Author: Saraswati

MUMBAI: An FIR for rash and negligent driving was filed against an ambulance driver, after the ambulance swerved off a bridge and fell on shops near Amar Mahal, Chembur on Thursday. Police said Sarang Joshi (30) and an assistant, who were in the ambulance with a body, suffered injuries and were thus not arrested at […]

MUMBAI: Police on Friday registered a case of causing death by negligence against the landlord of the cessed Mishra building in Nagpada. The toilet block portion of the three-storey building was being repaired when it crashed on a house in the compound on Thursday, killing a 70-year-old woman and her 12-year-old granddaughter. The police have […]

The court also directed the state government to impose all necessary restrictions (Representational) Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission for a Muharram procession in the city with stringent restrictions in place in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and Madhav Jamdar gave permission after the Maharashtra government […]

In a relief to All India Idaara Tahfuz e Hussainiyat, an Anjuman (religious organisation) representing a section of Shia community in south Mumbai, the Bombay high court (HC) has permitted them to take out a taziya from Bhendi Bazar to the graveyard at Mazagaon on Sunday (August 30) which is commemorated as Aashura, the day […]

Mumbai and its suburbs received continuous spells of light to moderate rain from Friday morning, interspersed with a few intense spells of rain. Against a light to moderate rain alert for Friday, the Santacruz weather station, representative of the suburbs and Mumbai, recorded 26.4mm rain while the Colaba weather observatory, representative of south Mumbai, recorded […]

MUMBAI: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert – heavy rain at isolated places – for Mumbai and Thane on Friday and Saturday. There is an orange alert for Palghar – heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places – on Saturday. The city began receiving rains early on Friday morning. Among […]

Maharashtra coronavirus LIVE updates: Sanitisation stand being stalled in a Pune bus on Thursday. Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus News Live Updates: With Maharashtra reporting 14,718 cases and 355 deaths on Thursday, the total number of coronavirus infections in the state has now reached 7,33,568 and toll has soared to 23,444. While the state has 1,78,234 […]

North Konkan and adjoining areas have seen some intense clouds, according to the IMD. “Raigad, Thane and Mumbai Eastern suburbs showing intense development. Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai have received intermittent showers over the last three hours. Radar images show moderate to intense development over these areas with thundering being heard. Rainy day ahead,” said […]

A mental health study done on 8,396 Indians between April and June to capture stress levels of Indians during the lockdown has found that Mumbai was the most stressed – recording the highest net increase of 48% in stress levels. It was much higher than the rest of the country that recorded an increase of […]

MUMBAI: An ambulance carrying a body for post-mortem from Dombivli to JJ hospital accidentally fell off Tembe bridge, near Amar Mahal in Chembur, late on Thursday evening. The driver and his assistant were trapped inside the vehicle with the body for more than an hour. Tilak Nagar police and fire brigade officials rescued the two […]