MUMBAI: Two bodies were Sunday found a distance apart in the deserted mangroves section at Arnala beach by locals who alerted the police, reports Vishal Rajemahadik. They were identified as Shivaji Shinde, 51, and his wife Ranjita, 48, from Virar east. After a post-mortem examination, their bodies were handed to the family who had come…
Navi Mumbai: The urban malaise of loneliness, depression, and distrust badly affected a 55-year-old man from Juinagar, Anup Kumar Nair, who locked himself in his flat for over three years. He only communicated with the outside world by ordering food online.After receiving a distress call from a Good Samaritan about Nair’s situation, social workers of…
Thane: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said the state aims for 25–30% of all vehicles on the road to be electric-powered by 2030, with the Mahayuti govt actively promoting the shift to green mobility.“Consumer interest is steadily moving toward electric vehicles. Our Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is committed to achieving a 30% share of EVs…
According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Mumbai’s climate pattern.Mumbai is set for a rainy day on June 30, 2025, with moderate rainfall expected throughout the day. The city will experience temperatures between 27.1°C and 29.1°C, with 80% humidity and wind gusts up to 36 km/h, while…
Mumbai: Over a year after BMC’s legacy plaque project at 100 landmarks in D ward to promote its rich historical and cultural heritage, locals have claimed that the vision and the execution have been poles apart—that not only are footpaths now more cluttered but the signage too are difficult to read.The ward is home to…
Cyber criminals posing as Mumbai police and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials forced a 75-year-old from Kolhapur to transfer Rs7.86 crore in phases, between May 26 and June 23, on the pretext of an “inquiry into a case of funding a banned terror outfit and money laundering”.This was one of the biggest cyber frauds to have…
Mumbai: Residents of Nargis Dutt Nagar near Bandra Reclamation are a worried lot. They fear that a ‘Miracle Cross’ which is venerated in the locality and recently celebrated its 200th anniversary will be demolished under the proposed redevelopment of the slum. The cross and grotto are located in a space measuring 3,000 sq ft. Bandra’s…
Mumbai: Many Bangladeshi nationals illegally entering India are bypassing traditional illegal routes through West Bengal’s Kalyani, Howrah and Kolkata due to increased border patrolling and are instead opting for roads to Guwahati, shows MIDC police’s probe. Upon arrival, they allegedly stay confined to homes for some time to learn Hindi and scrub out all markers…
Mumbai: Buffeted by an anti-Hindi campaign led by the Thackeray cousins, CM Fadnavis Sunday announced that the state cabinet had decided to scrap two govt resolutions (GRs) to introduce Hindi as a third language for Class 1 students.The announcement came on a day when public protests against introducing Hindi in primary school started with Uddhav…
Nagpur: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the Maharashtra govt under him took the historic decision of setting up three national law universities (NLUs)—at Mumbai, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar—to settle the debate over its location nearly a decade ago. He pointed out that no state in the country has such an arrangement,Fadnavis highlighted the role…
