For 36 years, Clyde Henriques has built every kind of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) boat for Mumbai’s fishers—from canoes to deep-sea vessels. This year, the boatbuilder has turned his skills to a very different kind of “vessel” —one that doesn’t sail but sinks into the ground and holds water instead of repelling it. Henriques is now…
NEW DELHI: A speeding BMW overturned inside a tunnel on Mumbai’s Coastal Road near Tardeo on Tuesday night, slowing traffic temporarily, officials said. No injuries were reported in the incident, which took place on the southbound section of the road. A video of the accident quickly circulated on social media. Mumbai traffic police alerted commuters…
Mumbai: The Diwali-Chhath Puja rush is in full swing, with nearly one lakh passengers leaving Mumbai daily for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by more than 50 trains across Central Railway and Western Railway. CR alone handles 46 trains, including 40 regular and six special services for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Since September 19, CR operated…
MUMBAI: An Air India flight operating from Mumbai to Newark, AI191, made a precautionary air-return to its origin city earlier today due to a suspected technical issue. The aircraft landed safely back at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.Following the safe landing, the aircraft was taken out of service for necessary inspections, said an Air…
Mumbai: Textbooks printed by Balbharati will now be issued to students on lower-quality paper. In a recent tender released by the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (Balbharati), the bureau has reduced several technical standards for paper used in school textbooks.The brightness index — which measures the percentage of light a sheet…
Residents of a building are living in fear for a decade without an Occupancy Certificate (OC) and crucial firefighting equipment MUMBAI: Bombay high court has taken a serious view of a wing in a 16-storey Kandivli (W) building not having a fire clearance certificate (FCC) or an occupancy certificate (OC) for the past 10 years.Justices…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The local BJP unit in Sillod taluka of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has been protesting against Shiv Sena MLA Abdul Sattar over alleged large-scale irregularities in electoral rolls.BJP district general secretary Kamlesh Kataria said many BLOs and other workers associated with the preparation and upgradation of electoral rolls were affiliated with educational institutions run by…
Mumbai wakes to a sunny, pleasant day with temperatures reaching 32.9°C, perfect for outdoor activities. Yet, yesterday’s ‘very poor’ AQI of 205 means lingering pollution, especially in crowded areas, making masks wise. The week ahead forecasts rain from October 24-26, before sunny conditions return. Get full details on daily weather and health precautions. The data…
MUMBAI: Sound pollution norms were blatantly disregarded by Diwali revellers on the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday Oct 20-21. Loud firecrackers reverberated across Mumbai and its outskirts as late as 2.00 am, with no police intervention to reduce their intensity or duration.Hapless citizens may be unable to measure decibel levels — but the involuntary startle, thump…
Vasai: The Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) has launched an ambitious initiative to beautify the city through public participation and private collaboration. The civic body has decided to lease out garden-reserved plots and road dividers to private players — including banks, industries, developers, and NGOs — under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Miyawaki forests…
