MUMBAI: Forty days of Lenten fasting and penance come to a close on Holy Saturday, setting the stage for Easter, the biggest festival of the Christian calendar. Easter marks the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave after his crucifixion on Good Friday.Festivities will begin after Easter Vigil mass Saturday night. The archbishop of Bombay, Oswald Cardinal Gracias will celebrate mass at Holy Name...
MUMBAI: Light rains were reported in many parts of Mumbai on Friday morning. This was coupled with overcast skies as well. In western suburbs parts of Kandivali, Dahisar, Malad saw a light drizzle along with areas like Mira Road, however the rainfall wasn’t significant to show on the IMD observatories recordings which are updated every three hours. Officials at the IMD said that the unseasonal rains...
MUMBAI: Stamp paper vendors across the city are on an indefinite strike against the new rules issued by the state government which state that those wanting a stamp paper will now have to go in person to buy it and can't purchase it through a third party. The new rules also require a person to be physically present to buy a stamp paper from a vendor. The circular laying out the new rules was issued in...
MUMBAI: Angry that his hair was cut short, a 13-year-old boy allegedly leaped to death from the bathroom window of his 16th floor flat in Bhayander on Tuesday night. Navghar police said an accidental death case has been filed. Shatrughan Pathak, a class 8th student, was found in a pool of blood in the compound of his Sonam Indraprasth building in New Golden Nest, Bhayander (east) at around 11.30pm. The...
MUMBAI: Union minister Narayan Rane on Wednesday alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray had attempted to offer contracts for his assassination.During a press conference in Mumbai, the BJP MP made accusations against Thackeray, claiming that while he served as the chief minister of Maharashtra (from November 2019 to June 2022), he was involved in corrupt practices in the procurement of...
MUMBAI: Citizens from several areas in Mumbai have been complaining about the lack of water supply in their localities. Some have even said that they have not been receiving water at all or are getting only a trickle, and are having to depend on water tankers and bottled water for drinking. Starting from March 31 onwards, the BMC had announced a 15% water cut all across Mumbai for the next 30 days. This...
MUMBAI: Mumbai Airport on Tuesday said both its runways will remain temporarily closed for operations for five hours on May 2 as part of the facility's monsoon contingency plan. The scheduled temporary runway closure is an annual exercise and a contingency plan on the same will help maintain operational continuity and ensure passengers' safety, PTI quoted the private airport operator as saying in a...
MUMBAI: The west region Cyber police is probing a case where an unidentified cyber fraudster used a 'man-in-the middle' (MITM) attack modus operandi, created a fake email ID, similar to a Portugal-based company's, and duped a Mumbai company of Rs 54 lakh.In the MITM attack, a cyber attacker generally impersonates one of the two parties interacting and sends a message to the other party that believes it...
MUMBAI: Seven people were trapped in an elevator in the Bombay High Court building on Monday, a fire brigade official said. The fire brigade received an alert about people being trapped in one of the elevators in the high court premises around 4.30 pm, he said. However, staff from the lift maintenance company managed to rescue all the seven people within 15-20 minutes, the official said.(With PTI...
MUMBAI: In a major shot in the arm for the city's security agencies, China has given its green signal to extradite Prasad Pujari - one of the last few gangsters operating from foreign shores and wanted in several cases of extortion, threat to life and murder- and has asked the Government of India to send its extradition request in Mandarin.The Chinese authorities gave its approval to the Ministry of...
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