MIRA BHAYANDER: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) maintained its dominance in the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation today. BJP’s mayoral candidate Dimple Mehta was declared elected after securing 79 votes. Along with her, Dhruvkishor Patil assumed charge as the deputy Mayor. In the recently concluded MBMC corporation election the BJP had won 78 seats out of 95,…
Mumbai: A fire broke out on the second floor of a seven-storey residential building—Kailash Apartments —in Mumbai Central on Monday evening. There were no injuries. The fire was extinguished in 25 minutes. Officials said it was confined to the second floor. The fire’s cause was not immediately known. TNN BJP-Cong Parliament Showdown, Sheikh Hasina Convicted…
Mumbai: Several parts of Mumbai and its adjoining areas witnessed unseasonal rainfall on Tuesday morning, officials said.This marked the second instance of unseasonal rain in the country’s financial capital this month.The city had earlier witnessed unseasonal heavy showers on January 1.In contrast, Tuesday’s spell was milder, with most areas recording only light rain or drizzle…
MUMBAI: In a development with direct implications for the investigation into the June 12 fatal Air India Boeing 787 Ahmedabad crash, another Air India Dreamliner saw a fuel control switch move from “run” to “cut-off” after a crew member pressed it to check whether it was locked. Dreamliner Had Landed In B’luru From London The…
MUMBAI: The D B Marg police on Sunday registered a case against a 75-year-old Agripada businessman, his 18-year-old granddaughter and her minor friend after the underage boy, driving a high-end car registered in the businessman’s name, allegedly lost control and crashed into another vehicle inside the coastal road tunnel in the early hours of Sunday….
Mumbai: Passengers aboard a Mumbai-Delhi Air India flight were left frustrated on Monday afternoon after learning that an entire cargo container had failed to make the trip. The flight, which touched down at Indira Gandhi International Airport-Delhi at 3.08pm arrived with around 40 checked bags missing from its hold.The flight, AI 2677, departed Mumbai at…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday dismissed a group of petitions that challenged the final notification issued by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation for the delimitation of its wards ahead of the local body polls. For NMMC, senior counsel Ravi Kadam argued that the delimitation violated no rules, divided no buildings or houses, and…
Mumbai: A traffic police constable, who was injured in a road accident on Jan 28 and suffered injuries, died early on Monday at the Sion Hospital while undergoing treatment. He was knocked down by a car on the Eastern Freeway last week. The police have booked Shirishkumar Jore(57), who works in the Mumbai Port Trust,…
Mumbai: Nearly a year after they were published, BMC‘s Cleanliness and Sanitation By-laws, 2025, will finally come into force from Feb 3, ushering in steeper penalties for civic violations. Acts such as littering and urinating in public spaces will now attract a fine of Rs 250, up from Rs 200 under the 2006 by-laws, while…
Mumbai: To increase the green cover in the state, CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed a mission-mode program for planting 300 crore trees between 2026 and 2031 be undertaken. He also instructed that experts, NGOs, and startups working in this sector be actively involved in the plantation drive.Fadnavis called for a three-pronged approach of environmental…
