Chembur pool revamp to be floated before civic panel in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A proposal to repair and reconstruct an Olympic-size swimming pool in Chembur is finally expected to come up before the civic standing committee on Friday. The pool has been shut since 2007.The pool will be renovated at a cost of Rs 19 crore...

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Young city designer dies at Goa dance fest

CALANGUTE/MUMBAI: A 27-year-old Mumbai fashion designer died after collapsing due to exhaustion at the Supersonic electronic dance music (EDM) festival in Goa's Candolim on Monday night. Isha Mantry's death sparked allegations as Congress and NCP linked...

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Growing meth addiction in city has doctors concerned

MUMBAI: The reason Mumbai's youth consume the deadly meth or M-cat is simple: in the short-term, these drug release high levels of neurotransmitter dopamine. A hormone, dopamine is associated with pleasure that one draws from happy activities such as...

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Centre, private companies to fund smart police stations

MUMBAI: After announcing the smart city initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now drafted a plan to set up citizen-friendly smart police stations in each state.For the first time, setting up of a police station will be funded by the Centre and...

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Pizza Hut serves detergent water to customer

MUMBAI: An afternoon meal on Monday at a famous global pizza chain located in a Vashi Mall turned out to be a horrid experience for Dombivali resident Avinash Pai after he was allegedly served water that seemed to have been contaminated with dishwashing...

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Vintage clock to chime on New Year's Eve after being stuck in time for ages

Vintage clock expert Mohammed Ibrahim Damani has been struggling to design a "badam". That's his casual name for an almond-shaped cog, which controls the number of times a clock chimes every hour. About a year ago, the Mumbai Port Trust appointed the...

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Rules ‘flouted’, fire-hit Western Railway highrise gets civic notice

MUMBAI: A fortnight after a fire broke out at a 21-storey railway officers' quarters at Mumbai Central, the fire brigade has slapped a notice on Western Railway (WR) about "inadequacies" in fire prevention noticed during the fire-fighting operation....

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Developers fear January ready reckoner hike

MUMBAI: Expect more stamp duty and registration charges for property transactions in 2015. Developers expect ready reckoner rates to go up from 5% to 40% in January , though an official announcement will come only in the first week of 2015. They feel...

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BMC red-flagged for not heeding green diktat

MUMBAI: The state pollution watchdog has issued prosecution notices to 20 municipal corporations for their failure to submit a resolution, committing to earmark 25% in their budget for the next financial year (2015-16) for sewerage and solid waste management....

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From next week, 3 one-stop centres for rape survivors

MUMBAI: In the first week of January, three civic hospitals will start their one-stop crisis centres for survivors of sexual assault. This is in response to the Centre's directive to set up Nirbhaya crisis centres at hospitals to help rape survivors...

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Probe stayed against Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd, govt officials in alleged Slum Rehabilitation Authority scam

MUMBAI: In a major relief to real estate major Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL ) and two senior government officials, the Bombay high court has stayed a recent sessions court order to file an FIR and initiate investigations against them...

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Cops bar boat parties in Mumbai on 31st night

MUMBAI: Taking a serious view of Sunday's blast in Bangalore and terror alerts by various intelligence agencies, the city police have decided not to allow any party on cruise ships, boats or yachts as part of New Year's celebrations."We have not given...

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Locals step in to clean up Mahim beach

MUMBAI: Following the recent Versova beach clean-up, wherein the area was cleared of encroachments, residents around Mahim beach approached the civic administration, seeking to clean their neighbourhood too.On Saturday morning, a part of the beach was...

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Archery & aerobics take front seat, make super Sunday a hit

MUMBAI: Despite holiday season, Mumbaikars made sure they arrived bright and early for the eighth Sunday of the Equal Streets initiative. There was Kedar Ranade who came with his family from Vile Parle, collegians Stuti and Pankaj who made the trek from...

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In death, two give gift of life to six

MUMBAI: Two people, in their death, gave life to six others last week as cadaver donations touched a record high this year. While private hospitals have shown remarkable improvement with cadaver donations, performance of public hospitals has been far...

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Pune man promises cheap trip to Dubai, nabbed for 7L con

MUMBAI: A travel agent, Sameer Tamboli (40), who promised several families a nine-nights-and-10-days tour package to Dubai and duped them collectively of about Rs 6.75 lakh was arrested.Tamboli, a Pune resident, has been sent to police custody till January...

