A fire raged on Thursday in a 13-storey commercial building in Jogeshwari MUMBAI:A fire raged on Thursday in a 13-storey commercial building in Jogeshwari, which had flouted safety norms and allegedly lacked an Occupation Certificate.It took 8-10 fire engines and scores of fire brigade personnel four hours to contain the blaze at JSM Business Center…
Mumbai: In a bid to promote deceased organ donation, the centre has asked states to train first responders such as the police, ambulance drivers, and paramedics, among others, to identify potential donors among road traffic accident victims.The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), which issued the notification last week, said such steps would help…
Mumbai: With an eye on the upcoming local body polls, the cash-strapped Mahayuti govt has approved the release of another Rs 275 crore in funds for civic services and facilities in urban local bodies in the state.Earlier, it had cleared around Rs 500 crore as special funds to municipal corporations and councils in various districts,…
Mumbai: Expressing confidence that BJP on its own would cross the 100-seat mark in the 227-strong BMC in the upcoming civic elections, CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said the party won’t stake claim to the mayor’s post simply on the basis of strength. “I shall not insist that the mayor is from BJP even if…
Kalyan: A sanitation worker of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) returned a gold necklace of a woman who accidentally threw the ornament along with the household garbage. As part of their routine morning duty on Wednesday, sanitation workers of Sumeet Elko company appointed by KDMC were collecting garbage from residential areas in Kalyan East.The garbage was…
Mumbai: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl, Manasi Yadav, died in a hit and run accident inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli on Wednesday. The deceased was with her parents and 17-year-old cousin for a wildlife safari when she was struck by a speeding Bullet motorcycle. According to police, the family was waiting near the road leading…
Navi Mumbai: An unidentified man’s body has been found in Kamothe creek around the Sion-Panvel highway on Wednesday.Vimal Bidwe, senior inspector of Kamothe said, “The body was spotted floating in the creek near the mangroves by a ragpicker and some passersby. Upon receiving information, our police team reached the spot and took the body to…
Mumbai: A speeding BMW car rammed into the coastal road tunnel wall, bringing the traffic to a halt for a brief period after the accident. No one was injured in the accident that took place near Tardeo while the car was moving southbound. The accident took place Tuesday night.City traffic police had alerted the citizens…
Mumbai: In a rare feat, Western Railway’s (WR) Mumbai Central division recorded 100% punctuality for all Mail and Express trains on Wednesday. The achievement comes at a time when several Diwali–Chhath festival special trains are being operated in an already saturated network. WR officials said the perfect score was made possible through careful planning, close…
Mumbai: Bombay high court recently directed Vakola police officers to accompany a woman (31) from a minority community, who left her home amidst opposition to marry a friend of another faith, back to the place where she resides with him outside Maharashtra. The woman appeared on Oct 10 before the court in a habeas corpus…
