Mumbai

Mumbai: Siddhivinayak temple trust, Prabhadevi, will acquire its neighbouring three-storey building named Ram Mansion to expand operations. The trust is also in talks with the adjacent Siddhivinayak Cooperative Housing Society for similar acquisition.Acharya Pawan Kumar Tripathi, treasurer of Siddhivinayak temple, said, “The deal with Ram Mansion is nearly finalised. Talks are under way with Siddhivinayak…

Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police has issued Look Out Circulars (LOCs) against actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her businessman husband Raj Kundra in connection with an alleged 60.5-crore cheating case linked to a company in which they held majority stake. Sources said the LOCs were issued after a legal firm representing…

Mumbai: After completion of four rounds of centralised admission process (CAP) for engineering courses in Maharashtra, just 30% of over 2 lakh seats across the state remain vacant. Officials expect it to drop after the institutional-level admission round.Core branches, such as civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, are increasingly seeing a drop in demand, contributing to…

Mumbai: More than a century after cinema halls proliferated in the city, single-screen theatres are undergoing a silent transformation. Owners of many of these defunct theatres are seeking permits to redevelop their properties.According to data compiled by TOI from the BMC, nearly two dozen theatre owners across Mumbai have submitted redevelopment proposals. While the majority…

Mumbai: A builder paid former Vasai-Virar civic chief Anil Pawar and deputy director of town planning Y S Reddy Rs 15 crore as bribe for clearances for various projects, ED has claimed. The two were arrested in Aug in a money laundering case linked to an alleged illegal construction and corruption racket and sent to…

Mumbai: Persistent rain activity, with isolated heavy downpour, and gusty winds since Friday morning prompted IMD to upgrade its weather alert for the day from ‘yellow’ to ‘orange’ for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar.The Colaba observatory recorded 12.4mm of rain and the Santacruz weather station 7.1mm in the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Friday. Thane…

Mumbai: All planning authorities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) must incorporate a specific condition in their development permissions that the special safety control recommendations for working at heights during highrise constructions will be strictly adhered to. Violations of the safety conditions will result in civil and criminal actions, stated a govt resolution (GR) issued…

Mumbai: A 22-year-old man riding pillion on a bike died, while his friend, who was riding the vehicle, suffered injuries in a road crash involving a BEST bus at Powai early on Friday. The two were returning from a visit to Lalbaugcha Raja mandal. Powai police have registered a case of rash driving and negligence…

Mumbai: A rat bit an 85-year-old patient with dementia and a severe chest infection admitted to the sixth-floor female medicine ward of the BMC-run Cooper Hospital in Juhu on Wednesday night, said her family.Photographs of the bite marks on Marol resident Indumati Chavan’s left hand were widely circulated on social media on Friday. Her son-in-law…

MUMBAI: Mumbai police have issued a Lookout Circular (LOC) against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra in connection with a Rs 60 crore cheating case, officials said on Friday. The LOC was issued by the Economic Offences Wing of the city police as the couple makes frequent international trips, an official…