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MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) celebrated the first anniversary of the "Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana Yojana" by launching a radio jingle. This jingle will be broadcast on local trains, buses, and other high-traffic areas, as stated by the BMC.The Aapla Dawakhana initiative, designed to provide medical facilities to the public, was inaugurated in October...

THANE: A notorious criminal with a criminal record in Uttar Pradesh, who had a reward of Rs 50,000 for his capture, was apprehended in a collaborative operation involving the Navi Mumbai Police and the Special Task Force unit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, it was reported.The 23-year-old individual known as Haris, also recognized as Chhotu Abdul Aziz, had managed to evade authorities in Uttar Pradesh for...

MUMBAI: The Income Tax (I-T) investigation wing is conducting searches on several premises in Mumbai and other locations in connection with BMC’s Covid scam during the pandemic, mainly supply of oxygen at inflated rates.I-T officials included the premises of the contractors in the search.It was alleged that BMC had paid Rs 140 crore to a contractor for oxygen procurement and supply during the pandemic...

THANE: An armourer in the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the Mumbai police was arrested for alleged involvement in a firing incident in Padgha in Thane's Bhiwandi area in which two persons were injured, a senior police official said on Sunday. Motorcycle-borne cousins Aziz Sayyed and Firoze Sheikh were shot at and injured near Mainde village on October 13 by a masked man who fled from the scene after the...

MUMBAI: The onset of Sharadiya Navratra holds special significance for the Bengali community as it prepares to celebrate Durga Puja from October 20-24.The monks of Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) in Khar will host traditional festivities complete with Kumari Puja, where a little girl is dressed up and worshipped as the goddess. One of the oldest Pujas, organised by Durga Bari Samiti at Tejpal Hall, is in its...

MUMBAI: A month-and-a-half after a 63-year-old Chandivali resident in Mumbai was knocked down by a speeding MUV car outside the Orchid Enclave building on September 6 that was driven by a 14-year-old school student, the police has registered a first information report (FIR) against the Saki Naka-based businessman, Shamsool Khan (40), who was allegedly found at fault during the probe.Saki Naka police...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra ST Karmachari Congress general secretary Shrirang Barge on Sunday demanded that the state transport buses should be exempted from toll rates as the charges were hefty after the hikes from October 1.The burden of the toll hike will be on commuters and the government should consider MSRTC as public service and waive toll at all check posts, he said.He said that the MSRTC pays around Rs...

Work on improving of 11 suburban stations on Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway’s (CR) Main & Harbour lines will begin in November as Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has completed technical evaluation of bidders who are expected to be awarded contracts this month.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) {...

NAVI MUMBAI: A sweeper at the Bank of Maharashtra, Turbhe has been booked by the APMC police for allegedly committing theft of Rs 11 lakh worth gold ornaments kept in the bank locker by customers who had mortgaged their gold and availed loans. Tanvir Shaikh, senior inspector of APMC police station said that the bank manager Priyanka Srivastav lodged a police complaint on October 11 alleging that the...

MUMBAI: Traffic Police have issued restrictions for vehicles in central Mumbai on Sunday as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal have organisd a public address at Shivaji Park to mark 350 years of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's crowning ceremony.The restrictions will be in effect from 2pm to 7pm on Sunday.* MB Raut Road shall be closed for traffic from Cafe Trofima at Raja Badhe chowk to Shivaji...