Mumbai: The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) on Friday issued a fresh multi-year tariff order for MSEDCL that promises lower power bills for residential users over the next five years. The new order, passed by the commission headed by chairperson Valsa Nair Singh, replaces the earlier June 25, 2025, order that came under legal challenge…
Gangster Sandeep Gadoli encounter (File Photo) MUMBAI: A Mumbai sessions court on Friday acquitted members of the Gurgaon Police and their civilian accomplices for the 2016 fake encounter of Haryana gangster Sandeep Gadoli in a Mumbai hotel. The court did not find evidence that the incident, originally reported by police as a retaliatory shootout in…
Mumbai: Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) authorities are required to construct 308 watchtowers, approximately one every 500 metres along the park’s boundary wall, on the directions of the Bombay high court to ensure constant monitoring so no new encroachments take place.Kiran Patil, deputy director, SGNP, in charge of the south division (Borivli) of the park,…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Thursday said the state govt has failed in its duty to implement the Street Vendors Act of 2014 as a scheme drafted in 2017 does not have compliance with a crucial section. But after the state lawyer assured she would be in touch with the highest officer of the urban…
Mumbai: Seventy-two Mumbaikars have filed their living will with civic officials so far, according to BMC public health department. A living will is a written, legal document that provides instructions for medical care, or for the termination of medical support, in certain circumstances.“These 72 living wills have been submitted to the appropriate officials in our…
Fake entry passes for Vidhan Bhavan sold in insider racket, 5 arrested (Representative image) MUMBAI: The Marine Drive Police arrested five persons, including Mantralaya officials, for allegedly preparing fake entry passes to Vidhan Bhavan during budget session based on forged letters issued by industries department.The accused included clerks and peons who allegedly conspired to create…
MUMBAI: Income Tax Appel-late Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench, has ruled in favour of a taxpayer who received a flat worth Rs 11.7 crore in a redevelopment project in lieu of sur-rendering his tenancy rights. ITAT held that the transac-tion-viz surrender of tenan-cy rights amounted to transfer of a capital asset-and that the taxpayer, V Asher,…
Vikhroli boy abducted, gold earrings forcibly snatched; 2 arrested (Representative image) MUMBAI: The Vikhroli Police have arrested two persons in connection with the abduction and robbery of a 4-year-old boy, from whom gold earrings were forcibly stolen. The incident occurred on March 24, 2025, between 11:00 am and 11:15 am in the Vikhroli area.According to…
Mumbai: A delivery boy lost his life in a road-related crash. Police registered a case of negligence against a car driver and a tanker involved in the crash. The victim, Tuvankumar Yadav, hailed from Bihar. He lived in Mumbai for the past 10 years and worked as a delivery boy with a food delivery app…
Mumbai: A new Mumbai Police SUV caught fire at Sakinaka in Andheri West on Thursday afternoon after smoke suddenly started emanating from the bonnet, police said. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained. No one was injured, and police registered an accidental fire case.According to Sakinaka police, the vehicle was being…
