Navi Mumbai: A two and a half year old mother Indian civet was killed in a hit-and-run mishap on the Goa-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Goa highway in Mahad, Raigad. Wildlife activist, Premsagar Mestri, said, “Unfortunately it was a female, but by seeing her loose belly, she might have given birth to kittens.” Mahad range forest…
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) introduced a scheme and granted 90% relief on the penalty amount for property tax defaulters in a bid to clear pending tax receipts.The announcement was made recently by Thane mayor Sharmila Pimplolkar following requests, officials said. “The administration consulted Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and municipal commissioner Saurabh Rao,…
Thane: The Kasarvadavali police booked five persons, including officials of a construction firm and labour contractors, after a 25-year-old worker was left paralysed following a fall at a construction site in Thane. The FIR was registered on March 11 after the injured labourer returned from his native village and lodged a formal complaint.According to police,…
Mumbai: Police arrested a 58-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife after a suspicion that she had performed ‘black magic’ on him. Amrut Solanki used to fight with his wife repeatedly. On Friday, when the couple’s 33-year-old son reached their Dharavi room and asked to open the door, the accused video-called the son and showed…
Mumbai’s Mohammed Ali Road-Bhendi Bazaar area becomes a Mecca for food lovers during the holy month of Ramzan. While a group of devotees offer Tarawih, special prayers in the sacred month, at the iconic Minara Masjid and other mosques in the densely populated locality, hundreds fill the restaurants and crowd at roadside eateries, eating smoky…
Navi Mumbai: The BJP has lodged a complaint with the office of the state Director General of Police (DGP), saying that a man claiming to be a pastor has posted a video making some questionable claims.A complaint was made on Saturday by Azim Khan, vice-president, BJP’s Minorities Morcha, Thane City, who urged the police to…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt has begun sector-wise rationing of commercial LPG cylinders following a directive from the Centre asking district collectors to prioritise essential services while allocating gas across cities, towns and villages. The state govt has laid down supply percentages for various sectors.In letters issued on March 13 and 14 by the state food,…
Mumbai: Observing that the child only accompanied him because she trusted him as a grandfather, a special court convicted and sentenced a 79-year-old man to three years of simple imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2019. The court found the accused guilty of luring a neighbour’s daughter into his home and kissing her….
Mumbai: The ongoing LPG cylinder shortage crept into the city’s public hospitals, with food availability for doctors and staff affected. Food preparation for patients was not affected so far, said officials of the state govt-run J J Hospital in Byculla and central govt-run Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial…
Mumbai: Given the high consumption of LPG in Mumbai and surrounding areas, the state govt has ordered the formation of a special monitoring committee for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), while ordering measures across the state to ensure uninterrupted availability of domestic cooking gas, in light of the conflict in the Middle East. The committee…
