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25 Oct 2018
MumbaiMaharashtra: Snake venom worth Rs. 1.7 crore seized, four arrested
Four members of an inter-state gang were arrested by Raigad Police in Maharashtra for allegedly smuggling snake venom worth Rs. 1.7 crore in illicit markets.
24 Oct 2018
MumbaiCo-passenger molested woman on Bangkok-Mumbai flight
A 31-year-old passenger on a Mumbai bound flight coming from Bangkok was arrested, on Tuesday, by the Sahar police for allegedly molesting a 29-year-old woman advocate mid-air.
23 Oct 2018
MumbaiGandhi Jayanti celebrations: 'Mushaira' to be held in Mumbai
A "Mushaira" based on the theme of Mahatma Gandhi's teachings will be held in Mumbai on Friday as part of a series of such Urdu poetry symposiums being organized by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.
21 Oct 2018
Mumbai PoliceVeteran police dog who tracked the Kurla 'rapist-killer' will retire
After 10 long years of service, a veteran 'officer' of the Mumbai Police is all set to retire in a few days time.
20 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Fuel tank of auto-rickshaw explodes, three injured
At least three persons were injured, two of them seriously, when the fuel tank of an auto-rickshaw exploded while CNG was being filled in it at Mumbai's suburban Malad on Saturday, an official said.
19 Oct 2018
XMumbai Police warns everyone of 'new age' Ravana
Trust Mumbai Police to deliver a message through their social media profile, and they will never disappoint.
16 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Six flats robbed in 90 minutes, residents in panic
In what would seem like a robbery out of a movie, seven masked men broke into six Mumbai flats and left with valuables and cash worth lakhs in the wee hours of Sunday, all within 90 minutes.
15 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: 46-year-old man acquitted of rape charges in 30-year-old case
We all know that justice delayed is justice denied. Though justice has been delayed terribly in this rape case, it has finally been delivered 30 years later.
10 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: IBM techie dies while boarding a local train
A software engineer, working with IBM, was crushed under a Mumbai local train after he lost his balance while boarding it.
09 Oct 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Man held for molesting 5-year-old girl in Thane park
A 52-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl at a public park in Thane, Maharashtra.
07 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Fashion designer killed in minor scuffle with son
A day after her death was reported as an accident, the Mumbai-based fashion designer Sunita Singh's son was arrested in connection to her murder.
05 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: 17-year-old missing boy's body found in Gharapuri
The decomposed body of a missing youth, the son of a scientist working with the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai, was found at Gharapuri Island off the city coast, police said.
05 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: 45-year-old fashion designer found dead in her flat
Sunita Singh, 45, a fashion designer, was found dead in the bathroom of her flat in Lokhandwala on Thursday.
04 Oct 2018
Mumbai73,000 Mumbai University students wrongly failed; no action against teachers
While 73,000 Mumbai University students were wrongly failed between April 2014 and August 2016, requiring them to apply for revaluation, no strict action has been taken against the teachers till now, an RTI reply revealed.
01 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Garbage dumping ground in Mulund permanently shut
The garbage dumping ground at Mumbai's Mulund was permanently closed from today after it got filled to its maximum capacity.
01 Oct 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Borivali station becomes blind-friendly; Braille-embossed railings installed
Mumbai's busy Borivali station has become "blind-friendly" with the installation of Braille-embossed railings and other facilities for visually-impaired people, a Western Railway (WR) official said today.
27 Sep 2018
POCSOMumbai: 9-year-old molested by grandfather right before her heart surgery
In a gut-wrenching incident, a nine-year-old girl, who was admitted to a South Mumbai hospital for heart surgery, was allegedly molested by her grandfather, just a day before the surgery.
23 Sep 2018
MumbaiOnly 4 legal rooftop restaurants in Mumbai, says BMC
Since the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) enacted a new, controversial, and stringent rooftop policy in November last year, the civic body says that 16 restaurants have sought permission to operate on rooftops, and only four have been cleared so far.
13 Sep 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Emergency alert system for senior citizens to be developed
Maharashtra government has asked police to develop an internet and GPS-based Emergency Alert System to help senior citizens in times of distress.
12 Sep 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Blaze at industrial unit in Andheri's Marol, firefighter injured
A fire engulfed an industrial unit in suburban Andheri in the wee hours Wednesday, a civic official said.
11 Sep 2018
MumbaiMumbai's 'NunParking Zone' tweet is making the Internet go crazy
Even if you haven't watched the horror flick, 'The Nun' yet, you definitely cannot miss the numerous memes of its posters, showing a woman's half face and the other half of a demon, floating around.
