MUMBAI: In a phishing fraud, a health company looking for investors was duped of Rs 2.25 crore by an international hacker when an unknown person posed as ‘corporate communication manager’ of the Singapore company wanting to invest in his company, sent him a link, asked him for some details and when the complainant clicked on the link, Rs 2.5 crorein his Crypto currency wallet, got siphoned off.The...
MUMBAI: Road crash-related fatalities in the city reduced by 35% with 176 deaths reported between January and September as compared to 272 in the same period last year.Traffic police have attributed the drop to strict enforcement and improved infrastructure around 'black spots' or accident-prone locations. But with high-speed corridors like the Mumbai Coastal Road and Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link to be...
MUMBAI: An official reported that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted a raid on a gold melting facility and a jewelry shop in Mumbai, leading to the seizure of smuggled gold valued at Rs 3.62 crore, along with Rs 2.95 crore in cash and 2.1 kilograms of gold. This operation took place on Thursday.According to a release from the DRI, eight individuals have been apprehended in...
MUMBAI: Western Railway continued its drive against without ticket travelers by carrying out a fortress check at Borivali station in Mumbai, where 4,166 ticketless were fined in a single day on October 11.This is the highest ever single-day record of without ticket cases, beating the previous record of CR’s Thane’s station where 3,092 people were caught and a fine of more than Rs 8.6 lakh recovered...
MUMBAI: State transport commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar said that the state plans to reduce fatalities by 50% much before the Centre's deadline of 2030. He announced that the motor vehicle department in Maharashtra was now conferred with the SKOCH award for 'Multi-sectoral road safety improvement strategy'.The award has been conferred in recognition of the road safety measures undertaken in the past year....
MUMBAI: Barely three days are left for garba enthusiasts to put on their dancing shoes as the nine-day festival of Sharadiya Navratra starts Sunday October 15.With Covid restrictions a thing of the past, the dancing circuit promises to be exciting. Top notch artistes not only from the city but also from Gujarat are scheduled to perform at grand events in suburban Mumbai and city outskirts.Musa Paik,...
MUMBAI: This could be good news for Mumbai's Navratri and Durga puja pandals which require a huge supply of power during the festival period. BEST undertakings in island city, Tata Power across Mumbai and Adani Electricity in suburbs announced "subsidized residential" power tariff to all puja pandals who apply for connection. This will save the power supply costs for the pandals to a greater extent....
MUMBAI: In a major crackdown on ticketless travel, Central Railway (CR) conducted a fortress check at Thane and caught 3,092 passengers for unauthorised and ticketless travel on Monday. This is the highest number of cases registered in a single day on suburban network across Indian Railway. The last highest was at Andheri, where 2,693 passengers were caught and a cumulative fine of Rs 7.14 lakh was...
MUMBAI: The Western Railway (WR) is planning to run two special trains, including a Vande Bharat Express, between Mumbai and Ahmedabad ahead of the India-Pakistan cricket World Cup match in Ahmedabad on October 14.This is the first time that the WR will run an inter-city train for a sports event.A fully air-conditioned train will depart from Mumbai around 10pm on October 13. "It will reach around 6am,"...
MUMBAI: A sessions court in Mumbai on Tuesday sentenced artist Chintan Upadhyay to life imprisonment days after he was held guilty of criminal conspiracy along with abetment of the December 2015 murder of his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay.Chintan Upadhyay found guilty in Hema Upadhyay, Haresh Bhambhani Case | Full details of the caseHe was also fined Rs 25,000. Along with Chintan, three co-accused —...
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