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Man, 2 sisters held for duping store of 7 lakh necklace

MUMBAI: A 55-year-old man, Surendra Punjabi, and his sisters—Mini (21) and Nili Pandey (22)—were arrested on Sunday for duping a jewellery store at a five-star hotel in Colaba of a necklace worth Rs 7 lakh.On June 11, the three siblings went to the shop...

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Man runs over pup, booked

MUMBAI: A Mira Road resident, Sandeep Maheshwari, has been booked for rash driving after he ran over a month-old puppy. The incident took place on Friday when Maheshwari was driving out of his building at 5pm.Salim Charania, president of the Peace for...

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Have a blast on New Year in the comfort of your housing society

MUMBAI: The humble New Year's Eve party organised in the compound of housing societies is slowly becoming an elaborate affair. Some apartments conduct auditions for the entertainment show of the evening while others devise multi-course Italian and Thai...

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Dance, music & debate rock IIT-B fest’s Day 2

MUMBAI: Day two of IIT-Bombay's annual cultural extravaganza, Mood Indigo, saw over 34,000 students from colleges across the country engage in various events and competitions.Rajdeep Sardesai, who spoke at the LitFest, interacted with students and discussed...

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More than 8,000 to run for the education of girl child

MUMBAI: More than 8,000 people will start their new year with the Hiranandani Powai Run, powered by The Times of India, the lead cause of which is education for the girl child.Organized by the Rotary Club of Mumbai Lakers on January 4, the run will be...

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Many in Dahanu look for licensed guns after double murder scare

MUMBAI: The murder of a senior citizen couple at their Dahanu farmhouse has brought to fore the vulnerability of those who stay in bungalows surrounded by vast acres of land. Owning a licensed gun for self-defence seems to be a popular decision.This...

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Cops clueless about why youth scaled highrise

MUMBAI: The police investigating the death of the 23-year-old who fell off the 11th floor of a Borivli highrise while scaling the building's pipe are baffled."Only Paramjeet Singh knew why he was scaling the pipes. We have registered an accidental death...

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Have a great Sunday with mix of fitness and fun

Equal Streets is back tomorrow. Last Sunday saw between 45-50,000 people swarming the 6.5km Bandra-Santacruz stretch that's closed to motorized vehicles from 7 to 11am. Now in its eighth-edition, the movement is brought to Mumbai by NGOs, think tanks,...

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Online Story

MUMBAI: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan admitting that he had contracted tuberculosis (TB) in 2000, will help to reduce TB related stigma and discrimination say experts. Bachchan shared this hitherto unknown fact recently saying that " I was a TB patient...

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BEST school buses will now need women attendants

MUMBAI: BEST buses dedicated to ferry schoolchildren will have to compulsory have a woman attendant on board once schools reopen in January. The Mumbai District School Bus Safety Committee, chaired by the city police chief, made this decision at a meeting...

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Journalist’s lens, cameras worth 7 lakh stolen

MUMBAI: A photojournalist's work equipment worth Rs 7 lakh was stolen from an overhead rack of a train on Central Railway recently.The photojournalist had boarded a fast train from CST around 1pm on Tuesday. His bag containing two cameras and two lenses...

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With ‘local’ as railway minister, city can expect goodies

MUMBAI: Next year may prove to be a landmark and path-breaking one for Mumbai's suburban railways. Suresh Prabhu's elevation as Union railway minister may not only help expedite capacity expansion projects but will also improve the efficiency of suburban...

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10 arrested for horse cart racing

MUMBAI: Ten people were arrested in a crackdown on horse cart racing along the Western Express Highway near Dahisar between Thursday night and early Friday. The accused have been booked for cruelty to animals, negligence and rash driving, the police...

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Bachchan’s admission on TB will help reduce stigma

MUMBAI: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan admitting that he had contracted tuberculosis (TB) in 2000, will help to reduce TB related stigma and discrimination say experts. Bachchan shared this hitherto unknown fact recently saying that " I was a TB patient...

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CBSE schools shut, good governance drive fizzles out

MUMBAI: It was Christmas as usual for most CBSE schools in the city on Thursday, notwithstanding the weeklong confusion and debate over keeping educational institutions open to celebrate December 25 as Good Governance Day.The circular first issued by...

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Delhi fog grounds flyers in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Dense fog in Delhi hit travel plans of thousands of flyers in Mumbai as a number of domestic and some international flights were delayed inordinately leaving the holiday revellers stranded at the airport for hours on Thursday.Aviation weather...

