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New foot over-bridge at Sion gets a push, girder launched

BMC said that the FOB should be made operational by early next year.

Woman killed after truck rams into scooter

The truck ran over the deceased after hitting their scooter.

Malegaon: Yet another witness turns hostile

On September 29, 2008, a bomb exploded at Bhikku Chowk in Malegaon, killing six persons and injuring more than 100.

Kidnapped designer is rescued from Guy; 4 arrested

Mishra is a resident of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh.

Accused turns approver in comedian drugs case

Chargesheet Cites Approver, Accused Statements

Hoax call about terrorists near Haji Ali dargah

A bomb detection and disposal squad was also deployed.

MVA tie-up likely for civic polls but don’t wait, Ajit to NCP meet

Blowing the poll bugle, Ajit Pawar on Friday asked NCP workers to gear up to fight the coming civic polls instead of waiting for an alliance with constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) though attempts are on for a seat-sharing arrangement.

CM pays visit to Pawar in hosp, says he’s better

NCP said Pawar will go to Shirdi and return by helicopter. Pawar had promised Congress he would attend Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra at Nanded on November 7.

Up ₹3.5/kg, CNG hits all-time high of ₹89.5/kg; piped gas up 1.5/unit

Just a month after the rate was hiked by Rs 6, the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) in the metropolitan region will go up by Rs 3.5 per kg from November 5. It will now be sold at pumps at an all-time high price of Rs 89.5 per kg.

Woman, four others held in RERA scam

“With respect to one at Manpada 27 developers who fabricated KDMC permissions with the help of five accused, have been booked.”

Blast at RCF plant: FIR against four

Fire resistant

Govt doubles salary of ayurveda college profs

The resolution says a professor will get Rs1 lakh per month, associate professor will get Rs80,000 per month, and assistant professor will get Rs70,000 per month as fixed salaries. Earlier, the highest salary was Rs50,000.

SRA: Kirit files plaint against former mayor

She had claimed that though the SRA has already said that she does not have any role in this case, Somaiya continues to make false allegations against her.

Soon, you may be able to book local ticket from home

If all goes according to plan, commuters will be able to buy tickets of suburban local trains sitting in their homes or offices through railway Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) on the mobile app that was launched a few years ago but has not attained popularity.

Police rescue abandoned newborn girl

It was on October 27, when she was found abandoned on the ground floor of SRA building at Kandivli East.

Underground chamber found again, this time at JJ Hospital

A 12-metre-long underground chamber, which is at least 132 years old, has been discovered at JJ Hospital. It has stone walls and brick columns, and was found below the College of Nursing earlier a women and children's hospital.

WR provides passengers linen again

He said supply of bedsheets, blankets was being done in a phased manner to ensure proper quality.

Rly platform ticket rates can’t be hiked at zonal level

Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) can-not decide on or increase the price of platform tickets at stations any longer. The railway ministry on Friday withdrew its earlier order empowering them to revise the price to control crowding.

Glow garden & designer benches part of D-ward beautification plan

From amphitheatre-like seating arrangement under the Kemps Corner flyover and creating a glow garden at Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak Udyan in Girgaon to designer benches at Nana Nani Park and murals/ thematic paintings on walls of major roads such as Nepean sea road, Pedder road, Bhulabhai Desai road.

Angadiya case: IPS officer gets pre-arrest bail

The HC will next hear the matter on November 15.

Greens see red over construction of a wall along Aksa beach, write to Centre

City-based environmentalists have taken a strong objection to construction of a wall at Aksa beach in suburban Mumbai, and have written to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) to intervene and save the beach before it's too late.

Attachment of Malik properties in money laundering case confirmed

An adjudication authority had recently confirmed provisional attachment of properties of NCP leader and former minister Nawab Malik and his kin.

BMC will tighten quality checks on road construction

In a bid to tighten its quality checks over road construction, the BMC hasasked its engineers to take samples of core bitumen content onmaximumevery 50m interval while works are ongoing and send it to reputed institutions like IIT Mumbai, VJTI or reputed central government institutions to check for quality and percentage of bitumen content in it as specified in the tender.

SC panel to trace kin of missing '93 riot victims who didn’t get payout

‘FORCED TO LIVE IN COMMUNAL TENSION VIOLATES RIGHT TO LIFE’

BMC plan for Gokhale bridge an invitation to traffic chaos

Andheri and its vicinity are expected to descend into unprecedented traffic chaos with the closure of the east-west Gopal Krishna Gokhale bridge for reconstruction from Monday.

CAG: Hancock, Carnac bridges delayed by poor BMC planning

A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India that was submitted to the BMC in June this year pointed to improper and deficient planning by the municipal corporation leading to delays in the reconstruction of two British-era bridges, Hancock and Carnac, in south Mumbai.

Drunk man 'steals’ boat for joyride on high seas, held after it runs dry

The Vasai boat was found near Shrivardhan coast in Raigad, more than 36 hours later, after it ran out of fuel, and the thief came back to his senses. By then he had motored the boat some 220km in the sea

State to push clustering of colleges in same locality

The state government is all set to promote clustering of colleges in the same vicinity to enable them to opt for a multidisciplinary approach to learning and share each other’s resources as recommended in the National Education Policy (NEP), reports Yogita Rao.

3 seniors blackmail city engg student with porn video & extort ₹30 lakh

According to the victim, the 3 accused had invited him for a party at a farmhouse, where they served him juice laced with sedatives & shot a porn video. They then began threatening to make the clip viral if he did not pay up

As AAP names its Guj CM face, sr leader quits

That there has been no power shift in these 47 seats is significant since both BJP and Congress faced major realignments in voter base because of delimitation in 2012.