Mumbai: The body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the sea near Nariman Point on Monday afternoon. The woman was missing since the previous night when she left home to answer nature’s call, said police. She stayed in a slum in the Cuffe Parade area.Satish Gaikwad, Senior Inspector of the Cuffe Parade police station,…
Mumbai: Twenty-eight years after an 8-year-old boy was killed by a stone that flew in from a quarry near his school in Kandivli, a civil court recently ordered a compensation of Rs 6.5 lakh — Rs 2 lakh relief with 8% interest/annum since 1998 —to his mother.The court directed the man who had set off…
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will set up eight additional EV charging points on the 94.5km Pune-Mumbai expressway.“Presently, there are five spots on the expressway where there are EV charging stations. We plan to install eight more. A study on this has been initiated, and we should be able to identify these locations…
Stan Swamy (PTI file photo) MUMBAI: The Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture, which was earlier cancelled by St Xavier’s College, will now be hosted by two social organisations – Samanvaya and People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). The lecture will be delivered by the same speaker, Fr Prem Xalxo, SJ, associate lecturer, faculty of theology at…
Mumbai: A nine-foot-long python died of electrocution near IIT Market in Powai on Sunday, a forest department official said.The reptile was found in a power box, he said, adding that the exact circumstances leading to the electrocution are not known.The forest department took custody of the python carcass, assisted by rescuers from RAWW (Resqink Association…
Mumbai: More than 17,600 police personnel will man the streets of Mumbai to prevent any untoward incidents during the 10-day Ganesh festival, which begins on Aug 27, an official said on Monday.A horse-mounted police unit, drones, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), and dog squads are also part of the elaborate deployment for the festival,…
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed officials to make all govt-to-citizen services available on WhatsApp in addition to the existing ‘Aaple Sarkar’ portal.Reviewing citizen services at his official residence ‘Varsha’, Fadnavis said each taluka should initially form a cluster of 10 to 12 villages where services can be provided as per local needs,…
Navi Mumbai: A 57-year-old man who slipped and fell into Amba river in Raigad while crossing a bridge on Saturday morning and was swept away by strong water current, was found floating in the river stream on Monday about 10 km away from the spot. Police found the body after an extensive search operation using…
Thane: In a bid to fast-track cybercrime investigations, the Thane city police commissionerate has inducted a new cadre of ‘Cyber Warriors’ across all police stations. This is possibly the first time in Maharashtra that such an initiative has been taken up.The initiative, conceptualised by commissioner of police Ashutosh Dumbre, comes after the setting up of…
Mumbai: Bombay high court recently frowned at a magistrate, who sent a college student from Andheri (E) to two days in police custody in a bailable offence, and directed his release on bail.“When the offence is bailable in nature and when the accused is ready to furnish bail, it is the duty of the learned…
