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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...

MUMBAI: On Saturday, the day temperatures surged to 37.4 degrees Celsius, marking the highest recorded temperature of the season. This also stands as the third-highest day temperature recorded in the month of October. In the year 2018, the maximum temperature for October peaked at 38 degrees on October 29, while back in 2015, day temperatures soared to 38.6 degrees on October 17.IMD officials attributed...

MUMBAI: In a morale boost to Navratra revellers, the state government on Friday extended the deadline for the use of loudspeakers upto midnight to the three final days of Navratra. Permission had already been granted for Sunday October 22 (Ashtami) and Monday October 23 (Navami). On Friday the state allowed the extended use of loudspeakers for Saturday October 21 too. The day marks the important...

MUMBAI: State Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Friday decided to club the 34 petitions in the Shiv Sena MLAs disqualification case into six groups based on the cause of action. Of the six groups, four groups have petitions filed by the Sena (UBT) and two groups have petitions filed by the Eknath Shinde-led Sena. Narwekar has also asked Shinde-led Sena to submit before him by October 25, documents that...

MUMBAI: BMC commissioner IS Chahal on Friday morning held a meeting with officials from MMRDA, SRA, MSRDC and also members from the construction industry to tackle concerns related to pollution being echoed by various city residents.Mumbai at present is witnessing 6,000 construction works which include public infrastructure projects too. As part of the action plan, all construction sites have been...