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Mumbai: In a first for an urban local body in Asia, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in January approved through its high-rise committee (HRC) for empanelment of geotechnical/foundation experts to scrutinise as independent signatory for the foundations of high-rise buildings and ensure that excavation and construction practices meet stringent safety standards. The new norm states…

MMRC marked International Women’s Day by running two major Metro-3 (Aqua line) stations—Marol Naka and CSMT—entirely with women staffers on Sunday, underscoring its focus on women’s empowerment in public transport. Across multiple shifts, 85 women handled end-to-end station operations, including station control, ticketing, passenger assistance, security, maintenance support and housekeeping. The all-women deployment ensured seamless…

Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane awarded compensation of Rs 94.2 lakh to a 44-year-old woman advocate who suffered 100% functional disability following a road accident beneath Cadbury Junction bridge in 2019.The tribunal held the driver of the offending car solely responsible for the crash and directed the vehicle owner and insurer…

Mumbai: In the centre of a non-profit organisation’s office at Andheri hangs a portrait of a beaming young man with a simple philosophy printed alongside: “Maze karo (have fun) today, tomorrow and always.” For 22-year-old Anant Dwivedi — the young man in the portrait — these words were his life motto. After losing him to…

Mumbai: An 18-year-old suffered 45% burn injuries following a blast caused by accumulated LPG gas on a boat at Versova jetty at around 1 pm on Sunday. The injured, Kuldeep Nishad, who was on the boat, has been admitted to Babasaheb Hospital and his condition is said to be stable. Meanwhile, another fire incident was…

Mumbai: In a major embarrassment, BMC scrapped a Rs 385-crore tender for installation of railings on footpaths across the city within hours of floating it last Friday. The U-turn came after city BJP chief Ameet Satam alleged a scam and pointed out that the civic body had already spent nearly Rs 300 crore on street…

In Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, astronauts land on a planet orbiting close to a black hole. They spend a few hours on its surface. When they return to their spacecraft, they discover that 23 years have passed on Earth. Children have grown up. A lifetime has slipped away.It feels like science fiction, but it’s not fantasy….

MUMBAI : Central Railway, Mumbai division will operate megablock on its suburban sections to carry out various engineering and maintenance works today.On Main line, the block is on Matunga-Mulund Up and Down fast lines from 11.20 am to 3.45 pm.The Up fast line services leaving Thane from 11.03 am to 3.38 pm will be diverted…

Image used for representational purpose only MUMBAI : There will be rail block during daytime today over Western Railway suburban section and this will be relief to commuters travelling by local trains.Earlier, between 1 am and 4.30 am on Sunday, the WR operated a block on the Up and Down slow lines between Mahim and…

Mahesh Manjrekar’s highly anticipated one-man play, ‘Animal,’ premiered to a packed house, with actors like Jacqueline Fernandez and Saiee Manjrekar in attendance. Manjrekar delivered a powerful performance exploring ambition’s toll, drawing enthusiastic responses for its satire and pop culture references. The play, a culmination of years of work, received a standing ovation. Actors Jacqueline Fernandez…