Mumbai: Of the 26 lakh passengers who travel daily on the Central Railway (CR) Main line, nearly 11 lakh travel between Thane and Karjat or Kasara, highlighting the mounting burden on the suburban stretch.Kaustubh Shinde, an HR professional, said the chaos during rush hour was unbelievable on the CR. “I often can’t get off at…
Mumbai: Calling it “preposterous”, Bombay high court on Monday dismissed a drug trafficking case registered in 2021 against Dhruv Tahil, son of actor Dalip Tahil. The court held the law prohibits a merging of several minor aberrations over 18 months into one charge, a move that led to Tahil “being charged with an offence of…
Mumbai: In what is seen as a win for residents, an illegal religious structure (gurdwara) at the Joggers Park on Lokhandwala Back Road, Andheri (West) was demolished in the wee hours of Monday by those who had unauthorisedly built the structure in 2022. The action came following a legal battle waged by residents. The Chhatrapati…
Thane: The lives and dreams of four families were shattered in an instant as their loved ones were killed in Monday’s train accident near Mumbra. Commuting to work or heading home after a routine work shift — one travelling to buy his dream home — turned out to be the final stop in the journey…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Monday lifted the ban on the manufacture of Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols and directed the state govt to take a policy decision on their immersion within three weeks.Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne passed the order following the Central Pollution Control Board’s expert committee on May 21…
Mumbai: A special MPID court recently allowed the sale of seized gold, silver, and moissanite stones from Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd and others in the Rs 142-crore Torres Jewellers Ponzi scheme case. The proceeds from the sale are to be deposited in a dedicated bank account opened for investigations. The order was passed by the…
Mumbai: Abdul Rafiq Ansari, who has been booked in more than 40 prior offences and was recently released from prison, was arrested in a recent burglary at Malad (E), along with three associates, including a woman.She hid the stolen gold and silver in a dustbin when she learnt that cops were on her trail. tnn…
Mumbai: A special MPID court recently allowed the sale of seized gold, silver, and moissanite stones from Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd. and others in the Rs 142-crore Torres Jewellers Ponzi scheme case. The proceeds from the sale are to be deposited in a dedicated bank account opened for investigations. The order was passed by the…
Mumbai: While CM Devendra Fadnavis described the incident where eight passengers fell off a local train as unfortunate, minister Girish Mahajan said the state govt would give Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased. State Cong press chief Harshwardhan Sapkal demanded the resignation of railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for the local train…
Mumbai: Daily commuter Riyaz Ahmed Shaikh terms the Diva-Mumbra rail stretch “a death trap”. “I travel every day from Mumbra to Kurla and onward to Chembur, and I can affirm this was a tragedy waiting to happen,” Shaikh said.He said the train arrives completely full from Kalyan-Ambarnath, and to avoid travelling on the footboard he…
