Mumbai News

Uddhav Thackeray put no precondition for rapprochement: Shiv Sena (UBT)

For its part, the Shiv Sena headed by Eknath Shinde shrugged off the talks of any truce between the two warring cousins, terming their respective parties- Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)- politically irrelevant in Maharashtra

21 April,2025 10:09 AM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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Hindi was already compulsory, now it's being relaxed: Maharashtra Minister

Deepak Kesarkar said the controversy stems from a misunderstanding, as Hindi was already a compulsory subject in Classes 5 to 7 under the previous framework

21 April,2025 09:57 AM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai weather updates: City swelters under heat and humidity

Santacruz observatory in suburban Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 25.1 degrees Celsius

21 April,2025 09:25 AM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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City in a mess: Over 500 km of Mumbai roads dug up amid BMC’s poor planning

One fourth of Mumbai’s 2050 km of roads currently dug up for various reasons, creating unimaginable chaos and potentially dangerous situations; mid-day’s deep-dive series exposes BMC’s poor planning and flawed operations

21 April,2025 09:54 AM IST | Team mid-day
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Mumbai: ‘Bring back harsh fines for felling trees’

Activist writes to CM demanding reintroduction of amendment to Act that proposes hiking fine from Rs 1000 to Rs 50,000; according to the environmentalist, the reason for writing the letter was to draw attention to the rampant destruction of forests and trees across Maharashtra

21 April,2025 07:03 AM IST | Ranjeet Jadhav
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Mumbai: ‘Six lifeguards and none could save my son’

Father of 10-year-old boy who drowned in civic-run pool in Bhayandar on Sunday demands CCTV footage and answers; the deceased’s parents have demanded strict action against the contractor and the MBMC, holding them accountable for the tragedy

21 April,2025 07:10 AM IST | Shirish Vaktania
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Students filmed sweeping classroom: Parents shocked, BMC says ‘teaching values’

Activists and furious parents in Govandi say this is clear exploitation of their wards in the name of civic lessons; the footage, dated April 16, shows young children using brooms to clean the school premises, prompting allegations of child exploitation and misuse of school hours

21 April,2025 07:34 AM IST | Dipti Singh
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Fencing done, work resumes at Badlapur island platform

Officials said fencing will segregate crowding at the platform; staircases, escalators and elevators on the island platform will prove to be a major crowd buster

21 April,2025 07:44 AM IST | Rajendra B. Aklekar
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Mumbai: Dismantling of Sion road overbridge begins; 7 old girders removed

CR operates five-hour block between CSMT and Vidyavihar on Sunday; officials also carry out maintenance works, upgrades; the block was operated between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Vidyavihar, and besides the dismantling operation, several maintenance and upgrade works were taken up in various sections till Vidyavihar

21 April,2025 07:49 AM IST | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Mumbai Crime News

Will act with alacrity on cyber fraud cases: Police to Bombay High Court

The woman, in her petition, said due to non-registration of FIR and prompt action, she lost Rs 45 lakh; a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale, in the order passed on April 15, noted that cyber fraud cases were on the rise, with a number of  senior citizens falling prey to such fraudsters

21 April,2025 07:52 AM IST | Agencies
Mumbai Crime News

Two booked for creating fake Instagram account of couple, extorting money

FIR has named one accused as Jitendra Rajpurohit and another as unknown; the accused extorted Rs 1.5 lakh from the victim; they also posted morphed obscene photos of of the couple and began blackmailing the man

21 April,2025 07:57 AM IST | Samiullah Khan
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Mumbai gets its first Amrit Bharat Express train service

Train to run between Saharsa, Bihar and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Kurla; the train will operate via Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Danapur, Buxar and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (formerly Mughalsarai) stations

21 April,2025 08:03 AM IST | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Traffic warden chasing tempo on Mumbai Coastal Road falls into sea, dies

Traffic warden chasing tempo on Mumbai Coastal Road falls into sea, dies

The tempo, which was going from Tata Garden towards Worli, allegedly violated the traffic rules by entering the Mumbai Coastal Road where heavy vehicles are not allowed to ply

21 April,2025 12:17 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Disha Salian’s Case: Shiv Sena leader's sensational claims on Aaditya Thackeray

    Disha Salian’s Case: Shiv Sena leader's sensational claims on Aaditya Thackeray

    In a major update on the Disha Salian murder case, Shiv Sena leader Naresh Mhaske has made sensational claims on Aaditya Thackeray’s friend circle and how Sanjay Raut always opposed it. The lawyer of Disha Salian’s father claimed that there were eyewitnesses who had seen Aditya Pancholi, Dino Morea, Aaditya Thackeray and his bodyguards gang-raping Disha Salian. In this matter, Shiv Sena leader Naresh Mhaske has urged the phone records to be checked of Ekta Kapoor, Dino Morea and Aditya Pancholi. 

    22 March,2025 03:20 PM IST
    Panvel Court sentences former inspector to life imprisonment

    Panvel Court sentences former inspector to life imprisonment

    Two of his associates, Kundan Bhandari and Mahesh Phalnikar, were sentenced to seven years in prison each for destroying evidence related to the case

    21 April,2025 01:56 PM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
    Man injures woman with glass shard after her umbrella brushes against him

    Man injures woman with glass shard after her umbrella brushes against him

    The woman, Anita Balu Patkar, was walking when the umbrella in her hand accidentally hit the accused, Sachin Bhagwan Avasarmol

    21 April,2025 11:41 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
    Trial in 2008 Malegaon blast case over; NIA court adjourns matter to May 8

    Trial in 2008 Malegaon blast case over; NIA court adjourns matter to May 8

    Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town about 200 km from Mumbai, on September 29, 2008

    19 April,2025 09:58 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
    Teenager vandalises BEST bus, attacks driver with sword in Bhandup

    Teenager vandalises BEST bus, attacks driver with sword in Bhandup

    The boy blocked the bus and threatened the driver with a sword. He then tried to hit the driver with the weapon and used abusive language, a police official said

    19 April,2025 09:44 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
    Congress workers climb ED office gate, raise slogans in Mumbai; booked

    Congress workers climb ED office gate, raise slogans in Mumbai; booked

    The Youth Congress workers were protesting against ED investigations involving Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald case

    19 April,2025 07:27 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
    Woman strangled, body dumped on roadside in Thane district

    Woman strangled, body dumped on roadside in Thane district

    After preliminary investigations revealed that the woman had died of strangulation, a case of murder was registered at Kongaon police station

    19 April,2025 01:54 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
    Man booked for cheating job aspirants of Rs 8 lakh in Thane district

    Man booked for cheating job aspirants of Rs 8 lakh in Thane district

    The accused, Amar Kachru Bagul, allegedly cheated people with a promise of jobs in the Railways and education department between September 2018 and April this year, an official said

    19 April,2025 01:45 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
    Thane: Three booked for cheating CMRF of Rs 4.75 lakh with forged documents

    Thane: Three booked for cheating CMRF of Rs 4.75 lakh with forged documents

    As per the first information report, the accused, Dr Anudurg Dhoni (45), Pradeep Bapu Patil (41) and Ishwar Pawar, allegedly fabricated hospital admission and treatment records for 13 non-existent patients at Ganpati Multi-Speciality Hospital in Ambivili, Mohane

    19 April,2025 01:27 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
    Mumbai police nab dentist from Kolkata for trafficking; rescue two children

    Mumbai police nab dentist from Kolkata for trafficking; rescue two children

    A team from the Wadala Truck Terminus police station apprehended the accused, Reshma Santosh Kumar Banerjee, last week and rescued a two-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl in the operation

    19 April,2025 12:53 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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