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While quashing by mutual consent two 2010 criminal proceedings, the Bombay high court has directed eight persons to take part in the clean-up campaign of Versova beach conducted by environmental activist and lawyer Afroz Shah "on every second and fourth Sundays for six months." from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/IsGlDea

With allegations of cost escalation, rigging of bids and cartelisation coming to the fore, the BMC has scrapped tenders for its Rs 160-crore tunnel laundry project citing land shortage. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/oun1U7d

In what is believed to be a first for a local police station, a team from the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar commissionerate has landed in Prague in Czech Republic, to extradite one of two men accused of murdering a US-based model 19 years ago. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/QbykDx1

The Centre’s announcement of a cut in central excise duty on fuel set off a political slugfest between the MVA government and the state BJP on Saturday. CM Uddhav Thackeray demanded that the Centre slash the central excise duty on fuel to rates that were prevalent 6-7 years ago. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/HRPDlrK

With WHO announcing 80 monkeypox cases in 11 countries, Maharashtra health department has set out a directive to "keep a watch". "We have informed all the district health authorities to stay on guard,'' said state surveillance officer Dr Pradip Awate on Saturday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/KJ8XzeA

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A special court on Friday took cognisance of the ED's chargesheet against NCP minister Nawab Malik and said there is prima facie evidence to indicate Malik was directly and knowingly involved in the money laundering and criminal conspiracy with others to usurp Goawala compound in Kurla. The court has issued process against him and 1993 bomb blasts case accused Sardar Shahwali Khan, who is also named in the case. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/wcaAuER

The Bombay high court is hearing a petition by the mother of a minor girl and one of her three maternal uncles to transfer her share of property as a gift to an uncle as the girl wants to take diksha voluntarily. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/PQih54H

Indrani Mukerjea, 50, prime accused in the sensational murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, walked out of the Byculla women’s jail around 5.30pm on Friday over six-and-a-half years after she was arrested. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/VKhDaPj

A bank employee has been booked for allegedly embezzling Rs 4.1 crore by way of cashback for credit card holders. The accused, Nitin Khare, who worked on a contractual basis, diverted cashback on 83 credit cards held by 56 customers, the police said. He was used to handle the data of customers' shopping and cashback earned. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/WQ4TRKU

With several parts of Maharashtra experiencing thunderstorms, Mumbai and its adjoining areas witnessed cloudy skies on Friday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/wxvtqfG

A 37-year-old man was assaulted and robbed on a moving escalator at Virar station by four co-passengers in the wee hours of Sunday. Based on CCTV footage , Vasai Government Railway Police identified the robbers and arrested two of them—Shahrukh Khan (19) and Kiran Karva (19)—on Wednesday from Charni Road station. A search is on for their two accomplices. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/vUes9mh

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Almost three months after the repeated dust storms from northwest had severely polluted the air Mumbaikars breathe, the city on Thursday recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 309, which was worse than that of Delhi’s 191, according to the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). Even Pune and Ahmedabad fared badly with AQI of 276 and 297, respectively. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/HSL6y0D

An Air India A320Neo aircraft operating a Mumbai-Bengaluru flight on Thursday suffered a mid-air engine shutdown minutes after it lifted off from the city airport. With one of the two engines lost, the pilots were forced to return to Mumbai. The aircraft carried out an emergency landing back in Mumbai about 20 minutes post departure. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/pufBvmo

An autorickshaw driver got thrown out of his vehicle and decapitated by a 'speeding truck' taking a sharp turn on the U-bridge near Bandra Reclamation towards the sea link on Tuesday night. The impact was so severe that Pappukumar Saav's severed head landed four feet away from his body. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Xs2onEc

Granted bail after bail after spending six-and-a-half years behind bars, murder accused Indrani Mukerjea will have to spend another night in jail as her bail formalities could not be completed on Thursday. Indrani (50) is likely to be released from Byculla jail, where she has been lodged since her arrest in August 2015 for the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, on Friday afternoon. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/LTI4ShQ

The city's daily tally of Covid-19 cases climbed to a three-month high on Thursday when 223 cases were detected. After the peak of the Covid-Omicron third wave in January, daily cases had fallen below 30 on some days in March before rising slowly in mid-April. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/bzHOd8n

The state government, which has a debt projection of Rs 6.5 lakh crore, has decided to float a loan of Rs 2,000 crore to finance development projects in the state. "Public borrowings take place through the year. Public notices are issued so the government is aware of the most competitive interest rate," said a senior state official. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/CA6qGIb

Unidentified men used gas cutters to break open an ATM in Virar and decamped with over Rs 17 lakh early on Wednesday. This is the second time in three months that a kiosk of the same nationalised bank has been targeted. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3g6X4AL

While an intense heat wave has swept across India this summer, Mumbai breached the 40-degree Celsius mark on two occasions, both in March. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Nk5gztV

With Supreme Court permitting OBC quota in local body polls in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, BJP targeted the MVA government for not ensuring a similar verdict for Maharashtra. In March, SC had not restored the 27% OBC quota in Maharashtra, citing lack of required empirical data in the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission’s (MSBCC) report presented to court. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/zb6DM8g

Maharashtra registered 307 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the highest addition in a single day in the last 67 days. Daily detections for Mumbai too inched closer to 200 (194) on Wednesday. The state reported one death from Gadchiroli. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/g43Tqpz

The railway board has given its sanction for a Rs 70 crore terminus to be constructed at Jogeshwari for long-distance trains, primarily to and from the western and northern parts of the country, as the existing terminals are expected to get saturated due to ever-rising traffic. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/UKoQ7G0

