Mumbai: Unpaid fines for traffic violations across the state have climbed to Rs 4,637 crore in six years since the launch of the ‘one state, one e-challan system’. According to state traffic police data, 11.4 crore e-challans with fines totalling to Rs 7,272.4 crore were issued between Jan 2019 and Nov 2025. Of these, more…
Thane: MNS chief Raj Thackeray appeared before chief judicial magistrate A V Kulkarni at a Thane court on Thursday, where charges were formally framed against him over the railway jobs exam violence at Kalyan station on Oct 19, 2008. Asked whether he accepted the charges of rioting, assault on candidates and attacks on police, Thackeray…
Kalyan: Four express trains between Vangani and Badlapur halted on Wednesday morning after smoke from a bonfire near the tracks triggered the Fire and Smoke Detection System (FSDS), causing an automatic stop. Passengers faced delays when services of the Siddheshwar Express, Ahmedabad-Pune Duronto Express, Dadar Central Express, Bhagat Ki Kothi (Jodhpur)-Pune Express) were affected between…
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has sought 90-100 of the 227 seats to contest in the BMC elections, said Chandrashekhar Bawankule, the BJP’s state election incharge. Bawankule stated that the Mahayuti allies, BJP and Shiv Sena, will form a coordination committee to iron out differences for the civic elections.A meeting took place between CM Devendra Fadnavis,…
Vasai: Portion of a terrace boundary wall of a building fell on Wednesday around 7pm. The debris fell on the garage on the ground floor. The garage owner alerted the residents as well as police and Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation authorities. No one was injured in the incident. VVMC commissioner Manojkumar Suryawanshi reached the spot with…
Nagpur: Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi on Wednesday criticised what he called growing incidents of violence and humiliation over not speaking Marathi in the state, urging govt to enact strong laws to curb such attacks. He said the state must decide how long citizens would continue to suffer insults and assaults over the language…
NGO launches free drama workshops for slum children in Mumbai MUMBAI: Mukkti Foundation in collaboration with Anupam Kher’s An Actor Prepares is providing free workshops in dance, drama, and acting for children from Mumbai’s slum localities.The workshops will be conducted by professional trainers, and aim to help the students develop confidence, communication skills, creativity, discipline…
St Andrew’s and other churches undergo restoration as Christmas approaches MUMBAI: The 450-year-old St Andrews Church in Bandra was rededicated to the parish Sunday Dec 7 after an extensive restoration that lasted 20 months.The exterior facade and the interiors, including the altar, have been conserved and repaired in time for Christmas. Oswald Cardinal Gracias offered…
MUMBAI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the architect of the Brahmos missile Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, heroes of Operation Sindoor and the city’s dabbawallahs will be felicitated with this year’s Kanchi Seer SIES National Eminence Awards. The ceremony will take place at Shanmukhananda Hall in Sion on Sat Dec 13.The awards will be presented…
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police, probing the Rs 65.5 crore Mithi river desilting scam, on Wednesday arrested two contractors for allegedly submitting fake bills and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for silt disposal works between 2013 and 2023, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.Mahesh Purohit, proprietor of…
