Vasai: A body of an unknown person with multiple stab wounds on the neck, shoulder and back was found in a secluded spot in Waliv police jurisdiction, Vasai (E) Thursday morning. Waliv police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. Senior officials said the murder was committed at the spot itself. A case…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the state to depute a gynaecologist and a paediatrician at various primary health centres within a week. This is to ensure that they can visit the centres every day to check on the expecting mothers and newborn infants. The HC division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere…
Mumbai: Several activists were detained by Mumbai police on Thursday during a protest march to the BMC headquarters over issues concerning Marathi-medium schools run by the civic body. Protesters said the march was organised after repeated representations on school closures and redevelopment failed to elicit a response.The protest, organised by the Marathi Abhyas Kendra and…
Navi Mumbai: A 53-year-old man riding a bike was killed by an SUV driven by a 17-year-old boy from Wanawadi in Pune district. The boy had come with his group of 15 friends in three vehicles for a picnic in Srivardhan, Raigad, on Wednesday evening.Umesh Patil, police inspector of Srivardhan police station, informed that the…
Mumbai: Western Railway (WR) on Tuesday commissioned a 60m x 10m elevated deck over platforms six and seven at Vasai Road station, aimed at easing congestion and improving passenger circulation. The facility executed by Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation, includes 3m-wide staircases and has been opened for public use. The elevated deck will enable smoother movement…
MUMBAI: The Bandra magistrate court was evacuated on Thursday morning and thoroughly checked after police received a bomb threat via email. Soon after the threat was reported, teams from the Nirmal Nagar police station and the bomb detection and disposal squad rushed to the court premises and conducted a search. No suspicious object was found…
Andheri-E crumbles as complaints gounheard since 2022 leadership vacuum MUMBAI: K East ward, made of the eastern parts of the Vile Parle, Andheri and Jogeshwari belt, stands today as one of Mumbai’s most blighted administrative zones, a place where civic dysfunction has spiralled so wildly out of control that it feels like a genie long…
MUMBAI: The Bandra magistrate court was evacuated Thursday morning and thoroughly checked after the police received a bomb threat via email. Soon after the threat was received, teams from the Nirmal Nagar police station and the bomb detection and disposal squad rushed to the court premises and carried out a search. No suspicious object was…
The Eifman Ballet of St Petersburg made its India debut with a performance of “Anna Karenina” at the NCPA. The Eifman Ballet of St Petersburg had a presentation of Anna Karenina at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) recently, marking the company’s first-ever performances in India. Choreographed by Boris Eifman, the ballet is…
Man arrested for ‘raping’ minor girls after spiking their soft drinks (Representative image) MUMBAI: Mumbai police arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly drugging and raping multiple minor girls, filming the assaults, and later blackmailing them with the videos. The accused, Mahesh Ramesh Pawar, was apprehended from Virar, a distant Mumbai suburb, within six hours of…
