridor to a crawl, with lumbering trailers and heavy vehicles choking the ghat stretch and turning peak-hour movement…
A man disguised in a burqa was discovered traveling in a ladies’ compartment on a Central Railway local train, sparking outrage among passengers MUMBAI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) registered an FIR after a male commuter dressed in a burqa was found travelling in the ladies’ compartment of a Central Railway local train on Friday.A…
Mumbai: Observing that the prosecution had made out a strong prima facie case to frame charges, a special court on Saturday rejected the discharge pleas of Premier Port Links Pvt Ltd, owned by Salil Deshmukh, and two chartered accountants, allegedly involved in a money laundering case linked to former state home minister Anil Deshmukh. Salil…
Mumbai: When an eight-year-old boy with a persistent cough for over 45 days was brought to the state-run JJ Hospital’s TB clinic on Saturday, routine history-taking by doctors threw up some strange points.The child, since birth, had suffered three to four major respiratory infections requiring hospitalisations every year. He also had discharge from his ears,…
Mumbai: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel registered a first information report (FIR) after a male commuter dressed in a burqa was spotted travelling in the ladies’ compartment of a Central Railway local train on Friday. A video of the incident went viral on social media. The accused is on the run.On Friday afternoon, female commuters…
Mumbai: When 30-year-old Fatima (name changed) was diagnosed with drug-resistant (DR) TB in Jan last year, her doctors were clear: Missing a dose or skimping on nutrition wasn’t an option. The Govandi resident handed over her bank details to health workers, trusting the central govt’s promise of Rs 1,000 per month for nutrition. It was…
Navi Mumbai: Environmental groups raised concern over the deteriorating condition of DPS Flamingo Lake at Nerul in Navi Mumbai, a key satellite wetland linked to the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS), as the winter migration season advanced without the customary arrival of large flocks of flamingos. Large stretches of the lake are smothered by a…