11 Sep 2018
MumbaiAlstom to supply 248 wagons for Mumbai's Metro Line 3
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) has awarded French multinational Alstom a contract worth around €315 million to supply 248 wagons for Line 3, the company said Tuesday.
08 Sep 2018
IndiaMumbai: Call center dupes US citizens by offering anti-virus
The Mumbai Police claimed on Friday to have busted a call center racket by arresting two persons who allegedly cheated thousands of US citizens by offering to cleanse their computers of virus or malware.
07 Sep 2018
MumbaiLargest seizure in Mumbai: Woman held for smuggling 523 tortoises
A 42-year-old was intercepted at a Mumbai station yesterday afternoon and a whopping 523 tortoises were retrieved from her.
07 Sep 2018
MumbaiMumbai: 17 killed in mishaps on WR, CR rail divisions
Seventeen persons were killed Thursday in separate mishaps on Mumbai's suburban network of Western and Central Railways, the railway police said.
06 Sep 2018
MumbaiRTI reveals Mumbai reports fire incidents almost every day
A fortnight after a high-rise in Parel caught fire, leading to two casualties, an RTI query has revealed that Mumbai has witnessed a stunning 48,434 fire incidents in the past decade, which means there is an inferno almost every other day.
05 Sep 2018
MumbaiFinally! Work on Versova-Bandra Sea Link to start next month
Work on the much-awaited Versova-Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) will kick start next month, as Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) signed a deal with consortium of Reliance Infrastructure and Italy-based Astaldi yesterday.
04 Sep 2018
JapanMumbai girl to trek Mount Fuji, first woman from Maharashtra
Taking inspiration from Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest in 1984, a 35-year-old woman is set to trek Mount Fuji in Japan.
04 Sep 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Fire hits industrial area in Malad; no casualties reported
A fire engulfed an industrial area in suburban Malad today morning, but no casualty was reported, a civic official said.
02 Sep 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Students to receive certificates at their doorsteps within 2-days
Students in suburban areas of Mumbai will now be able to receive certificates at their doorsteps.
02 Sep 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Safety on trains in your hands, courtesy an app
Come October, and the Central Railway (CR) will roll out a mobile application to cater to safety-related problems in the local or outstation trains.
01 Sep 2018
Mumbai5 girl students of Class 8 go missing in Mumbai
Five girls, students of a South Mumbai school, have gone missing. The girls who are studying in Class 8 at the private school did not return to their respective homes from school yesterday afternoon, after which their parents approached the police.
31 Aug 2018
IndiaMan says Mumbai has 27,366 potholes; BMC calls 'publicity stunt'
A Mumbai resident has claimed to have collected 27,366 photos and videos of potholes as part of his campaign to highlight poor condition of roads in the metropolis.
31 Aug 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Despite 5 admission rounds, 76,000 FYJC seats lying vacant
Over 76,000 seats are lying vacant in the colleges across Mumbai Metropolitan Region, despite conducting five regular admission rounds for the first-year junior colleges (FYJCs).
25 Aug 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Auto driver masturbates in front of woman passenger, arrested
An autorickshaw driver was arrested after a media professional accused him of masturbating while ferrying her in his vehicle.
24 Aug 2018
PuneMother reunited with kidnapped child, thanks to Mumbai police
Showing exemplary coordination, two women-police teams from different police stations helped reunite a four-month-old child with his mother.
23 Aug 2018
MumbaiMumbai Police's latest tweet warns pickpocketers: 'We're watching you'
Right from Kiki challenge, road safety to crimes like drug-sniffing and drunk driving-Mumbai Police has churned out tweets concerning each of these, always pulling out latest trends.
20 Aug 2018
MumbaiBJP member molests woman, she thrashes him with her sandal
On the pretext of giving her a job, a 37-year-old man tried molesting a woman in his Mumbai office, but what he got in return was totally unexpected.
17 Aug 2018
MumbaiMumbai reports first malaria death; fight with leptospirosis, cholera continues
Mumbai's fight with the trinity of malaria, leptospirosis and cholera has started once again, as malaria claimed one life this month, making it the first malaria death of this year.
14 Aug 2018
MumbaiAstronaut's superfood will now be created by Mumbai's TB-hospital
Even as Mumbai battles tuberculosis, with over 50,000 new cases reported in 3 years, the Sewri tuberculosis hospital is mulling cultivating spirulina in its premises.