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Mumbai: A victim’s wife has opposed dismissed RPF constable and quadruple murder accused Chetan Singh’s plea of unsound mind, arguing that his mental state was contradicted by his cold-blooded, selective targeting of three minority passengers whom he identified by their attire in different bogies. Calling him a terrorist-minded individual, the plea submitted by Umesa Khatoon,…

Mumbai: Newly appointed additional municipal commissioner Avinash Dhakne on Monday signalled a tougher crackdown on construction-linked pollution, saying the BMC may consider a steep hike in penalties for sites that flout norms even after being served notice.At present, construction sites are fined just Rs 10,000 for violations — an amount Dhakne indicated is far too…

Mumbai: University of Western Australia (UWA) will establish its first international branch campuses in India, in Mumbai and Chennai. A large number of Indian students travel from the two cities to Perth for higher studies. The university has secured UGC approval and sites in Andheri and Porur in Chennai are currently under consideration. Both campuses…

Mumbai: The Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd (MMMOCL) has shortlisted four firms for the Rs 297 crore operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk–Chembur arm of the Mumbai Monorail, even as the agency works towards reopening the system by April. MMMOCL had invited bids from qualified bidders in July 2025…

Vasai: The Palghar cops arrested five accused, including the main accused and his four friends, for murdering a man and dumping his body near the Vaitarna dam in Mokhada (Palghar district). They are currently in five days police remand and the cops have also seized the car in which the accused drove the dead body…

Bhopal: The Crime Branch on Sunday claimed to have arrested a man, who said he is a model, from an under-construction building in Idgah Hills, seizing 11.05 grams of MDMA in the case. The accused claims to be a model from Mumbai and was allegedly attempting to sell the drug in Bhopal after procuring it…

Mumbai: Over the past weekend, the BMC called for yet another visit by an IIT-Bombay transport expert to the Veer Savarkar flyover site in Goregaon, as it works to finalise the design of a second bridge alongside the existing Savarkar structure. The civic body said it wants a comprehensive traffic management assessment before freezing the…

Mumbai: IndiGo’s flight cancellations have been scaling down with each passing day and on Monday the airline cancelled 98 flights at the Mumbai airport, including 50 arrivals and 48 departures. A day before the number was 121 cancellations and prior to that it was 117. While the cancellations have been coming down, the big task…

Mumbai: Engineers working on the tallest cable-stayed road bridge in the country that is coming up in Tiger Valley, historically known as Umbarkhind, in Lonavala’s Sahyadri terrain are experiencing dense fog and dangerously low visibility of just four metres, posing grave challenges for them at a very high altitude. Till recently they encountered extreme heavy…

Mumbai: Bandra police registered an FIR on Sunday against three individuals, including two bouncers, for allegedly physically assaulting a customer at a club in Bandra West.The victim, Ravi Tilwani (30), a resident of Mulund West, who currently stays in London where he is employed in the IT industry, had arrived in India for vacation. According…