Mumbai: The city’s wealthiest Ganesh mandal, GSB Seva Mandal, King’s Circle, has procured record insurance worth Rs 474.46 crore this season. The previous year’s policy was Rs 400 crore. The increase is owing to the increased valuation of its gold and silver items, and the induction of more volunteers and priests.The mandal does not reveal…
Mumbai: Sessions court rejected the bail plea of Shamsher Talwar, a businessman accused of misappropriating approximately Rs 3.5 crore from two trusts citing forged documents and his lack of cooperation with the ongoing investigations.Talwar served as a trustee and secretary for both Sanatan Dharma Sabha Trust and Kolwada Sanatan Dharma Sabhas Education Society Trust. The…
Kalyan: Panic gripped Dombivli residents on Friday night after sudden cracks developed in a 40-year-old residential building, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 people from around 25 families. The structure, identified as Seemantini Society on Gupte Road, was immediately sealed by the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to avert any possible tragedy. According to residents,…
Mumbai: MLA Aditya Thackeray, who attended the Dahi Handi festival organized by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’s Shiv Sena in Dombivli, made an indirect remark about the newly built Palava flyover, which has been under controversy due to potholes appearing shortly after its inauguration.Thackeray was present at the program hosted by Dipesh Mhatre, Kalyan District president of…
MUMBAI: Mumbai traffic police issued more than 10,000 e-challans on Saturday for various traffic violations during the Dahi Handi celebrations, with penalties amounting to nearly Rs 1.13 crore. Offences included riding without a helmet, driving in the wrong direction, triple riding, speeding and other violations. Traffic policemen were deployed across the city to keep a…
MUMBAI: In a landmark cultural initiative, the Maharashtra State Punjabi Sahitya Akadem, in collaboration with the 11-member Sikh Coordination Committee, successfully organized the first-ever Punjabi cultural “Teeja Da Mela” (Teeyan Festival) in Maharashtra.The historic celebration took place on 15th August 2025 at 6:00 PM at the CIDCO Exhibition & Convention Centre, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, coinciding…
MUMBAI: To carry out maintenance work of tracks, signalling and overhead equipment, a megablock of five hours will be taken on Up and Down fast lines between Borivali and Goregaon stations from 10 am to 3 pm today. This could inconvenience commuters catching the local trains on Western Railway suburban lines today.WR chief spokesperson Vineet…
MUMBAI: A 45-year-old policeman died by suicide at the New Police Lines (quarters) at Andheri East on Saturday. Mukesh Dev , 45, was attached to Local Arms Unit, Marol. Police received an intimation about the incident around 4.20 pm on Saturday. A police mobile van from Andheri Police station rushed to the police quarters located…
Mumbai: Konkan Railway extended registration deadline for its Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) car transportation service between Kolad, Nandgaon Road, and Verna. The last date for registration, earlier fixed as Aug 18, was extended to Aug 20 to give potential customers more time to register.The Ro-Ro service offers safe and hassle-free movement of vehicles on the Konkan route,…
MUMBAI: The Central Cyber Police registered a case of sextortion against an unidentified individual for extorting Rs 94.5 lakh from a Wadala-based doctor after he befriended a scammer posing as a female MBBS student at a medical college in Chandigarh. The 32-year-old doctor was deceived after encountering the scammer on Instagram under the handle “jaindivit”…
