Vasai: A phone call moments before a portion of Virar’s ill-fated Ramabai Apartment building collapsed early Wednesday, saved one of the residents who stepped out to speak in private. Pankaj Jeena was among the four men from Uttarakhand who shared a flat on the second floor of the Virar building. His three flatmates were killed…
Mumbai: The state govt has approved land acquisition for the Maharashtra-Goa Shakti Peeth Highway from Wardha to Sindhudurg. In a govt resolution (GR) issued on Thursday, approval was given to immediately commence land acquisition for the project, and administrative nod was granted for around Rs 20,787 crore, comprising Rs 12,000 crore (principal) and Rs 8,787…
Mumbai: Observing that the facts and circumstances of the case indicated the accused acted mercilessly, believing they were above the law and that their financial and physical power would allow them to do as they pleased, a sessions court recently rejected the bail pleas of Borivli businessman Mihir Shah (24) and his driver Rajrishi Bindawat…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Milk Producers Association has increased the wholesale rate of buffalo milk from Rs 89 to Rs 91 per litre effective Sept 1, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026. The retail rate which is Rs 100-110 per litre will rise by a few rupees. C K Singh, who presided over the association meeting in…
MUMBAI: The cost of fragrant rice used to prepare flour for ‘ukdiche modak’ during Ganeshotsav has attained a record high. Ambemohar rice, the small-grained fine variety which lends steamed modak its rare aroma, has come to cost Rs 220-260 a kg, up from Rs 150-160 in June.Dealers cite shortage of arrivals owing to rain. Shashikant…
NEW DLEHI: A one-year-old girl’s birthday celebrations turned into a night of horror when the four-storey Ramabai Apartment collapsed in Virar in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, killing 17 people, officials said on Thursday.As per news agency PTI, the girl, whose birthday was being celebrated on the fourth floor, was among those who died when 12 flats…
MUMBAI: This year the Ganeshotsav skyline is brightened by a new trend that is certain to bring large crowds to pandals. Various moortikars have carved spectacular 20-30 ft tall ‘balancing moortis’ where an angular Lord Ganpati appears to be flying or suspended in mid-air.The deity is precariously joined to his mount, or a rope —…
MUMBAI: At least 13 people have been killed after a residential building collapsed in Virar East, on the outskirts of Mumbai, late on Tuesday night.Officials said one section of Ramabai Apartment came crashing down during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, trapping several residents. The collapse occurred as a birthday party was under way…
Mumbai: A 27-year-old man who smuggled around 1 kg of gold dust worth Rs 1.02 crores inside his rectum was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Sunday.Acting on intelligence, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs intercepted Wahid Isab when he crossed the green channel, suspecting he was carrying some…
Mumbai: A special NIA court on Tuesday granted Elgar Parishad accused, Sagar Gorkhe, permission to use a personal laptop to access his case files while in prison.The judge acknowledged the substantial volume of legal documents in the case, stating, “It is next to impossible to carry each and every hard copy of the case papers…
