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Mumbai: The Local Military Authority on Monday petitioned Bombay High Court to challenge as “illegal and unauthorised” construction of a highrise building less than 250 metres of INS Shikra, a highly sensitive naval air station and VVIP heliport at Colaba. The HC restrained workers from entering the building premises till Wednesday citing Prime Minister Narendra…

Mumbai: A day after Ghatkopar businessman Dhrumil Patel (33) died following 10 days of hospitalisation after being hit by a speeding car allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy, Tilak Nagar police invoked the stronger section of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the case.Dhrumil’s family urged police and prosecution to treat the boy as…

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) expanded disciplinary action across multiple levels of its engineering hierarchy in the fatal concrete parapet collapse incident by suspending two more officials, ordering a departmental inquiry against a chief engineer, and moving to terminate its general consultant — signalling one of the strongest internal responses to a…

Mumbai: The body of Ramdhan Yadav (50), who died in the Metro Line 4 concrete block collapse incident, will be flown to Varanasi on Tuesday, and then taken to Barsathi village in Jaunpur, where he was the sarpanch, for the last rites.The relatives had initially refused to claim the body, demanding that at least Rs…

Pune: The court of additional sessions judge DP Ragit has rejected the bail applications of power-of-attorney (PoA) holder Sheetal Tejwani and suspended sub registrar Ravindra B Taru in the illegal stamp duty waiver on the registration of a sale deed relating to the 40-acre govt land parcel in Mundhwa.A case update on the district court’s…

Mumbai: Nearly 87% of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s Rs 48,072.5 crore budget for 2026-27 will be spent on infrastructure works, with Rs 4,000 crore earmarked for the new Karnala–Sai–Chirner town under the Mumbai 3.0 expansion plan. The authority on Monday presented its first surplus budget in 9 years, projecting a marginal surplus of…

Mumbai: In a major breakthrough in the Feb 1 firing at filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s bungalow, the city crime branch and the special task force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh have arrested seven persons, including the main shooter linked to absconding gangster Shubham Lonkar of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.Police identified Shubham Lonkar’s brother, Pravin, who is currently…

Mumbai: A special court on Thursday sentenced two men to six years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 12.1 lakh each for the 2019 abduction and robbery of a manager in Borivli. Pravin Helkar (35) and Suresh Singh (38) were convicted under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) after the…

Mumbai: The Walkers Path from Thakur Village, Kandivli West, to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) is likely to be shut down. Residents of Thakur Village, Kandivli West, on Monday submitted a written complaint about a road coming up in SGNP from the Thakur Village end.“We were informed that the BEST buses will now ply…

MUMBAI: Thirty-two incidents of vehicles catching sudden fire were reported in the city between Jan 2025 and mid-Feb 2026, endangering road users and throwing vehicular traffic out of gear.Two of these incidents were reported in the first two weeks of Feb alone on busy arterials during peak hour.Fire safety experts said electrical faults are a…