Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Thane, awarded a compensation of Rs 87.13 lakh to the family of a 55-year-old school teacher who succumbed to injuries sustained in a road accident in 2015. The tribunal, presided over by Member R.V. Mohite, held the driver of a tempo solely responsible for the mishap.The accident occurred…
Mumbai: More than 4,000 motorists were challaned by Mumbai traffic police for speeding on the Coastal Road so far this year, with fines issued running up to Rs 82 lakh. Around 1,500 challans have been cleared and Rs 31 lakh in fines paid by offenders so far, the police said. Additionally, the Regional Transport Office…
New Delhi/Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader and Dy CM Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced his party’s “unconditional support” to the NDA candidate for vice-president, potentially setting the line for other alliance partners to follow and increase chances of BJP getting one of its own appointed to the constitutional position after the Sept 9 election to the…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan may soon get a face recognition system for the entry and exit of all visitors, similar to the one operational at Mantralaya, the state secretariat. The move comes in the wake of the scuffle between supporters of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar on Vidhan Bhavan premises…
Mumbai: BMC’s deputy municipal commissioner (DMC) Sharad Ughade has been divested of his charge in the Information Technology (IT) department. Additional municipal commissioner Ashwini Joshi had pointed out that Ughade did not take any concrete action on the findings and recommendations made by the vigilance department regarding serious financial irregularities in the Rs 25-crore computer…
Mumbai: School education minister Dada Bhuse on Tuesday announced that basic parade training inspired by National Cadet Corps (NCC) will be imparted to students starting from Class 1, in a move to foster discipline and patriotism from an early age.Addressing a meeting with senior education officials and NCC officers, Bhuse said former servicemen will be…
Mumbai: The state urban development dept on Thursday issued a final notification approving the reservation of 30.16 acres of Government Colony at Bandra East for the Integrated High Court Complex which also includes residential quarters. All other reservations such as govt staff quarters, playground, garden have been relocated to other sections of the Govt Colony…
Mumbai: Two groups clashed at a vada-pav stall adjacent to MHB Colony Police station at Borivli West on Tuesday, leaving four people wounded with knife injuries. MHB Colony Police are in the process of registering cases against both groups.The vada-pav stall is run by a Yadav family. The family had employed one Pavan Dubey as…
Mumbai: City Police have registered a case of cheating and criminal breach of trust against three bullion traders for allegedly defrauding a city-based businessman and his family to the tune of rs 43.76 crore. This includes 36.4kg gold and Rs 10.51 crore in cash in dabba trading. Dabba trading is an illegal proxy market where…
Mumbai: An eight-year-old boy was killed after a truck knocked him down on a busy road in the Dharavi area of central Mumbai on Tuesday, police said.The accident occurred at the Kumbharwada junction in the afternoon, an official said.He said the truck driver lost control of the wheel and knocked the child down. The boy…
