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45-yr-old sleeping under truck crushed to death
Published on Mar 19, 2025 09:08 AM IST
A 45-year-old man sleeping under a parked 14-wheel container truck in APMC market was crushed to death after the driver failed to notice him while starting the vehicle. The deceased was identified as Pandurang Bapu Patil, who works as a labourer in the market.
Residents of Santacruz gaothan building up for demolition allege injustice
On March 11, the BMC served the residents a notice to evacuate, as their building had been categorised as C-1 or dilapidated and to be demolished
Published on Mar 19, 2025 09:02 AM IST
Sabah Virani, Mumbai
MACT grants ₹1.39 cr to manager who lost arm in bus accident
The Tribunal directed United India Insurance Company Ltd, the insurer of the bus, to pay the compensation amount with 7.5% annual interest, with liberty to recover the sum from the vehicle owner.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 08:42 AM IST
Anamika Gharat
Cultural centre and museum to come up in BKC
Maharashtra will establish a state cultural centre and museum in Bandra-Kurla, featuring galleries, an auditorium, and historical artefacts to promote heritage.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 08:32 AM IST
MU student alleges examiner did not check half of the answers
A third-year law student at the University of Mumbai (MU) has alleged that five out of 10 answers in one of his semester-five examination papers were not checked by the examiner. As a result, no marks were given for these answers and he failed in the subject, with a score of 20.5 marks.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 08:18 AM IST
Aanchal Goyal appointed Mumbai City collector
Goyal is an IAS officer of 2014 batch. She has worked as CEO of Ratnagiri Zilla Parishad and as joint MD of Mumbai Film City among other responsibilities.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 07:08 AM IST
Mumbai Weather and AQI Today: Warm start at 24.99 °C, check weather forecast for March 19, 2025
Check the weather forecast and air quality updates for Mumbai on March 19, 2025 here.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 07:03 AM IST
Partner arrested over a month after Kalbadevi resident’s death
According to the police, the deceased fell unconscious while having sex with the accused on February 14 and later died of a suspected heart attack. His partner, however, fled with his two mobile phones instead of taking him to a doctor
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:56 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi
HC strikes down GR reducing sugarcane FRP, deferring payments to farmers
The GR issued by the cooperation, marketing and textiles department on February 21, 2022 was violative of the Sugar (Control) Order (SCO), 1966 promulgated by the central government, the court said
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:50 AM IST
HC junks PIL seeking probe into ‘fake bank guarantees’ for Thane-Borivali twin tunnels project
A division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice Bharati Dangre ruled that the petitioner, investigative journalist Ravi Prakash Velicheti, had not approached the court with clean intentions
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:48 AM IST
Karuna Nidhi
New India bank fraud: EOW to again seek custody of 2 key accused
“We want to confront them with three other arrested accused to find out who received how much,” say police
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:44 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi
State ropes in developers to weed out illegal Bangladeshis
2,935 illegal Bangladeshis had been arrested in the state since January 2023, among whom 587 had been deported
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:32 AM IST
With user fee hike, flying out of Mumbai could cost more
MIAL has submitted a proposal to the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority for the imposition of ₹325 for departing domestic passengers and a ₹463 increase in the fee for international travellers. The fee, says MIAL, will enable it to undertake infrastructure development at Mumbai airport
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:28 AM IST
65 rioters arrested, curfew imposed in Nagpur
NAGPUR: Curfew imposed in Nagpur after violent clashes led to 65 arrests, with police ensuring control and no fresh incidents reported.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:26 AM IST
Oppn slams Fadnavis, calls riots an intelligence failure
Maharashtra's Opposition blames CM Fadnavis for Nagpur riots over Aurangzeb's tomb, citing intelligence failure and provocative statements by BJP leaders.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:18 AM IST
Head-in-suitcase: Victim’s torso recovered from a drain in Nallasopara
After a four-day search, the Mandvi police on Tuesday recovered the torso of the woman whose head was found in a suitcase
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:14 AM IST
Private bank manager dupes senior citizen of ₹75 lakh, flees
MUMBAI: A bank wealth manager allegedly cheated a senior citizen of ₹75 lakh by promising 12% returns on stock investments, then vanished.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:12 AM IST
Megha Sood
City’s highways get a clean sweep
BMC launches a cleanliness drive from March 17-22 to enhance traffic flow on Mumbai's WEH and EEH, clearing debris, abandoned vehicles, and more.
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:08 AM IST
Maharashtra to launch judicial probe into BMC's inaction on illegal structures
Lawmakers from the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed the civic body for not taking action against its officers
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:06 AM IST
BJP legislators take aim at Shinde over Thane coastal road project
BJP members in the legislative council on Tuesday alleged corruption had pushed up the project cost by ₹1,411 crore in just three years
Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:04 AM IST
Nagpur violence was pre-planned, says Fadnavis
Maharashtra's opposition blames CM Fadnavis for Nagpur riots, questioning police intelligence
Updated on Mar 19, 2025 12:27 AM IST
Nagpur violence was pre-planned. Mob had weapons, stones in trolley: Fadnavis
Devendra Fadnavis said a rumour was spread that a replica burnt by VHP and Bajrang Dal protesters in the morning had religious scriptures on it
Updated on Mar 18, 2025 02:44 PM IST
Five booked for defrauding insurance officer of ₹34L in crypto, forex scam
According to investigators, the gang set up a fake company to entice unsuspecting investors with promises of high returns. “We believe the scale of the fraud is much larger, and the total amount swindled could rise significantly,” said an officer from the Malad police station
Published on Mar 18, 2025 09:08 AM IST
Megha Sood
Torres fraud: Charge sheet names 8 accused, 11 wanted accused
According to the chargesheet, Lallan Singh was responsible for laundering money through various financial institutions. Investigations indicate that ₹13.78 crore of unaccounted money was laundered and later used to establish the operations of Torres Jewellery in Mumbai
Published on Mar 18, 2025 09:02 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi
HC quashes ₹388 crore fraud case against Adanis after 13 years
The court ruled that the allegations did not meet the legal requirements for cheating under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), effectively exonerating the Adani Group and its promoters from the case
Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:54 AM IST
Karuna Nidhi
Unknown person obtains, misappropriates Ghatkopar supplier’s contract payment
A businessman from Ghatkopar alleges fraud after ₹8.4 lakh was stolen from him via a changed bank account linked to government tenders.
Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:48 AM IST
Manish Kumar Pathak
Villages file first writ petition in Bombay High Court to cancel NAINA project
NAINA is a planned city spanning 225.59 square kilometres and covering 94 villages around the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport.
Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:42 AM IST
Pay up or payments will be withheld, Metro contractors told
Additional municipal commissioner (city) Ashwini Joshi had passed speaking orders on March 27, 2024, that the contractors were liable to pay the property tax. HT was the first to report on April 2, 2024, that the BMC had slapped a property tax bill on them
Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:34 AM IST
MCOCA court acquits Chhota Rajan in 2011 Pakmodia Street firing case
Police had claimed that two gunmen had shot dead the bodyguard of Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, Iqbal Kaskar, on Pakmodia Street, at Rajan’s behest, but the court acquitted the gangster for want of cogent evidence
Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:32 AM IST
Court rejects discharge pleas of Munir Khan’s son and seven others in ‘body revival’ scam
The court also rejected the discharge plea of Sarosh Khan, another key accused, observing that he actively promoted the sale of ‘Body Revival’ in collaboration with Munir Khan. Special Sessions Judge A C Daga remarked that Sarosh was instrumental in furthering the fraudulent scheme by using falsified documentation
Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:22 AM IST