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Maharashtra ranks 2nd in no. of vehicle thefts in India

MUMBAI: Despite tall claims made by law-enforcing agencies of their success in reining in car thefts, information tabled in the Lok Sabha shows that as many as 1.65 lakh vehicles were stolen in a single year—2013. Also, Maharashtra has achieved the dubious...

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Mumbai Metro smartcard goes online

MUMBAI: Commuters need not stand in queues at Metro stations to top up smartcards. Mumbai Metro launched a commuter-friendly service on Christmas day, which will enable them to recharge smartcards and check the balance on internet-enabled mobiles.Over...

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No help for girl who traced, returned bag with 80,000 to owner

KALYAN: Bhiwandi's 13-year-old Monali Adhari, who found Rs 80,000 on the road and returned it to its owner, and her supportive family have become the area's local heroes. That's just about it, though.Apart from assurances of help, the impoverished family...

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State government announces guardian ministers for 36 districts

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena leader and Industries minister Subhash Desai will be the guardian minister for the Island City of Mumbai while Education minister Vinod Tawade will be the guardian minister for suburban city.State government announced guardian ministers...

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Rocky road ahead for Maratha quota?

MUMBAI: The state government may have got the Maratha reservation bill passed in the assembly, and it may even get a smooth passage in the council as well but the route after that may be rocky as every effort to enact a 50%-plus reservation law across...

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CM nod to ACB to carry out 23 open probes

MUMBAI: A month after granting permission to the anti-corruption bureau to conduct a probe against senior NCP leaders Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare and Chhagan Bhujbal, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday cleared all 23 proposals of the agency...

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RBI cell claims it is out of RTI purview

MUMBAI: The Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) cell of the Reserve Bank of India has refused to answer queries under the Right to Information (RTI) on the grounds that it is not a public authority. RTI activist and former Central Information Commissioner...

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It’s cold out there, and your pets too feel the chill

As the winter sets in, it's not just you who feels the chills, pet animals too get affected. The dip in mercury levels calls for special care for the four-legged creatures. Precisely the reason that animal rights activists of Humane Society International-India...

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Court lets ayurvedic doctors prescribe drugs

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to stay an amendment to laws on medical practice in the state that permits integrated ayurved practitioners to prescribe allopathic medicines to a limited extent. The court was hearing a petition filed...

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Dabbawalas join Swachh Bharat drive

MUMBAI: Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to nominate them to join the Swachh Bharat campaign, the 'dabbawalas' of Mumbai said they will leave no stone unturned to make Modi's dream of clean India come true."When the PM of this country nominates...

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Thane sisters 'beaten by cops' to seek high-level probe in case

MUMBAI: Four sisters, who alleged on Monday that they were beaten up by cops when they went to the Kolsewadi police station to lodge a complaint against their neighbour after a dispute, have decided to approach the Thane police commissioner, demanding...

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‘Metrology department can’t certify area’

MUMBAI: The construction industry on Tuesday challenged the legal metrology department's authority to certify the measurement of flats sold to buyers. The department's chief Sanjay Pande had announced his office will entertain complaints from flat purchasers,...

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Constable, teenager killed in separate railway accidents

MUMBAI: In three separate rail mishaps, a constable, Anil Mane (30), and a collegian, Keshav Ballal (18), lost their lives on Monday. while a Kurla resident, Sikandar Khan, suffered injuries.Mane, who is attached to the Naigaum police and resides at...

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Parents on edge after ISIS detention news

KALYAN: The speculation about which one of the three Kalyan youths—who are still in ISIS-controlled territory—is in the terror group's detention for attempting to flee has their families worried.Intelligence agencies say the detained youth may be in...

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Prabhu, CM may hold talks to resolve deadlock over bullet train project

MUMBAI: Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu is likely to intervene in a bid to resolve the deadlock facing India's first bullet train. There is a possibility of Prabhu meeting chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in this regard.A few days ago, the MMRDA...

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International airline to pay for serving non-veg food to vegetarian flyer

MUMBAI: A consumer forum on Tuesday directed Swiss International Airline to pay a compensation of Rs 30,000 to a vegetarian flyer for inadvertently serving him non-vegetarian food on a Zurich-Mumbai flight in 2011. "It is just to award Rs 20,000 for...

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Ravi Pujari’s wife, son held at Mumbai airport

MUMBAI: Fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari's wife Padma and his 14-year-old son were detained at Mumbai international airport late evening on Monday, after they arrived from Singapore. Though Intelligence Bureau sources said the duo was deported to India,...

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