MUMBAI: A cab driver was arrested by Sahar Police for cheating passengers as well as the app cab platform, Rapido, by taking fraudulent journey bookings. The driver has been identified as Anas Ali, 24.Police said Ali was carrying two cellphones. On one handset, he had downloaded a Rapido customer app and made fake journey bookings…
Mumbai: Amid the controversy over the proposed LED hoardings along Bandra’s Carter Road promenade, the Bandra West Residents Association (BWRA) wrote to multiple authorities, including the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB), asserting that the promenade-built and maintained by local residents over the past 25 years-is a vital public open space used daily by thousands of citizens.The…
MUMBAI: Traffic police have announced road restrictions on February 17 for the main event of the India-France Year of Innovation, which will be attended by the Prime Minister and the President of France.A) South Mumbai – Restrictions from 2 pm to 9 pm Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Marg will be closed to all traffic, except emergency…
Bus which runs on route A-84 that goes over the Mumbai coastal road (File Photo) MUMBAI: Commuters using Mumbai’s coastal road are irked that a project built with the promise of faster connectivity is yet to translate into dependable public transport. Despite crores spent on the corridor and the creation of a dedicated bus lane,…
MUMBAI: The anointment by Shiv Sena (UBT) of its Muslim corporator Syed Iqbal Syed Khwaja as mayor of Parbhani shows the party’s acknowledgement of the contribution of Muslims in strengthening the party in the town in Marathwada, UBT functionaries said. Khwaja is the first Muslim mayor in Parbhani’s history. In the 65-member house, Sena (UBT)…
Bombay high court criticized the divisional joint registrar for overturning a membership grant to a housing society MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court rapped the divisional joint registrar, cooperative societies (Mumbai), for setting aside an order granting a man membership in a Peddar Road housing society.Justice Amit Borkar on Feb 9 said the authority under the…
MUMBAI: Six more accused have been arrested in connection with the firing incident outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s house on Monday. The individuals were apprehended from Rajasthan and are being brought to Mumbai, the Mumbai Crime Branch said, according to news agency ANI. “A total of 11 people have been arrested so far,” officials added.Earlier, the…
Mumbai: A long-pending plan to construct a flyover connecting Mahim and Bandra East to ease chronic traffic congestion on the Western Express Highway has again been revived, with the BMC issuing a fresh tender for the project. The proposed flyover, estimated to cost Rs 220.17 crore, has remained stuck on paper for nearly three years…
MUMBAI: What began as a celebratory journey for the Yadav family ended in devastation after a Metro-4 viaduct segment collapsed on LBS Road in Mulund. Ramdhan Yadav (50), sarpanch of Barsathi village in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, died on the spot, while two relatives — Mahendra Yadav (52) and Rajkumar Yadav (25) — remain hospitalised with…
Relative arrested for kidnapping, assaulting toddler (Representative image ) MUMBAI: A 25-year-old man was arrested within 24 hours for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a one-and-half-year-old girl at Dahisar. The accused is a relative of the victim’s father, police said. The child has been admitted to a public hospital in central Mumbai where she underwent a…
