Mumbai: The final voters list for the BMC election, scheduled to be published on the civic body’s website on Dec 15, was delayed due to technical issues and was not uploaded even late into the night. Civic officials claimed that hard copies of the list were already released and that the digital version would be…
MUMBAI: The Cyber Police Station (West Division), Mumbai, arrested four senior employees of a digital advertising company for allegedly providing access to Facebook advertising accounts to Chinese cybercriminals.These criminals were involved in spreading deepfake videos of prominent stock market experts and business news anchors to lure and dupe investors in cyber frauds across India.The arrested…
Mumbai: The city’s overall AQI improved marginally to 122 on Monday from 131 a day earlier, remaining in the moderate range. While air quality was largely stable across Mumbai, Shivaji Nagar in Govandi continued to record severely polluted air for the second consecutive day, with an AQI of 229, slightly higher than 226 a day…
Mumbai: With an eye on improving rail connectivity to the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport, suburban services on Belapur/Nerul–Uran corridor will be strengthened from Monday with the introduction of five additional pairs of trains and the commissioning of two new stations—Targhar and Gavan— railway officials said.The additions will take the total number of daily services…
Thane: The existing underpass at Kharegaon, connecting both sides of the Mumbai–Nashik Highway, will be closed to private and heavy vehicles for over four months, starting Dec 15 to April 9, to facilitate the widening work of the arterial highway.Motorists from Kalwa-Mumbra, Navi Mumbai, Bhiwandi, Kalyan-Dombivli travelling to and from Nashik, Gujarat, Panvel, and Konkan…
MUMBAI: Bangur Nagar Police have registered an FIR after actor Anuj Sachdeva complained of being assaulted by a neighbour over a parking dispute on Sunday. Police are probing further.Sachdeva, 40, resides at Goregaon West. Around 10.30 pm on Sunday, Sachdeva took his dog out for a walk after dinner. In the society’s parking area, the…
Mumbai: Schools across Maharashtra will now have to follow a stricter child safety framework that bans corporal punishment and mental harassment, restricts personal communication between staff and students, and mandates time-bound reporting to the police in serious cases, under new directions issued by the state school education department.The directions make the Centre’s Guidelines on School…
Mumbai: A high-tech sports clinic was inaugurated at KEM Hospital in Parel on Sunday, making it the first such facility in a public hospital in western India.Built with CSR funding by Balkrishna Industries, the sports injury and rehab centre has a range of the latest equipment to train sportsmen as well as 25 beds—20 general,…
Candidates in Mumbai’s R North ward face challenges including depleted mangrove cover and a polluted river, alongside issues of poor walkability and delayed hospital inauguration MUMBAI: Rapidly depleting mangrove cover and a once-glorious river now reduced to a nullah pose a dual challenge for candidates keen to contest in the R North ward. Located at…
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court directed Taloja prison authorities to inform how many inmates’ court appearances, physically or virtually, are ensured every day. It questioned whether producing an undertrial prisoner in court was “at the whims and fancies of the Jail Superintendent.” The HC directed the Director General, Prisons, to inquire into and submit a…
