Mumbai: Traffic police registered FIRs against 159 drunk drivers in Mumbai on Holi as part of a special drive on Tuesday. Besides, police issued 16,700 challans against motorists for various traffic violations such as jumping signals, riding without helmets, speeding, among others, and sent 20 offenders to court for driving on the wrong side. Total…
Mumbai: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday appealed to transporters across Maharashtra to withdraw their proposed agitation from March 5, saying the state govt was “positive” about cancelling unfair e-challans and initiated a formal process to address the wider set of demands raised by the sector.A section of transporters on Tuesday said they appealed…
Mumbai: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Sunday urged the Maharashtra motor transport department to set its sights higher, calling for a shift towards “mishap-free travel” as the guiding objective for the state’s road transport ecosystem. Speaking at the department’s 86th Foundation Day function in Mumbai, Sarnaik said the govt would intensify road safety awareness campaigns,…
MUMBAI: The city economic offences wing (EOW), probing cases against multiple companies for defrauding the state govt of Rs 122.9 crore by allegedly submitting fake bank guarantees in the solar agriculture energy channel 2.0 tender process, has in its preliminary investigation found that at least two companies had no fault in it and that a…
MUMBAI: A 19-year-old girl seated pillion on a friend’s motorcycle lost her life when he couldn’t control his speed and they both fell while trying to avoid hitting a stray dog at Malad West. The Bangur Nagar Police registered an FIR against the motorcyclist.Sidra Shaikh, the victim, worked at a BPO in Malad West since…
Mumbai: The civic House passed a notice of motion (NoM) last Friday seeking to increase the exemption limit for property taxes for residential units from 500sqft to 700sqft. BMC officials clarified that an NoM is not binding on the administration, and that the proposal will be sent to the civic administration for deliberation, following which…
MUMBAI: Trombay police on Saturday busted a flatgrabbing racket involving forged allotment documents with the arrest of two women who were illegally occupying two of the around 30 residential units in a Mhadadeveloped police quarters in Mankhurd.Police received information about unauthorised occupation in Building No. 21 and found Sufia Khatun Mohammad Shamim Khan (44), a…
Mumbai: Holding his arrest to be illegal since he was not served a mandatory notice for appearance under Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), a magistrate court released an MNS activist accused of threatening and extorting a road work contractor in south Mumbai.The accused, Ravindra Shinde, was arrested on Saturday. Counsel Rajendra Shirodkar,…
Mumbai: A 46-year-old man was arrested by MIDC police for the brutal murder of his wife on a street at Andheri East on Saturday as she was not willing to live with him. Rajesh Chhatre, the accused, worked as an autorickshaw driver.The incident occurred on Sag Baug Road at Marol around 4.30pm. Police said Chhatre…
Mumbai: A part of St Andrew’s Road outside Bandra Gymkhana was dug up once again, much to the dismay of local residents. With a portion of the carriageway excavated, traffic was reduced to a single lane, causing inconvenience to motorists.In May 2018, the BMC undertook repairs on St Andrew’s Road to replace paver blocks with…
