MUMBAI: Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar will conduct a hearing in the Shiv Sena MLAs disqualification case on Thursday. Earlier this month, Narwekar had decided to consolidate the 34 petitions in the disqualification case into six groups based on their cause of action.MLAs seeking more time to reply must provide justification: Maha Assembly SpeakerOut of the six groups, four contain...
MUMBAI: Celebrating the victory of good over evil, devotees watch an effigy of Hindu demon king Ravana burn on the occassion of Dussehra, in Ghatkopar on Tuesday. An air of festivity pervaded the city as garlands of marigold and mango leaves were strung in homes and on vehicles. People made nominal purchases of gold while some took delivery of new vehicles on this auspicious mahurat. After the nine-day...
MUMBAI: A woman has lodged a complaint against her husband and relatives for forcibly abducting her and her son from Kurla Pheonix mall. She has alleged that they were taken in an ambulance to a rehabilitation centre Khalapur in Pune where she was forced to undergo treatment for mental illness and was also made to sign blank papers. Based on the complaints of the 37-year-old, the Ghatkopar police have...
MUMBAI: On the last day of the deadline set by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde did not give any concrete assurance on granting the reservation on Tuesday. However, in his speech at the Dussera rally on Tuesday, he made the dramatic claim that he would fight for Maratha reservations till the last drop of his blood. He left the mike to walk towards the...
MUMBAI: Measures adopted by the BMC to curb air pollution leave much to be desired, according to climate experts.Those measuring air quality have seen a "phenomenal jump" in particulate matter and other pollutants over Mumbai between October 2022 and 2023. In fact, the average concentration of particulate matter over the city of Mumbai has increased by 100%. Terming the situation as "grave" and...
MUMBAI: As the nine-day celebration of Sharadiya Navratra ended on Navami on Monday, Dadar flower market was filled with people buying yellow and orange marigolds for Vijayadashami or Dussehra.Jewellers in Zaveri Bazar and Dadar had their fingers crossed for gold sales at Dussehra, which is one of the three-and-a-half auspicious mahurats by the Maharashtrian calendar to make new purchases. Kalpesh Mehta...
MUMBAI: The air quality in Mumbai this morning was categorized as 'moderate' with an air quality index of 127, according to the Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research system, Safar-India. Last Tuesday, the air quality in Mumbai was also in the 'moderate' category, with an air quality index of 115. Previously, the air quality in Mumbai was classified as 'good'. However, due to a rise in...
MUMBAI: Police have slapped yet another FIR on jailed builder Jayesh Tanna, brother Deep and son Vivek for cheating 28 flatbuyers of Rs 40 crore. TOI has learnt that the case is likely to be taken over by police's economic offences wing.Tanna, who is lodged in Arthur Road jail, has been booked in nine offences registered all over Mumbai. Police said in most of these cases, Tanna and his family members...
PALGHAR: One person was killed when a bus rammed into a crane on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday.The bus, belonging to the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation was carrying 35 passengers.The incident took place at around 3am when the crane which had hit a road divider on the highway was being reversed at Dapchari check post on Maharashtra-Gujarat border, and the...
MUMBAI: The chargesheet filed by the Government Railway Police against the dismissed RPF constable, Chetan Singh, for gunning down four people in a longdistance train in July dwells considerably on a communal speech that he had made aboard the train. Police have produced a list of passengers with their names and addresses who had filmed the speech. The chargesheet even mentions the kind of mobile device...
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