MUMBAI: A 22-year-old Mumbai man studying in Germany, who died by suicide at Goregaon East on Monday, was disallowed from boarding a flight to Germany as he couldn’t produce a hard copy of his residence permit, police said. Later the same day, he took an auto to a highrise at Goregaon East and jumped to…
MUMBAI: A 14-year-old boy jumped to his death from a Kandivali highrise on Wednesday reportedly angry after being asked by his mother to go for tuitions. Kandivali police said the family lives on the 51st floor of the highrise but it’s not clear where he jumped from. An accidental death case has been recorded.The boy…
MUMBAI: A day after BJP legislator Ameet Satam made a provocative statement suggesting that a Khan might become the Mayor of Mumbai, Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator Rais Shaikh stated that Mumbai belongs to people of all castes and religions. He emphasized that Parsis, Bohris, Memons, Patels, Agris, Kolis, and Muslims have all previously served as…
MUMBAI: A 44-year-old food aggregator delivery man drowned after falling into a swimming pool on the 22nd floor of a residential tower in south Mumbai late Tuesday. The incident happened when Imran Akbar Khozada, a Pydhonie resident, went to deliver food in Darsshan Vonalzo, Grant Road, around 11.50pm Tuesday. “Soon after he stepped out of…
Mumbai: Bombay high court said there must be permanent dumping sites without human habitation around them so that it does not affect the rights of citizens to a pollution-free environment. “There cannot be an ad hoc-ism on such issues and more particularly concerning the prejudice being caused to lakhs of brother and sister citizens, who…
Mumbai/Navi Mumbai: While the strike call from a section of transporters on Wednesday turned out to be a ‘damp squib’ in Mumbai region, additional chief secretary (home) Iqbal Singh Chahal announced that he has directed the police to stop imposing e-challans from mobile phones on school buses when they pick and drop students or when…
Mumbai: State govt on Wednesday withdrew an amendment proposing a 50-time hike in penalty for illegal felling of trees and not recognising the cutting of branches as an offence.Forest minister Ganesh Naik moved the motion to withdraw the bill to amend the Maharashtra Felling of Trees (Regulation) Act of 1964, which proposed to increase the…
Mumbai: In a relief for an Army veteran (80) who was denied a pension for two years for not submitting a life certificate, the Bombay High Court directed that the arrears should be paid to him with interest.“Insistence on a life certificate for the period from Jan 2021 to Jan 2023, in the face of…
Mumbai: In a departure from traditional practice, state Congress chief Harshawardhan Sapkal has appointed 83 taluka presidents through direct interviews. Previously, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president would appoint persons of his choice. “Responsible and hardworking party workers will be given the responsibility to strengthen the organisation at the grassroots level in view of the…
Mumbai: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has granted final approval for the “diversion” (as BMC terms it in a press release) of 19.43 hectares of forest land in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) to the BMC for the construction of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) underground tunnel. Work on the 4.7-km-long and…
