Mumbai: Marine Drive police have arrested the supervisor of a car dealership in south Mumbai, Dhiraj Utekar (32), for allegedly masterminding a Rs 55.6 lakh fuel billing fraud in 2022-23.According to the complaint filed by Sanjeev Kumar Thakur (50), vice president of Fortpoint Automotive Cars Pvt Ltd, the company had a contract with State Bank…
Mumbai: The BMC is looking into a complaint that the width of two roads have been allegedly ‘falsified’ to enable benefits to a builder who is carrying out a redevelopment project on a plot in Bandra West.Activist Santosh Daundkar, in his complaint, has alleged serious irregularity in the road status remarks of the H-West ward…
Thane: Defending his flagship Laadki Bahin Yojana, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde asserted that the scheme would continue and urged beneficiaries to ignore the opposition’s claims of it being discontinued.Speaking to residents in his assembly constituency of Kopri on Saturday, Shinde said critics previously dismissed the scheme as a political “jumla” (gimmick) but that it…
Mumbai: BEST smart meter installations in the island city has crossed the 4.5 lakh mark, which accounts for nearly 42% of its total number of electricity consumers.Although a section of activists and housing society members argued that BEST did not take many residents into confidence before installing the smart meters in the past two years,…
Mumbai: BMC has issued a stop-work notice to the unauthorised construction that was being carried out at St Columba High School in Grant Road. The school has claimed that the work was being carried out to cover the play area for nursery students, which includes a jungle gym.The stop-work notice issued by D ward’s executive…
Mumbai: Bombay HC has imposed Rs 50 lakh costs on a businessman who let out his shop to a bank in a redeveloped building on Mhada land in Kurla that has no occupation certificate (OC). It directed him to pay the sum to the PM Cares Fund in two weeks.Justice Kamal Khata on Friday “forthwith”…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court recently refused to release on bail a clerk of K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce in Ghatkopar (E), who was booked along with nine others for forging marksheets and school leaving certificates for 2024-25 FYJC admissions.“Such acts are likely to affect the future of aspiring candidates. The entire…
She stands on a street in Bombay in 1930, a child by her side, caught mid-act in something illegal. But instead of hiding her face or turning away, she looks directly at the camera. Her gaze is steady, unflinching, even fearless. This moment—repeated across dozens of black-and-white photographs—captures a unique moment in India’s freedom struggle.Women’s…
Over 80 Mumbai cyclists illuminated the city streets on Dhanteras with fairy-light-decorated bicycles. The 75-kilometer ‘Night Ride’ began in Andheri and concluded at The Asiatic Society, fostering community spirit and eco-friendly celebration. Participants of all ages shared joy and camaraderie, transforming the festival into a vibrant spectacle. On the auspicious night of Dhanteras, over 80…
Mumbai: For the first time in 12 years since the programme began, medical social workers at JJ Hospital’s geriatric department managed to persuade a patient to leave its corridors for a shelter home, though she is far from geriatric. Vijaya Rajput (52), who comes from Shirpur, a small town in Dhule district nearly 400 kilometres…
