Mumbai: State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Friday said the Navi Mumbai International Airport must be named after late D B Patil, accusing the BJP-led state govt of delaying the decision on the issue. Commercial operations are set to commence Dec 25.Speaking to the media, Sapkal said there was a strong public sentiment in favour…
As the city gears up for its upcoming civic elections, long-standing infrastructural and civic challenges like water supply, public transport, health facilities, public parking places, recreational spaces, encroachments, and solid waste management gain attention as residents and activists expect solutions from political parties. Even as parties are yet to announce their manifestos, TOI takes a…
Mumbai: Western Railway (WR) will cancel around 80 suburban services daily and regulate a few long-distance trains, beginning Sunday, as it undertakes connection work for commissioning the extended sixth line up to Borivli during a 30-day block from Saturday till Jan 18.WR’s chief public relations officer Vineet Abhishek said the block will lead to cancellations…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has directed the state govt to extend the benefit of Rs 50 lakh compensation to the family of a zilla parishad frontline worker from Kolhapur who died of Covid in July 2021, saying the cutoff date under such a welfare scheme cannot be sacrosanct.A bench of Justices M S Karnik and…
Navi Mumbai: Following the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the municipal corporation election, Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has removed 2,783 illegal banners from the areas of four ward offices. Around 620 advertisements installed at bus stops and other places have either been removed or covered up. As many as 1,191 banners…
Navi Mumbai: Days ahead of Christmas, owing to the large-scale expected turn of tourists at Raigad beaches, 42 beach wardens have been hired on a temporary basis to ensure their safety and security. These wardens will report to the local police.The wardens have to patrol for a total of eight hours on two stretches, each…
Mumbai: An artwork by Rabindranath Tagore has set a new auction record, selling for Rs 10.7 crore at a recent sale, far surpassing its pre-bid estimate of Rs 2–3 crore. Titled From Across The Dark, the work was among 87 lots offered at Historic Masterpieces, an online auction conducted by AstaGuru between Dec 14 and…
Mumbai: A special court on Friday granted bail to court clerk Chandrakant Vasudev, who was allegedly caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh on Nov 11. The bribe was purportedly meant for an additional sessions judge, Ejazuddin Salauddin Kazi, who is not arrested. The prosecution opposed the plea. Vasudev, 40, was a clerk-typist…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the Maharashtra govt’s decision to allow liquor at the Sunburn Festival being held in the metropolis for the first time this weekend.A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad urged the govt to give its liquor policy a rethink.The court was hearing a public…
Navi Mumbai: A 50-year-old man appearing ‘disoriented’ boarded the ladies’ coach of a Panvel-CSMT train and pushed an 18-year-old college girl from the moving train after the women commuters told him to get down. He was arrested by the Panvel govt railway police (GRP) for attempted murder.Vijay Tayade, senior inspector, Panvel GRP, said that the…
