Mumbai: Between June 1 and 20, Central Railway (CR) recorded 666 instances of alarm chain pulling across its network — 251 of which occurred in the Mumbai division alone. As a result, 463 passengers were prosecuted, and a total fine of Rs 1.7 lakh was collected, according to CR’s chief spokesperson Swapnil Nila.Each incident caused…
New Delhi: Seventeen years after the proposal was placed, work on multilevel parking facilities at New Friends Colony and Jangpura still remains incomplete. The facilities, envisioned to ease traffic congestion in the nearby areas, were proposed in 2008 and allotted to a contractor before the 2010 Commonwealth Games. While the facility at New Friends Colony…
Thane: Police have arrested a 30-year-old fruit seller for illegally possessing two country-made pistols and a live cartridge, valued at Rs 1.05 lakh. Acting on a tip-off, the police’s anti-extortion cell raided the man’s premises in Kalyan who already had two previous criminal cases against him, including one under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances…
New Delhi: In a sweeping enforcement drive across the New Delhi range, traffic authorities have penalised 14,859 cases of improper parking, underscoring the growing challenge of vehicular indiscipline in the capital. The operation, aimed at easing congestion and reclaiming public spaces, also led to the towing of 617 vehicles and the removal of over 250…
Image created using AI: TOI/TIL Denny MUMBAI: The city crime branch police on Sunday arrested a fake IAS officer and recovered several fake government documents from him. Police arrested Chandramohan Singh (32) from Malad. He claimed to be an IAS officer and reportedly stayed in Mumbai posing as an officer of the ministry of home…
New Delhi: Three men who allegedly posed as beggars to steal from unsuspecting commuters at traffic signals in south Delhi have been arrested by Delhi Police. The accused — Arjun Nath (25), Toofan Nath (24), and Chand Nath (26) — were traced and apprehended nearly three weeks after they allegedly stole a gold ring from…
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded six Covid-19 cases on Sunday.Of the new cases, four are from Mumbai and two from the limits of the Pune Municipal Corporation, an official statement said. The state’s tally of the viral infections so far in this calendar year is now 2,488, the health department said. No death has been reported due…
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said the BJP govt is committed to improving the lives of slum dwellers who are forced to live in “hell-like conditions” along drains and railway tracks. “Just as we resettled slum dwellers from Kalkaji, Jailorwala Bagh, Kalandar Colony, and Kathputli Colony, we will continue to provide new homes through the…
Pune: The Ambegaon tehsil administration allocated two acres on safe land to 34 tribal families living in Pasarwadi hamlet of Malin village to construct houses.This hamlet on the edge of a hill experienced soil cracks last year raising concerns about another landslide. Its residents were anxious after the one in 2014 claimed 151 lives.Ambegaon’s tehsildar…
Palghar: Authorities in Palghar district have launched a probe and issued notices to an elderly couple’s two sons and their wives after the senior citizens complained of assault and harassment at home, an official said on Sunday.According to Shekar Ghatge, sub-divisional officer of Vasai, the four accused have been summoned for an inquiry on Monday….
