NEW DELHI: A pin-drop silence enveloped Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave on Thursday as the mortal remains of pilot Shambhavi Pathak were brought to her residence. Curtains remained drawn and gates shut, and residents spoke in hushed tones as grieving relatives began arriving at the family’s home. Many paused to ask mediapersons about the address of Pathaks’…
On January 30, 2026, Mumbaikars can anticipate a bright and sunny Friday with clear skies and pleasant temperatures, making it suitable for outdoor activities, despite yesterday’s ‘Poor’ air quality which may still have lingering effects, while the forecast for the upcoming week also indicates consistently pleasant weather. This comprehensive outlook covers current conditions, recent air…
Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested a Hong-Kong based company’s director in an Rs 83 crore duty evasion fraud, accused of diverting duty free gold into the domestic market by fraudulently exporting imitation jewellery in the guise of gold jewellery and selling it for cash through traders. Rajpreet Kaur, owner of M/s Kreacions…
MUMBAI: The Govt Railway Police (GRP) has posted a guard at the Borivli general lock-up to watch over Omkar Shinde, the 27-year-old man arrested for the alleged murder of a college teacher inside a local train last week. Given the sensitive nature of the case, investigators said they are taking additional precautions. Shinde will be…
NEW DELHI: For his family, Sumit Kapur was not defined by the plane crash in Baramati that claimed his life, but by the warmth he carried into every room. To them, he was simply “Bunny” — a nickname that followed him from childhood into his final years. The 62-year-old pilot died in the charter aircraft…
MUMBAI: Low visibility did set off the series of events that led to Wednesday Learjet crash that killed deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others, said senior pilots who analysed the CCTV footage of last seven seconds of the accident. The fixed CCTV camera installed at Gojubavi village gram panchayat office that captured the…
Mumbai: Unlike many senior citizens, Thane-based grandmother Saroj Dhonde never took medicines for chronic conditions like diabetes, and the only surgery she ever underwent was for cataracts in both her eyes roughly two decades ago. That was until she was diagnosed with cancer in Nov 2025. Then, at the age of 91, she underwent a…
Kolhapur: Taradgaon village in Satara’s Phaltan tehsil was cloaked in a pall of gloom as the mortal remains of Vidip Jadhav (37), a personal security officer (PSO) of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, were brought to his ancestral village on Wednesday night, nearly 14 hours after the air crash at Baramati.A 2009-batch police constable, Jadhav,…
Mira Bhayander: A 27-year-old labourer of Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has been booked for alleged sexual harassment, along with sections of the Pocso Act. The 17-year-old complainant has alleged the incident happened twice on Dec 27 last year in MBMC premises and also on Jan 5 outside the MBMC, after which cops registered an…
Mumbai: The BMC has invited bids for the development of a helipad at the Worli jetty along the Mumbai Coastal Road (South) on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. The helipad, which will be able to accomodate medium class helicopters, is expected to be used for medical/emergency evacuation, besides coastal surveillance, and VIP movement. The…