Taking note of the arrival of monsoon in Maharashtra, which could create problems in holding local body elections, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the government and state election commission (SEC) could proceed with holding polls in areas which normally receive less rainfall and the rest of the elections could be conducted after monsoon. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/9vGC8gL

After the Monday drop, Maharashtra as well as Mumbai marked an increase in fresh cases of Covid-19. The state on Tuesday recorded 266 new cases, up from 129 cases registered on Monday, while Mumbai registered 158 cases, more than double the cases seen on Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/7yXoWaG

The banking unit of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) have arrested a former chief executive officer (CEO) of city cooperative bank for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 96.5 crore to the bank by fraudulently sanctioning loans/cash credits to various persons/companies who were ineligible. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/HUJSAe0

Four conspirators of the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai who had been evading law-keepers for 29 years have been arrested near Ahmedabad airport by the Gujarat anti-terrorism squad (ATS). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/dqLbDU7

A first-of-its-kind digitised valet parking facility will start in Dadar on Wednesday in collaboration between BMC, Mumbai Police and Dadar Vyapari Sangh, a traders’ body. Motorists can leave their vehicles at a dedicated valet parking booth near Plaza Cinema, along with their phone number. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/YXvi7ZH

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A 45-year-old woman was murdered, allegedly by a male friend, at her Vasai home on Monday afternoon. The man, who has been arrested, was a family friend of the woman, the police said. The motive of the crime is not yet known, the police said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/FYev1VI

State Congress chief Nana Patole issued a veiled threat to NCP on Monday about the continuation of the three-party MVA government. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/C9P5svI

A group of prisoners on emergency Covid-19 parole has challenged the state's May 4 circular requiring all inmates who had been given temporary parole or bail to surrender within 15 days. It is scheduled to be heard by the HC vacation bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and A L Pansare on Tuesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/qoJbdru

With the state expecting Mumbai's electricity consumption to rise 5% every year, it has given Adani Electricity permission for a 80km, 1,000MW underground transmission line between Aarey in Goregaon and Kudus in Thane's Wada taluka under a 25-year build-own-operate licence. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/0bAdNc9

The BMC will modernise 16 of its existing hospitals in the city over the next three years and all equipment from its jumbo centres used to fight the Covid-19 pandemic will be utilised in these upgraded hospitals, municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal said on Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/l9Ofkew

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A court on Sunday remanded Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale in police custody till May 18, a day after her arrest for allegedly sharing an objectionable post about NCP chief Sharad Pawar on her social media account. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/4UntxaN

A 35-year-old Mumbra man was lynched and his two companions injured by a mob at Rawale in Raigad a week ago for allegedly trying to steal cattle. The matter came to light on Sunday after TOI found about it through a police source. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/OprcwUW

A routine check by two traffic cops to crack down on two-wheeler riders without helmets has blown the lid off a racket of fake number plates recently. An FIR has been registered against the owner of a vehicle dealership agency for cheating clients with fake number plates. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/vjh2aOG

Passenger boat ‘Mustaqueen’ that ferries people between Elephanta and ferry wharf/Gateway developed a hole at the bottom and sank off the Ballard Pier coast on Saturday morning. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/NP0T4r9

Every time Afshan Dalvi from Chiplun in Konkan came to Crawford Market to shop, especially before festivals like Eid and Bakrid, she felt a bit disadvantaged. When she heard the muezzin's call from the nearby iconic Juma Masjid's minarets which soar into the sky, she longed to go inside and pray. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/A5wmb0v

Developer Chaitanya Mehta, site supervisor Faizal Shaikh, and crane operator Devraj Sahu have been booked by the Santacruz police for allegedly continuing construction work at Santacruz (west) past 10pm, resulting in noise pollution. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Omhu0e1

Shiv Sena Alibaug MLA Mahendra Dalvi and three others sentenced to two years’ jail for assaulting a candidate during a 2013 gram panchayat polls have also been collectively fined over Rs 1.08 lakh — each of the accused is to pay Rs 27,100. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/bxJUP0w

CM Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday warned the BJP-led Centre if they didn’t stop “misuse” of Central agencies like CBI and ED and foisted “bogus cases” against MVA leaders, his government would retaliate “mercilessly” in the same manner against BJP and “they would not have any place to flee. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/mZr20Tw

The Thane police on Saturday arrested Marathi tele-serial actor Ketaki Chitale for allegedly sharing a derogatory post against NCP president Sharad Pawar on her social media account. The post was reportedly written by someone else and shared on her Facebook wall. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/4bMwj35

Mumbai on Saturday reported 131 fresh Covid-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 10,61,463 and the toll to 19,565, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/qu2YoWV

Turning down a 16-year-old’s plea for permission to donate her liver to her ailing father, the Bombay high court said it refused to endanger her life when the father’s illness was “self-imposed”. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/6wDs7eN

The spate of alarming news related to climate change continues. The mean temperature in Mumbai and Pune will be 5 from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/T5ObBF4

Tourists visiting Chikhaldara hill station near Amravati will have a special attraction next July: A 407m-long skywalk, with a 100m glass deckin the middle, across the 590-ft deep valley in the eco-sensitive and buffer zone of Melghat Tiger Reserve. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/UCiqn8h

A beautiful secret lake located inside the Pawan Hans airport in Juhu is one of nature’s unknown marvels in the city. The vast water body spawns colonies of fish, and draws birds like kingfishers, storks and herons. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Tey3WSj