Navi Mumbai: A 63-year-old shepherd was arrested by Shrivardhan police in Raigad after he was caught in possession of 2.146 kg of charas worth Rs 10.73 lakh after laying a trap on July 18 on a tip-off that he was selling charas. In his police custody remand till July 22, he led the police to…
Navi Mumbai: A group of 13 trekkers from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai who had lost their way and were stuck en-route to Machi Prabalgad fort on Saturday were rescued overnight.The young trekkers are employees of the information technology sector conglomerate TCS – Thane. The group had started scaling up without a guide earlier in the…
Pune: Four members of a criminal gang from Pune were nabbed after alert villagers indentified a stolen vehicle on the Nagar-Kalyan highway at Kolwadi village in Junnar taluka, about 57km from Pune, on Sunday.They overpowered two of the accused and handed them over to the Otur police who arrested two more later in the afternoon….
Navi Mumbai: The catchment area of Morbe dam, located on the outskirts of the city, received a record single-day rainfall of 333 mm in 24 hours, bringing relief to the administration and residents, as dam storage volume rose to 43% from last week’s 26%.The water level dwindled drastically during extreme summer, leading to a 10%…
Navi Mumbai: The Rasayani police in Raigad, in coordination with NGO Help Foundation, rescued eight passengers travelling in an MSRTC bus after the vehicle got stuck on a rainwater-flooded road near Sarsai village along Karjat-Pen Road on Sunday afternoon, due to the Patalganga river crossing the warning level following incessant rains for the past three…
Two men riding bikes were killed in a head-on collision on the Uran-Mora stretch of road on Monday before 3 am. Navi Mumbai: Three men were killed in two separate road accidents in Navi Mumbai on Monday and Tuesday past midnight, police said.Two men riding bikes were killed in a head-on collision on the Uran-Mora…
Pune: A family of three, a couple and their 10-year-old daughter, was on returning home in Badlapur on a scooter when an SUV took a reverse and hit their two-wheeler and killed the girl on Bopdev Maharaj bridge in Ravet on the Pune-Mumbai highway.The parents of the girl suffered severe head injuries. The accident occurred…
The March assessment offers an early snapshot of groundwater conditions before the peak summer demand fully sets in Pune: Seven talukas in Maharashtra had already slipped into mild and moderate groundwater stress categories in March this year, well before the onset of peak summer months, a recent assessment by the Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency…
Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the allotment of 15 acres in Panvel to Ritanand Balved Education Foundation, the parent institution of Amity University.According to a govt press release, various educational courses are taught in 18 branches at Amity University. Currently more than 5,000 students are studying there and the institution had requested land…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district has awarded compensation of Rs 41.8 lakh to a 28-year-old graphic designer who suffered 60% permanent disability following a road accident in 2021.In its May 7 order, tribunal member R V Mohite directed the offending car’s owner, Mahesh Dhamanse, and the insurance company to pay…
