MUMBAI: A partially vacated MHADA building located behind the Madanpura Post Office in Byculla West collapsed in the early hours of Monday. The incident, reported by the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), occurred at around 2:02 am on August 4.According to preliminary reports, the rear portions of the first and third floors of the G+3 structure—classified…
Mumbai: The parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church, Dombivli (E), organised a peaceful rally Sunday to protest against “injustices faced by religious minorities”, particularly the recent arrest of two nuns from Chhattisgarh. They raised slogans and banners saying ‘Stand For Justice’ and ‘Prayer Is our Power’. Parish priest Rev. Vicar Fr Sebastian Mudakkalil said, “The recent…
MUMBAI: City-based businessman and BJP functionary Dilawar A Chaugle has appealed to the Centre to give Padmashree Award to Sunni Cleric “Grand Mufti of India” Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar for getting execution of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya suspended.Though office of the senior cleric claimed the execution order has been “revoked” by the Houthi militia…
Navi Mumbai: A 42-year-old social worker, who is the son of a former Member of Legislative Council (MLC) residing in Talavali, Navi Mumbai, was duped of Rs 7.25 lakh after he searched the internet for the Patanjali Wellness Centre’s website for naturopathy treatment for his 71-year-old father. He found the website, unaware that it was…
Nashik: Senior NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said there is a “distinct possibility” that the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS will join hands to contest the forthcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls only.“My assessment, based on the feedback that I have been receiving, is that the pre-poll understanding between the two Thackeray cousins will…
MUMBAI: The Khindipada Marathi medium school in Bhandup has been closed for over two years, originally for renovation work that has yet to begin. All students were initially transferred to a local hall where all classes were held together. However, as the school building dating back to 1971 remains untouched, the children were later shifted…
For deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena president Eknath Shinde, it seemed like a face-saving exercise when he was able to protect his trusted aide social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat, as well as minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam, son of former minister Ramdas Kadam.Even as the opposition was pressing for their removal from…
Mumbai: Political differences and feuds notwithstanding, the Pawar clan on Sunday bonded together at the engagement ceremony of patriarch Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew Yugendra Pawar. The private ceremony was held at the residence of Yugendra Pawar’s fiancée, Tanishka Kulkarni, in Mumbai. Yugendra is the son of deputy chief minister and NCP head Ajit Pawar‘s younger brother…
Pune: On his return to his home off Law College Road in Pune on Sunday, after he was acquitted in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, Lt Col Prasad Purohit said that he will no longer tolerate being branded a ‘terrorist’ or his patriotism being questioned.“Even my enemies would not doubt my patriotism and commitment…
Mumbai: The recent spell of heavy rain in the suburbs caused problems among residents of Ghatkopar Pant Nagar Railway Police Colony. Water ingress coupled with the sorry condition of their old homes evokes a double whammy of fear. Inhabitants of these decades of old structures are facing a crippling problem as 17 of their residential…
