MUMBAI: The LT Marg police arrested three businessmen, including a chartered accountant who was arrested after he arrived from Dubai on Saturday, in connection with an alleged gold investment scam. They induced investors into investing in profit-making shares and engaged in dabba trading (illegal exchange), cheating them out of over ₹43.76 crore. The three accused…
MUMBAI: The ‘aagman yatras’ (arrival processions) of prominent Ganesh idols will begin Sunday Aug 10. Each weekend and on the Aug 15 holiday, large rallies will be led from the Parel carving workshops to their pandals.Once the idols are installed in position, organisers begin to prepare the surrounding decoration and lighting. Ganeshotsav spans Aug 27-Sept…
MUMBAI: This weekend, a prestigious luxury hotel in south Mumbai is the venue of meetings for members of a posh housing society on Altamont Road, one of the priciest residential enclaves in India. Three of Mumbai’s leading developers will be meeting them separately to pitch their offers for redevelopment. The competition among developers for such…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said the alliance between Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS is directly or indirectly discussed at the INDIA bloc meetings, and no one in the INDIA bloc has any objection to the two brothers, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, coming together. Raut also said that the Raj-Uddhav alliance…
Nagpur: NCP founder Sharad Pawar on Saturday hinted that Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde might be preparing for a big political move. Responding to a media query on Shinde’s double-header trips to Delhi and his meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah, Pawar did not rule out the possibility of friction within the ruling…
In 2017, Shridhar Sawant and his friends pulled off a coup few can manage in Mumbai: they converted land reserved for a parking lot into a food forest. Pratiraksha Nagar, their building in Vakola, was a redeveloped project, and a 150×15 sq ft strip skirting the plot was to be asphalted; the building’s youth planted…
Mumbai: The irritable resident doctor and the preoccupied consultant in a hospital could have one thing in common: Burnout.Burnout—classified by the World Health Organisation as an “occupational phenomenon” and not a medical diagnosis—is common among many professions, but medical research says physician burnout could affect the entire society (see box).A new national study has found…
On a recent drive down the Coastal Road, sculptor Sunil Deore gazed at the iconic Haji Ali Dargah in despair. “The pathway leading to the dargah gate and the area surrounding the shrine need an urgent revamp. The monument deserves to be beautified,” commented Deore, whose famous works include the replica of the national emblem…
Navi Mumbai: Bandra-based social worker and animal activist, Shiraz Ahmad (38), has been driving daily to Sanpada in Navi Mumbai, shouting “Laila! Laila!” while searching for a community dog, Laila, who was relocated from a mall precinct in Bandra to Sanpada.While Ahmad also lodged an FIR against three pest control workers for animal cruelty, after…
Navi Mumbai: Turbhe police have booked two men for performing stunts on a moving auto rickshaw. While one of them is seen sitting atop the auto without a driver, the other was making a reel. Police learnt about the incident after the reel was posted on social media. The duo, Shamshud Ahmed (27) and Akshay…
