Mumbai: Dadar Police last week booked more than 100 persons for allegedly violating prohibitory orders and attempting to damage a bamboo and tarpaulin cover placed over Kabutarkhana at Bhavani Shankar Road, Dadar (West).Police have invoked sections related to unlawful assembly, violation of prohibitory orders, and causing damage to public property. Based on video clips and…
Navi Mumbai: A group of 15 tourists from Tamil Nadu who had gone to Zenith water fall at Khopoli in Raigad for monsoon revellery were trapped after the river stream swelled due to heavy downpour on Tuesday afternoon. The Khopoli police in coordination with members of NGO rescue team and fire brigade rescued all the…
Mumbai: The six pumping stations and portable dewatering pumps were in overdrive over the past four days, draining record volumes of rainwater as heavy showers lashed the city.According to BMC data, between Aug 16 morning and Aug 19 noon, the six pumping stations across the city collectively extracted 16,451 million litres or 1,645 crore litres…
Thane: Quick thinking and timely intervention by two local youths saved the lives of two people trapped inside a near-submerged car at the waterlogged Nilje-Ghesar railway underpass in Thane district on Tuesday. A video of the two bravehearts swimming into the flooded underpass and rescuing the SUV driver and passenger has gone viral.Officials said the…
Mumbai: As heavy rainfall brought the city to a standstill for two consecutive days, doctors are warning of a potential rise in leptospirosis cases. The infection spreads through water contaminated with animal urine in waterlogged areas.It can enter the body through small cuts or abrasions as people wade through flooded streets often to reach their…
Mumbai: Despite availability of corporate social responsibility funding of over Rs 17 crore, the BMC-run Nair Hospital near Mumbai Central railway station has not been able to secure a CT scan machine for over a month now.The reason is that only one company has responded to the tender, which was floated on July 25 with…
Mumbai: More than two dozen devotees reported losing their personal belongings, particularly mobile phones and gold ornaments, to pickpockets and snatchers during the Ganpati aagman ceremony at Lalbaug on Sunday. Police and are examining CCTV footage to trace the culprits.Among the reported cases, 17-year-old Ayush Bandarkar and his friend lost two high-end mobile phones together…
MUMBAI: Heavy rainfall continues to wreak havoc across Maharashtra, claiming the life of a 75-year-old woman in Raigad district on Tuesday morning. As per news agency PTI, the incident occurred in Mithekhar village, Murud tehsil, when a landslide struck her house. The deceased has been identified as Vitha Motiram Gaikar, police said.Murud tehsildar, along with…
MUMBAI: Noted artist Nawab Jehan Begum recently held her solo exhibition of artworks in the city. She has a unique style of incorporating 24-carat gold into her artworks. She has created history by incorporating real gold into Gond Art, a tribal art form from Madhya Pradesh.A member of the royal family of Bhopal, she has…
Mumbai: The deadline for physically confirming seats in the fifth round of First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions across Maharashtra has been extended to Aug 22, government announced in a circular citing heavy rains in several districts. Candidates now have time to visit their allotted colleges and complete the confirmation process.Previously, the time given to…
