Mumbai

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued stop-work notices to 53 construction sites for contributing to air pollution, as the city struggles with deteriorating Air Quality Index (AQI) levels.On Thursday, the civic body also directed that all air pollution guidelines must be strictly followed, including the installation of sensors to monitor AQI, which should…

11 wards to face water supply disruption for 30 hrs next week MUMBAI: A large part of Mumbai will face water supply disruption for 30 hours next week, as the BMC undertakes crucial pipeline cross-connection work linked to the Amar Mahal underground tunnel shafts.The shutdown will begin at 10 am on Monday, Dec 1, and…

Mumbai: India’s biggest engineering entrance exam just broke its own record. JEE Main Session-1 has logged close to 14.5 lakh registrations as of 7 pm on Thursday, the highest ever, crossing last year’s peak of 13.11 lakh. And the rush didn’t slow down — students kept signing up right until 9pm on November 27, the…

Mumbai: An auto rickshaw driver killed his wife and then died by suicide in Bandra East on Thursday. The Nirmal Nagar police registered a case of unnatural death and murder against the accused. The deceased were identified as Najma alias Najo Warsi and her husband, Nawab Warsi (35). The incident occurred amid a family dispute…

Kolhapur: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, while campaigning at Rahimatpur in Koregaon tehsil of Satara district on Thursday, alleged massive discrepancies in Mumbai’s electoral rolls. He claimed over 11 lakh duplicate voters exist and that genuine voters are being manipulated into different wards if they do not favour specific candidates.“The count of double, triple, quadruple…

Mumbai: Senior members of the film industry arrived to pay respects to yesteryear superstar Dharmendra Deol at a specially curated prayer meet on the open lawns of Taj Lands End Hotel in Bandra on Thursday. The 89-year-old actor passed away after prolonged illness at his Juhu residence on Nov 24.Singers Sonu Nigam and Prithvi Gandharv…

Mumbai: Amid worsening pollution, BMC has found that 117 of the 400 sensor-based air quality monitors at 1,000-odd construction sites that are linked to its dashboard are inactive, prompting questions from environmental activists about vigilance.It’s not known for how long these mandatory monitors haven’t been operational. BMC’s additional commissioner Ashwini Joshi on Thursday warned that…

Mumbai: A 65-year-old woman was found bludgeoned to death in her Ghatkopar (West) flat on Wednesday evening. Following a preliminary probe, police have detained a relative, who is suspected to have killed Shehnaz Anis Kazi over a property dispute.According to the police, Kazi lived alone in her fourth floor flat in Mukund Society, Himalaya Complex,…

MUMBAI: A 22-year-old woman, in a post on X, has recounted an incident of sexual harassment while she was walking across a flyover late on Wednesday. She said no passersby came to her rescue nor did she receive any response from the police emergency number ‘100′. In response to her tweet, Mumbai Police has asked…

Mumbai: A 72-year-old, who runs a guest house for cancer patients in Parel, has lost Rs 35 crore after a well-known stockbroking company and its two officials allegedly fraudulently executed high-value trades in his and his wife’s demat accounts. Vanrai police have registered an FIR against the share broking firm and its representatives for allegedly…