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Mumbai: A special MPID court recently ruled against adding as accused two persons who purchased a property for Rs 2.6 crore from two accused in an investment fraud case involving Cosmo Investment and Athena Investment. The court held that those whose involvement is not direct in managing the fraudulent financial establishments cannot be added as…
Mumbai: Chandrakant Yadav, 28, a resident of Thakur Village in Kandivali and a workman in the electrical industry, faces a daily challenge in commuting, waiting at least 30 minutes for a bus on Route 434 (from Andheri to Sainath Nagar-Bamandaya pada). “Some days, the wait extends to 45 minutes. The bus app is of little…
Mumbai: The early onset of rains means the city is battling monsoon illnesses a month earlier than usual, with doctors reporting a noticeable rise in cases of dengue, malaria, typhoid and gastroenteritis.“In the last 15 days, I admitted more than a dozen dengue patients, including two needing ICU care,” said senior medical consultant Dr Gautam…
Mumbai: In a deeply disturbing case of domestic violence, a 38-year-old woman from Vashi Naka in Chembur suffered serious burn injuries after her husband allegedly set her on fire when she allegedly refused his demand for sex on Thursday. The woman, who received 70 percent burn injuries, is battling for life at Sion hospital in…
A vehicular underpass that is part of the coastal road project, near the Worli end of Bandra-Worli Sea Link, was opened to traffic on Friday. The underpass goes below Abdul Gaffar Khan Road and connects JK Kapoor Chowk, which handles traffic from Prabhadevi and Dadar, to the coastal road. After its cut-and-cover portion, traffic is…
Mumbai: Six days after it was shut due to heavy rainfall and flooding, passenger services at the Acharya Atre Chowk station on Metro Line 3 resumed on Friday afternoon. The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) restored operations from 1 pm, bringing relief to commuters on the Aarey JVLR-Bandra-Acharya Atre Chowk underground corridor.The station was…
MUMBAI: BMC, which has floated tenders for the design, construction, and commissioning of a 200 million litres per day (MLD) desalination plant for the fourth time, plans to draw water from 2.5 km into the sea due to the rocky terrain closer to the shoreline.BMC officials said that the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA)…
MUMBAI: The Vehicular Underpass (VUP), a part of the Coastal Road project near the Worli end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, was opened to traffic on Friday. The underpass, which goes below the existing Abdul Gaffar Khan Road, connects JK Kapoor Chowk, handling traffic from Prabhadevi and Dadar to the Mumbai Coastal Road.After the cut-and-cover…
The Bombay High Court declared Hemang Shah’s arrest by the Economic Offences Wing illegal due to the failure to produce him before a magistrate within 24 hours. MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court vacation bench on Friday declared the arrest of Anchor Group director Hemang Shah, 50, by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) as illegal,…
Mumbai: Instead of relocating slums from Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) forest land, Mumbai suburban MLAs want the land to be declared as non-forest.On Friday, BJP MLC and group leader in the state legislative council, Pravin Darekar, moved a resolution that residents of Ketkipada in Dahisar and all other surrounding areas right up to Dindoshi…
