Mumbai: Two MBA students arrested in connection with the suspected drug overdose case at a music concert in Goregaon in April, which left two of their batchmates dead, told fellow students over a WhatsApp group that “pills” would be available at the concert, the chargesheet has revealed. A 3,500-page-long chargesheet was filed before a magistrate…
Navi Mumbai: Debris cleaning operation continued for the second day on the Mumbai corridor of the Mumbai-Goa highway in the Kashedi Ghat section, Ratnagiri. A collapsed hillock fell on the highway on Monday, resulting in complete closure of the highway for 12 hours on Monday. The Mumbai-bound traffic was diverted to the Goa-bound carriageway since…
Heavy to very heavy rainfall continued across the district on Monday, with Chinchwad recording the highest cumulative rainfall at 338.5mm over the 36 hours ending 8.30pm on Monday Pune: Rainfall intensity is likely to ease from Tuesday, with a more significant decline likely from Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its forecast on…
Navi Mumbai: A group of 125 trekkers from different parts of Pune was stuck in Roha, Raigad, since Saturday evening. Also, more than 1,000, including tourists, landed up at Kolad in the same taluka due to the Mumbai-Goa highway flooding. Further, three teams in a joint operation on Sunday night rescued 36 inmates of a…
Maharashtra govt on Friday warned of strict action against vendors selling unhealthy food products and caffeine-based energy drinks near schools Nagpur: The Maharashtra govt on Friday warned of strict action against vendors selling unhealthy food products and caffeine-based energy drinks near schools, amid growing concerns over their adverse health impact on children and teenagers.Replying to…
Navi Mumbai: A 45-year-old butcher was booked by Ulwe police for slaughtering rams and goats and hanging their meat for sale at his illegally set-up tin shade on the pavement near a school in Sector 20, Ulwe, within the restricted 10 km radius and about 2 km from the aerodrome reference point of the Navi…
An uprooted tree crashed onto a parked car at Purushottam Chowk, Dadar TT, on Wednesday. Fire Brigade and BMC personnel cleared the fallen tree amid rainfall. No injuries were reported Mumbai: The overnight downpour in the first 24 hours of the much-delayed monsoon onset pushed the city’s rain gauges into triple digits, with several pockets…
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant Mumbai: Highlighting serious irregularities in the Rs 1,400-crore tender for the Dighi Port Industrial Area development project in Raigad awarded by Maharashtra Industrial Township Ltd (MITL), Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant has asked Union Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal to give directions to the state government for…
The woman took the extreme step apparently over domestic issues George MendoncaNavi Mumbai: In a shocking and heart-wrenching incident, a 29-year-old tribal woman from Kharavali tribal hamlet in Mangaon taluka, Raigad, allegedly fed poison-laced cold drink to her four minor children before she herself consumed the poison on Saturday. While the woman and her two…
Navi Mumbai: Pen police in Raigad have detected the murder case of a 35-year-old tribal woman by arresting two accused men within 24 hours of registering an FIR. The duo accused have claimed that they demanded sexual favours from her and as she refused, they smothered her. However, the police are awaiting the victim’s post-mortem…
