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Tree falling spikes in 4 years

Activists link urban planning flaws to tree hazards

Sawai Gandharv Bhimsen Mahotsav starts

Pune's iconic Sawai Gandharv Bhimsen Mahotsav, a revered music festival, starts today, Dec 18, and will continue until Dec 22 at the Maharashtriya Mandal Krida Sankul in Mukundnagar.

EMPOWER WOMEN FOR A NEW INDIA

Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mashelkar was the chief guest at the EmpowHER Foundation's inaugural function of the 'Hirkani' scheme

AIT students bag two first prizes through innovation

Smart India Hackathon 2024

Pune district tops state in Lok Adalat case settlements

Pune district has again secured first place in the state in the 4th National Lok Adalat of this year.

Keep ego at bay: RSS chief Bhagwat

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said one should keep ego at bay or else he or she may fall into a hole.

MIN TEMP SLIPS TO SINGLE-DIGIT

Over the past few days, the temperature has rapidly dropped from 19°C to 16°C further to 12°C

Fake docus to secure US visa; four booked

The Bandra-Kurla Complex police have booked four persons, including a US visa hopeful and three agents, for allegedly trying to secure a visa with fake documents.

With fake porn charge, frauds extract ₹11L

A 55-year-old woman lost Rs11 lakh after the scammers trapped her in the digital arrest scam by falsely accusing her of circulating porn.

3 arrested for managing mule a/cs for frauds

Three persons, who are alleged to be members of an interstate racket operating mule accounts for cyber frauds, have been arrested in connection with a Rs2.85 crore scam.

Woman flier held with drugs worth ₹5 crore

The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of airport Customs have arrested a 37-year-old woman for allegedly smuggling five kg of hydroponic weed worth Rs5.56 crore from Bangkok.

Fresh ED raids in Magicwin case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted fresh searches at 21 locations across Mumbai, Pune and Delhi on December 10 and 12 as part of a money laundering probe into 'Magicwin', an alleged betting scandal.

HC seeks MPCB reply on 'harmful' Thane RMC plant

Residents, green activists demand to relocate plant away from township

Singing legends to be honoured with Urdu award

Urdu Markaz, a Mumbai-based organisation promoting the language, will honour singers Asha Bhosale, Sudha Malhotra and Suman Kalyanpur, for their \"contribution in popularising Urdu/Hindustani\".

South Korea visa racket: Naval officer gets bail

Opposing the bail, prosecution said there was enough evidence to prove Sharma's active role in offence

A confluence of literature, history

The city witnessed an enchanting convergence of literature and history at the 'Words and Worlds' programme held on Monday evening.

Brain dead 70-yr-old man donates organs

Cadaver organ donation inched closer to the mark of 60 this year in Mumbai as relatives of another brain-dead man donated his organs-liver and kidneys along with bone and skin.

Pilferage of seized laptops exposes security lapses in CFS

Pilferage of seized laptops from customs bond at Nhava Sheva has exposed major security lapses at container freight stations (CFS) mushrooming on the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) vicinity.

Worker dies as wall falls on him

A 22-year-old worker died after a crane's wire broke while lifting a retaining wall, causing it to collapse on the worker while he was working at the site on Monday evening in Bhiwandi.

NGO urges BMC to take over reserved plot

March, an NGO addressing Mumbai's infrastructural gaps, has written to the BMC commissioner demanding the immediate handover of the reserved plot within Growel's 101 Mall in Kandivali (E).

3 IIT-B teams win top prize

IIT Bombay teams dominated the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2024, winning top honours in their categories.

Naked man enters local train; FIR filed

A shocking incident aboard the CSMT-Kalyan fast AC local train on Monday left women commuters in panic after a nude man was spotted in the women's compartment.

HC: Med bail to ease terminally ill prisoners' suffering

The Bombay High Court has expressed concern over terminally ill prisoners languishing in jails and urged the state government to implement a 2010 advisory by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for granting medical bail or house arrest to such inmates.

Seven held for looting woman of ₹12L, Saudi Riyals before int'l trip

Police reviewed footage from 100 CCTV cameras to track suspects using technical intelligence

₹2.15 lakh aid for man duped by travel firms

Six months after the Mumbai Suburban District Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission directed the Mumbai and Gujarat police to serve summons two travel agencies and CEO of one of the firms for failing to provide the correct pick-up point or inform the customer about a route change, the defaulters have finally complied with the commission's orders.

Baby delivered in ambulance; concerns raised

A 25-year-old woman with pregnancy complications delivered a baby in an ambulance with the help of a doctor onboard while being shifted from a rural hospital in Palghar to neighboring Thane, officials said on Tuesday.

Asia's biggest fest, Mood Indigo back

Over 50 competitions spanning dance, music, literature, and art will be held

34 startups from across Maha together at IIT-B

The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) partnered with Google for Startups to host the AI Academy India 2024, a three-day bootcamp aimed at empowering early-stage startups through the use of artificial intelligence.

Boy lets go of mum's hand, hit by car, dies

A seven-year-old boy hit by a car at Borivali railway station on December 14 succumbed to injuries at Shatabdi Hospital on Monday.

City hosts 123rd 10-day Mahim fair

The 10-day Mahim fair, at the dargah of religious scholar Makhdum Fakih Ali Mahimi, began on December 16.