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...
A Swedish national, 63, was arrested in Mumbai on Thursday for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old cabin crew member on board a four-hour IndiGo flight from Bangkok. Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg, who was drunk at the time of the incident, also assaulted another flyer. Police filed a chargesheet using the accounts of three witnesses (all cabin crew). Westberg was subsequently released on payment of Rs...
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...
CHENNAI: The Chennai zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested three men for smuggling 3.9 kg of ephedrine, a controlled substance, from Chennai to Mumbai via Bengaluru.Based on information, NCB sleuths secured one of them at Periamet in Chennai on March 25 (Saturday) and seized the drug, which he had hidden in three handbags and embroidery mats. Based on his inputs, another man,...
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...
THANE: A constable — attached to the special protection unit in Mumbai — died hours later after he was found with serious injuries on the railway tracks between Taloja (in Raigad district) and Nilajhe (in Thane district) stations near Diva in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning, Thane railway police officials said. The constable was not on duty at the time of the incident, officials said.The railway...
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;...
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