An underground pedestrian passage connecting the BKC bullet train station with the BKC Metro 3 station is being planned. The underground walkway will make it easier for commuters to switch between the bullet train and metro quickly and comfortably. 7m x 7m Size of knockout wall at the BKC station, which can be demolished when…
VASAI: Constables Rajesh Mahajan and Shyam Shinde have been suspended by the MBVV commissionerate after they were arrested by the Achole cops on Wednesday on the charges of abetment of suicide and criminal intimidation. They have been accused to driving a developer to suicide after threatening him to give-up his building project which was financed…
MUMBAI: Even as the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS were expecting NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar for their joint “victory rally” on Saturday, Pawar has said that he will not participate in the rally due to his previously scheduled programmes. State NCP (SP) president Jayant Patil will be present instead. State Congress chief Harshawardhan Sakpal…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra state government has released a revised timetable for classes 1 and 2, dropping the controversial proposal to make Hindi mandatory. The new schedule mandates only Marathi and English as compulsory languages and introduces an ‘Additional Enrichment Period’ aimed at providing academic support through remedial teaching, skill development, or preparation for competitive exams….
Navi Mumbai: A 21-year-old man was arrested by Vashi GRP for allegedly sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl in the Panvel-CSMT bound train on Tuesday night. Kiran Undre, senior inspector of Vashi GRP, said that the arrested accused was identified as Indrajit Mukhiya, who works at a sweet confectionery in Kharghar. Acting on a complaint by…
Mumbai: KEM Hospital has started its largest and most expensive BMC-funded trials with 7,000 women aimed as participants, which will potentially change how breast cancer is diagnosed at the hospital. The trial, which will last for 12 to 28 months, involves a small, portable device with a high-resolution thermal sensor powered by artificial intelligence. The…
Mumbai: Over 2,000 paan shops close to schools and colleges suspected of selling drugs were raided in the city and their encroachments removed, said CM Devendra Fadnavis in the legislative council on Thursday. He mentioned that such shops are being closely monitored.The issue of narcotic drugs such as mephedrone and brown sugar being sold at…
Mira-Bhayander: A shopkeeper’s assault by MNS workers for not speaking Marathi led to a ‘bandh’ by Mira Road-Bhayander traders who demanded the arrest of the assaulters. An FIR was filed, but no arrests have been made as charges invoked are minor. This has prompted calls for invoking the IT Act as the assaulters made a…
Mumbai: The state government plans to implement a new SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) to streamline treatment priority in charitable hospitals, prompted by the growing numbers of poor and underprivileged residents. This decision follows concerns raised during a calling attention motion in the state legislative assembly on Thursday, highlighting the failure to provide 20% reserved beds…
Mumbai: An alert police constable saved a 53-year-old woman who jumped into the sea at Bandra Bandstand on Wednesday evening. The woman, a resident of Bandra (W), has been undergoing treatment for psychological issues for the last 20 years, police informed on Thursday.“Constable Sainath Devde was posted as a watcher at Galaxy Apartment, where actor…
