Mumbai: An 18-year-old working for a tea vendor was found murdered by strangulation in a chawl in Prabhadevi. Police said the deceased was under the influence of alcohol.The deceased was identified as Ansu Verma who used to work for Askhay Patil. Patil told police that on Jan 31, his two other staffers informed him that…
Thane: The battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded while being charged inside a flat in Diva area near Thane on Monday, triggering a fire, civic officials said. While the explosion caused extensive damage to the house, nobody was injured in the incident that occurred after 4 pm in a room on the third floor of…
Mumbai: BMC’s B ward on Monday carried out an anti-encroachment drive along Mohammed Ali Road and Ibrahim Merchant Road, removing unauthorised hawkers and extended constructions from footpaths.As many as seven illegal shops were removed, 12 platforms, tin/metal sheds, and 10 bollards were cleared. Action was also taken against two abandoned vehicles.Mohammed Ali Road is a…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine ways and means to protect Mumbai’s parks, gardens and maidans as an NGO said land mafia and builders are encouraging encroachments to gobble up these open spaces that serve as green lungs by misusing the policy for in-situ rehabilitation of slumdwellers.A bench of CJI Surya Kant…
Mumbai: The daughter of underworld figure Hussain ‘Ustara’ Shaikh on Monday sought a permanent injunction from a civil court against the release of upcoming Hindi film “O’ Romeo”, claiming the movie was an unauthorised biopic of her late father and portrays his life falsely.Sanober Shaikh has filed a civil suit against the producer of the…
Mumbai: FIRs will be lodged against the owners of illegally parked vehicles that obstruct firefighting or rescue operations if there’s major loss of life, injury or property damage reported at a fire or disaster site, warned BMC on Monday.Under a new directive, the fire officer will have to take a photo of the vehicle, along…
Mumbai: The West Regional Cyber Police have arrested one Parshuram Jagtap, 35, in a digital arrest case in which an elderly man from Juhu, a retired government official, was allegedly defrauded of Rs 1.27 crore. The fraudsters impersonated former ACP Daya Nayak and threatened the victim with arrest, said police. Police said Jagtap was accused…
Mumbai: Students, residents and civil society groups protested at Azad Maidan on Monday the handover of the 115-year-old Wilson College Gymkhana at Marine Lines to Jain International Organisation and demanded that the historic ground be returned to the college or preserved as a public open space.They said the gymkhana had long served as a rare…
Mumbai: Khar police detained a 20-year-old woman domestic help for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby girl in the open space of the refuge room between the 14th and 15th floors of the Om Nirman building in Khar (West) on Sunday.The information was received by constable Sheetal Mengade at 10.30 am when building resident Varun Raheja…
MUMBAI: The Rotary Club of Bombay (RCB) recently inaugurated the industry 4.0 ready RCB–ITI innovation lab at ITI Mumbai.This is a significant milestone in strengthening future-ready vocational education and aligning skill training with the evolving demands of Industry 4.0. The initiative reflects a strong collaboration between the government of Maharashtra and civil society to create…
