MUMBAI: A 13-second viral video clip of a dangerous wheelie stunt performed by a biker along with two women has prompted Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police to slap a case against all three and launch a hunt for the trio who face charges under Indian Penal Code sections 279 (rash driving) and 336 (endangering lives) as well as the Motor Vehicle Act. The two women have been additionally charged with...
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MUMBAI: A new pearly white ornament rose against the South Mumbai skyline Friday evening even as the half moon framed it from the rear. The GPO (General Post Office) building near Fort, the headquarters of the postal department, dedicated its grand dome, which has been retrofitted and renovated, to the citizenry. This grand architectural feature is the second largest dome in the country after the Gol...
MUMBAI: The much-delayed widening of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway will be completed by December 2023 end, announced Union minister for transport and national highways Nitin Gadkari. The road will be commissioned for traffic in January 2024, and Mumbai-Goa commuters will be able to cover the distance in 4.5 hours. "It is regrettable that this is perhaps the only road project in the country that has...
MUMBAI: Four years after its crash claiming seven lives, the reconstructed Himalaya foot overbridge near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai opened for the public on Thursday.On March 14, 2019, a part of the bridge connecting the north end of the CSMT railway station to Badruddin Tayabji Lane collapsed onto the D N Road below. Subsequently, a traffic signal was installed on...
MUMBAI: The city recorded 27 "poor air" days, when daily average PM2.5 levels were between 90 and 120 ug/m3, in January and February, compared with just six such days in the corresponding period last year, reports Chittaranjan Tembhekar.In fact, there were zero "good air" days-average PM2.5 levels under 30 ug/m3-in February, shows data from the National Clean Air Programme.Track the pollution level in...
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday stayed the investigation in a first information report (FIR) against Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Maharashtra president Preeti Sharma Menon and a functionary under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.Justices Sunil Shukre and Milind Sathaye granted interim relief to Menon, who is also a member of AAP's national executive, and...
Manthan Mehta has been a journalist since 1997, and is currently Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Mumbai. He covers a wide range of subjects ranging from insurance to local crimes and civic issues. Manthan reads and watches cricket matches in his free time.Read More!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {}; const { TimesApps } = window;...
MUMBAI: Daily detection of Covid-19 cases in the state more than doubled on Tuesday in comparison with Monday's tally, showing a steady rise in transmission. Experts said the recombinant subvariant XBB 1.16, which was isolated in the first week of March by genomic scientists from Maharashtra, is responsible for 60% of the cases. The subvariant has also been linked with a death -though not with increased...
MUMBAI: Holding that the special CBI trial court Judge passed a wrong order in January 2018 in a 2009 custodial torture and death case, the Bombay high court setting it aside directed framing of a murder charge against three accused police officials.The forensic report had said Shaikh had died due to contusions on head, noted Justice P D Naik and said the trial court order in not framing the murder...
MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of BJP has sought a probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the alleged financial misappropriations in BMC brought to the fore by CAG in its recent findings."The report submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) into the works executed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has revealed many shocking facts and exposed corruption to the tune of Rs...