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BMC empowers junior supervisors to impose fines for civic offences

MUMBAI, Feb. 6 -- In a first-of-its-kind move, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to authorise junior supervisors to impose penalties for civic offences and enter housing societi... Read More


biker on way to Temple crushed under truck

THANE, Feb. 6 -- A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed after his bike slipped under the rear wheel of a container truck on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway early Thursday morning, triggering massive traffic ... Read More


Traffic limps back to normal on Mum-Pune Expressway

Pune/Mumbai, Feb. 6 -- Traffic movement on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway returned to near normal on Thursday morning, nearly 32 hours after a tanker carrying highly inflammable propylene gas overturned n... Read More


Croc, Tortoise rescued from Juhu, one held

MUMBAI, Feb. 6 -- Juhu police on Wednesday booked a 29-year-old Chinese food shop owner for allegedly keeping a crocodile and a turtle illegally at his residence. Police said they received a tip-off t... Read More


Art teacher, activist wins $1-mn Global Teacher Prize

MUMBAI, Feb. 6 -- Rouble Nagi, an activist and art teacher known for painting educational murals across the walls of slums in Mumbai and other cities, won the $1-million Global Teacher Prize on Thursd... Read More


Bandra East skywalk may be extended 100m towards BKC

Mumbai, Feb. 5 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is considering extending the recently opened skywalk at Bandra East by about 100 metres towards Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) to ease pedest... Read More


Pre-budget, CM freezes spending from Feb 15

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- As soon as he began reviewing preparations for the state budget for 2026-27, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered a freeze on fresh procurement and expenditure proposals from Feb... Read More


Two injured as balloons blow up in elevator

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- Two persons were injured after hydrogen-filled balloons being carried to the 10th floor of a residential building in Goregaon, exploded inside the lift on Tuesday. According to the p... Read More


Mumbai police team assaulted by accused in Navi Mumbai

NAVI MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- A Mumbai Police team was brutally attacked while attempting to arrest accused persons in a drug trafficking case near Shagun Chowk in Ulwe around midnight on Saturday. Four peop... Read More


Grant Road market row deepens; BMC receives legal notice

MUMBAI, Feb. 5 -- Controversy over the proposed redevelopment of the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Market at Grant Road has escalated, with a developer whose bid was cancelled sending the BMC a legal notic... Read More