Maharashtra and Finland to jointly modernise Mumbai’s historic Sassoon Dock MUMBAI: The state Fisheries department, in collaboration with Finland, will undertake technology-driven modernisation of Mumbai’s historic Sassoon Dock, Fisheries Minister Nitesh Rane said on Wednesday. Rane held a meeting with a delegation of Finland officials and representatives of Finnish companies at the dock to discuss…
The Kalbadevi and Girgaon metro stations, once at risk of being excluded from the initial launch due to civil and systems-related delays, are now set to open along with the final 9.5 km stretch of Metro Line 3 between Worli and Cuffe Parade. Located in two of south Mumbai’s most congested and structurally sensitive areas,…
MUMBAI: Amit Chopra, a 47-year-old imitation jeweller from Andheri West, ended his life by jumping off the Bandra-Worli Sea Link around 1am Wednesday. Chopra reached the sea link in a cab from his home and asked the driver to halt shouting a snake had bitten him, and ran out. Bandra police said there is no…
Ulhasnagar: A cement-concrete road developed at a cost of Rs 23 crore on Shanti Nagar–Dolphin stretch to ease the Ulhasnagar city’s traffic woes has turned into a traffic bottleneck. Over 50 percent of the road has been occupied by transporters for illegal truck parking, defeating the very purpose of its construction and leaving citizens frustrated.Local…
According to AQI.in, these weather and pollution measurements indicate typical monsoon conditions for Mumbai during this period. Mumbai is experiencing a wet and humid day on September 18, 2025, with forecasted temperatures between 26.2°C and 29.2°C, accompanied by patchy rain throughout the day. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) measured 55 yesterday, falling in the…
Mumbai: When Navi Mumbai airport starts handling commercial flights, it will be India’s first airport to be digital from Day One. Passengers can still hold on to their paper boarding passes or go digital if they please. But backend operations will largely be paperless. What will also be different is that employees of various stakeholders…
Mumbai: The city crime branch on Wednesday arrested Rajendra Lodha (59), a former director of Lodha Developers Ltd (now Macrotech Developers Ltd), for his alleged role in an Rs 85crore fraud. Lodha Group was founded by state minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, who is related to Rajendra.Police said Rajendra allegedly sold flats in Lodha’s New Cuffe…
Thane: In a rare coincidence, Thane District Court convicted two brothers in separate cases of violence against their own parents. While one was convicted and sentenced to life for murdering his mother, his elder brother was convicted for the assault of his uncle but acquitted in his father’s murder case.Principal District and Sessions Judge S.B….
Mumbai: Busting the lid off a human trafficking and cyber slavery racket, the South Region Cyber Police arrested one individual from Mira Road on Wednesday. Police said the accused, Salman Shaikh, had trafficked at least seven Indians to Laos, via Thailand, earlier this year under the guise of placements. However their passports were taken away…
Vasai: The arrest last month of Vasai-Virar civic body’s deputy director of town planning Y S Reddy, along with its former commissioner Anil Pawar, in a money laundering case linked to an alleged illegal construction and corruption racket has had an unexpected fallout: building project plans waiting for approval have piled up owing to staff…
