Mumbai: An IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft, operating flight 6E1060 from Bangkok, suffered a tail strike while landing in Mumbai amid heavy rains in the early hours of Saturday.Flight 6E1060 departed Bangkok at 11.40 pm and landed in Mumbai around 3 am. Before touching down on runway 27 at the airport, the aircraft executed a go-around….
Navi Mumbai: Anshuman Jhingran, one of India’s prolific long-distance swimmers and a resident of Navi Mumbai, successfully crossed the English Channel, completing the gruelling 36 km swim from Samphire Hoe, Dover to the rocky cliffs near Cap Gris Nez in France, clocking 15 hours and 49 minutes. This achievement marks his sixth ocean challenge and…
Mumbai: A man and five others were detained here on Friday morning after he tried to set himself on fire outside the Mantralaya to press the demand of action against eve-teasing and gambling in Nashik, police said.The incident occurred outside the new administration building of the Maharashtra government’s headquarters after the flag-hoisting around 10 am,…
MUMBAI: A 32-year-old man has died in a mishap while preparing for Dahi Handi festivities in Mankhurd, Mumbai, officials said. The deceased, Jagmohan Shivkiran Chaudhari, was part of the Bal Govinda Pathak group. According to the BMC disaster management unit, he was tying a Dahi Handi rope from the first floor of a building when…
Mumbai: Just weeks after 1,300 of its students were moved out because one of its buildings was declared unsafe, a BMC-run school in Colaba has won the Mukhyamantri Mazi Shala Sundar Shala award—meant to recognise high achieving schools in the state. The prize comes with Rs 11 lakh cash, which the management can spend at…
Bhiwandi: Four days after BJP leader Praful Tangadi (45) and his cousin Tejas Tangadi (22) were brutally murdered in Bhiwandi, Bhiwandi Taluka police arrested two accused — Vicky Mhatre and Kalpesh Vaiti — on Friday. They were produced before court and remanded to police custody till Aug 22.The incident occurred on August 11 when the…
Mumbai: Over the four months from April and July 2025, the BMC’s licence department pulled down 20,345 illegal posters and banners across Mumbai — nearly half of them, or 48%, were political. Civic data shows 9,906 political hoardings, 5,342 commercial, and 5,097 religious were removed during this period, while FIRs were filed in 41 cases….
Mumbai: With a slum-free Mumbai remaining a distant dream for decades, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has set up a project implementation unit (PIU) aiming to deliver over five lakh new homes to slum dwellers in the next five years — more than double the total built in the 29 years since the SRA was…
NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old Bangladeshi woman who had been arrested for allegedly staying in India illegally escaped from Mumbai’s JJ Hospital after pushing aside a police constable, officials said. According to news agency PTI, the woman, identified as Rubina Irshad Shaikh, was five months pregnant. Police said she fled from the state-run hospital on Thursday,…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has rapped Ramnarain Ruia College, Matunga, for admitting in June 2022 a student from the commerce stream to the three-year BSc (statistics) course despite being ineligible for it. It directed the college to pay Rs 50,000 costs to Mumbai University.“Though the petitioner was not eligible, the petitioner was admitted for FYBSc…
