Over the next month, the BMC will register licenced hawkers’ fingerprints and photographs. The issuing of biometric cards will be done after the BMC completes verification of documents collected from hawkers. 

The Mumbai police has created cyber cells in every police station since December last year, and this is one of the first serious crimes to be solved by a police station-level cyber cell. 

A customs official said the government should ensure that the SC hearing in the Mangali Impex case is expedited so that all other similar cases can be decided in a time-bound manner.

“Prajapati’s nephew and friend were lodged in Udaipur jail. They had told us that they were arrested in possession of drugs,” the witnesses told court, denying their earlier statements.

In first-of-its-kind project in India, Centre directs Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to install 200 to 250 rain gauges in Mumbai , which will give area-wise rainfall updates

According to the report, for a population of 1,24,42,373, there are 14,687 public toilets. Besides, there are an additional 163 toilets meant for the differently abled.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took an average 48 days to resolve complaints, according to the report.

Police said the woman, Sayeeda Shaikh, was accompanied by three men, who are on the run. The robbery attempt was foiled after the contractor raised alarm.

The accused has been identified as Vigneshwar Vijay Jadhav, a resident of Shivaji Nagar in Worli. Police said under the influence of drugs, Jadhav had been stealing motorcycles for joy rides for about four months.

On Thursday morning, the family members approached the Shivaji Nagar police and a case of kidnapping was registered. The police said it is not clear if the boys had drowned together.

The doctor told the court that the articles mentioned on the back of the death slip as those found on the person of the deceased were not in his writing.

The court was hearing an application moved by former special public prosecutor Dhiraj Mirajkar on February 8, seeking four policemen accused in the case be made to stand trial. The government had earlier refused to sanction prosecution of the officers.

Nirupam argued that the Supreme Court has stated that Aadhaar can’t be made compulsory for availing welfare benefits and subsidies from the government.

At Nanded, a Rs 5,343-crore, 548-km long national highway project was announced. In Beed, ‘bhoomipujan’ was done for road projects worth Rs 3,393.38 crore.

Members of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghthana raised black flags and protested against Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during his visit to Parbhani on Thursday. Two women members of the organisation also tried to disrupt Fadnavis while he was addressing a public meeting. Fadnavis was in Parbhani to attend a public function when members of the Sanghthana, […]

Minister for Cooperation Subhash Deshmukh confirmed it and said the subsidy is being considered to help mills meet their quota under the Minimum Indicative Export Quota (MIEQ) announced earlier this year.

Speaking to mediapersons, Fadnavis maintained that the order has exposed the Opposition, which was raising “unsubstantiated charges” against the governments at the Centre and the state.

The issue had been hanging fire since 1968, when Vidarbha was amalgamated with Maharashtra from its earlier CP and Berar Province. A large number of farmers had been tilling revenue department land — Class II category — as tenants.

Police said the accused would target houses where the occupants were away. They would ring the doorbell several times and if no one answered, they would burgle it.

According to senior railway officials, Jyoti Verma (17) fell down near Vidyavihar station and was run over by a local train. She was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

While joggers, dogs and dog walkers are often seen at the seafront on Bandra’s Carter Road, the promenade transforms itself to a live music venue after the sun sets on the rocky beach.

The Mumbai Police Crime Branch had sought custody of Farooq, who was also an absconding accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, claiming that Farooq had helped other accused escape after the shootout at the hospital.

The ADB will provide a loan of Rs 7,396.5 crore, while the NDB will provide Rs 2,347.5 crore for rolling stock, signalling and telecommunication, power supply, tractions, Platform Screen Doors, Automatic Fare Collection machines, lifts and escalators for the three corridors.

Areas with population density of less than 2,161 per sq km will now be under CRZ-III A. The non development zone (NDZ) for III A will be 50 metres, instead of 200 metres.