Santacruz observatory in suburban Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 33.8 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius

According to the Thane Municipal Corporation’s disaster management cell, the blaze erupted in the meter room on the ground floor of B-Wing in the ground-plus-seven-storey residential building

Supreme Court raps state govt, orders it to vacate two residential flats at Opera House occupied by cops since 1940 without any formal agreement; according to the petitioners, the flats were requisitioned by the police more than 80 years ago in order to maintain law and order during the turbulent period of the Independence movement

Wheelchair-bound activist shows Eknath Shinde just how challenging footpaths are at Dadar Parsi Colony; During Shinde’s inspection, he visited the Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC), the city’s verdant residential area, near Khodadad Circle

Study also finds 67 per cent of kids spend less than an hour outdoors; findings force Move For Health campaign across India; over a period of three months, responses from over 10,000 parents across four major cities—Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Kolkata—were collected

Animal lovers fume after video of callous act surfaces; register FIR against four society members; it is believed the canines were shifted from a housing society in Kandivali

BMC sets up war room to track desilting ops, crack down on contractor lapses; as per civic data, around 12 per cent of the total desilting work has been completed so far

Charge sheet details how Shariful Islam learnt of victim’s identity only after media coverage which he would follow on his phone

Accused kidnapped the 6-year-old boy from his area; the accused worked with the victim’s father; according to the statement given by the victim’s father, a labourer, the accused worked with him

Experts warn screen addiction, lack of play is warping kids’ minds and moods; mid-day speaks with Dr Milan Balakrishnan, consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist, to understand this better

Civic body bans contractor, fines ready-mix concrete plants Rs 20 lakh each for poor-quality work; Additional Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar inspected Dinkarrao Desai Road in Aarey Colony and found the work quality to be poor

Complaint filed by actor Prashant Mishra lists 20 verified users promoting adult sites; Maharashtra DGP asked to respond with detailed report within three days

Maharashtra joins 23 other states in adopting NCERT-developed textbooks and curriculum under the National Education Policy