The cost of roses this Valentine’s Day is likely to sting more than their thorns, with prices climbing just as demand peaks for the most popular V-Day gift Mumbai’s favourite symbol of love, the red rose, is set to cost romantics more this Valentine’s Day. From Dadar’s bustling wholesale lanes to boutique flower studios, prices…
Navi Mumbai: As part of Cidco’s effort to augment the Hetawane dam water supply mechanism to Navi Mumbai, a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) breakthrough was achieved at the Cidco Treated Water Tunnel (TWT) Package II project with Patel Engineering setting a national tunnelling record by completing 812.466 metres of excavation in a single month in…
Mumbai: Police are trying to establish who had sent the threat voice message to actor Ranveer Singh, said senior officers on Thursday. Police said they are checking whether the Bishnoi gang or someone else using its name had sent the message to the actor using a virtual private network (VPN). “Nobody has come forward to…
Mumbai: A fire broke out in one of the waste stockyards at the Naval Dockyard in south Mumbai on Thursday night. No casualty was reported.The fire occurred at 10.15pm and was brought under control in swift action by naval fire tenders, an official said, even as visuals of the blaze went viral on social media.The…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday upheld a deemed conveyance granted by a deputy registrar to a commercial cooperative society in Andheri East, observing that the law created in public interest cannot be overridden by a contract between a builder and flat purchasers that reserves, for the former, the right of further development on…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has quashed and set aside a Jan 2010 order of the State Minorities Commission that cancelled Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation‘s (MSRTC’s) tender process and directed criminal investigation. “It is declared that the Minorities Commission does not possess adjudicatory power akin to a court or tribunal. It has no explicit…
Mumbai: Pulling up the Mumbai civic body over its failure to act against encroachers by slum-dwellers near a Powai school, the Bombay high court on Thursday directed the highest officer of the municipal ward concerned, along with the most senior officer of the local police station, to remain present on Friday.The school is at Hiranandani…
Mumbai: Goregaon police have registered a case against three men for allegedly assaulting a 35-year-old businessman, who was keen to get married to their sister, on February 10.The businessman told police that he had met the woman in 2019, and they grew friendly. Later, he proposed marriage. Their wedding was scheduled for Dec 2025, but…
Mumbai: A 23-year-old woman has lodged a police complaint against her ex-boyfriend for stalking her and threatening her and her family. Kurar Police has registered an FIR under provisions of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita for stalking.The victim works in a private company and stays at Malad East with her parents and siblings. Two years ago, she…
Navi Mumbai: Acting on a police complaint lodged by the Vashi divisional chairman of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), Mumbai Divisional Board, an FIR for cheating, forgery and criminal breach of trust was registered at the Vashi police station on Wednesday against the retired deputy director of the education…
