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Botanist, former MU V-C to re-investigate Chembur tree collapse

MUMBAI, July 31 -- Over two weeks after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) preliminary inquiry into the fatal Chembur tree collapse was rejected by mayor Ritu Tawde and the general body, t... Read More


Civic panel clears Rs.2,241-cr desalination tunnel project

MUMBAI, July 31 -- The BMC standing committee on Thursday approved a Rs.2,241-crore proposal to construct a 7.20-km underwater tunnel connecting the upcoming Manori desalination plant with Mumbai's wa... Read More


State clears Kurla dairy plot for Dharavi rehabilitation housing

MUMBAI, July 31 -- The state urban development department has deleted the dairy reservation on the 8.5-hectare (21-acre) plot in Kurla that used to once house Mother Dairy. The notice was published on... Read More


city records 2 leptospirosis deaths in last two weeks

MUMBAI, July 31 -- Mumbai recorded two deaths due to leptospirosis at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri in the last two weeks. One of the victims was a 35-year-old man who worked in a... Read More


No roads: Severely injured man carried to hosp in doli for km

MUMBAI, July 31 -- Twelve years after Palghar was carved out as Maharashtra's newest district with promises of becoming a "modern district" and a "model town", residents of its remote tribal hamlets c... Read More


Man held for rail ticket fraud using forged VIP letterheads

MUMBAI, July 31 -- A textile merchant from Dadar has been arrested for running a racket that used forged letters of politicians, senior railway officers and the governor's aide-de-camp (ADC) to confir... Read More


Air India building to get a new logo, refurbished hall for cabinet meetings

Mumbai, July 31 -- One of the city's most recognisable landmarks for decades, the Air India building at Nariman Point will soon lose the airline's logo that currently crowns it. The Maharashtra govern... Read More


2023 Mum-Jai Express shooting: Nojudge to hear the case for 4 months

MUMBAI, July 31 -- It will be three years today since RPF constable Chetan Singh Choudhary shot dead his senior officer and three identifiably Muslim passengers on board the Jaipur Mumbai Superfast Ex... Read More


CR seals food stall at Thane station amid FDA crackdown

MUMBAI, July 31 -- Days after the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intensified inspections of food establishments, Indian Railways has launched its own crackdown on unhygienic food stall... Read More


Glass shards found in mid-day meal

Mumbai, July 31 -- At a time when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cracking down on eateries, including school canteens, for food safety violations, small glass shards were allegedly found in... Read More