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• Mumbai: Rs 58000 crore plan approved to cut travel time across city; check details
  The MMRDA has unveiled a Rs 58,000 crore plan to create a network of ring roads around Mumbai, aiming to reduce congestion and improve travel efficiency over the next five years.
  - 89 days ago 23 Sep 24, 6:09pm -
• Mumbai Coastal Road: No more free travel on Bandra-Worli sea link connector, have to pay Rs...
  This is the third opening of the 10.5 km long coastal road project within a period of three months
  - 99 days ago 13 Sep 24, 3:15pm -

Indian Express - Mumbai

• Diamond traders duped of Rs 1.39 cr, broker booked
  The accused broker took diamonds worth Rs 1.71 crore from the complainant merchants under the pretext of selling them to clients. But, allegedly escaped with the precious stones.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• Threat messages by pro-Khalistan group: SIM boxes seized, 2 accused identified, say police on Bhiwandi raid
  Two persons were arrested in connection to releasing bulk calls and audio video messages ahead of the Test match, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, on the first day.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• 55 statements, 473 pages: Chargesheet pieces together Darshan’s life at IIT-Bombay from October to February
  The chargesheet quotes witnesses claiming they had seen Khatri and Darshan engaged in a conversation days before the suicide. Khatri was seen crying during the conversation. On February 10, Darshan sent text messages to Khatri to apologise for a communal remark but Khatri never replied to these texts
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• ‘Already released’: Bombay HC adjourns Chhota Rajan’s plea against Netflix series ‘Scoop’ to June 7
  Chhota Rajan and eight others were convicted for the murder of Dey by a special CBI court on May 2, 2018.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• Changing City: 600 BEST bus stops in Mumbai to get swanky look
  The key features of the bus stops include Free WiFi, a charging point for mobile phones, alarm facility for women to seek help, QR code having information about nearby popular places, etc.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• ‘Where is Islam safe other than India?’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur
  RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that Indians were fighting among themselves instead of fighting enemies across borders .
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• At 586 km, Mumbai-Goa route to be Vande Bharat’s longest in Maharashtra
  The Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat Express will be virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• Mumbai senior citizen tracking parcel loses Rs 1 lakh after dialling wrong ‘customer care number’
  The fraudster managed to open a UPI account linked to the victim's bank account and fraudulently transferred the money to his own account.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• Mumbai-Pune ‘E-Shivneri’ AC buses do good biz in just 1 month, clock Rs 2-crore revenue
  Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde launched the premium 'E-Shivneri' buses on May 1.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• 14-hour block between Mumbai’s Jogeshwari and Goregaon starting tomorrow night: Western Railway
  The CSMT Goregaon local train at 1.52 pm and the Goregaon CSMT local at 12.53 pm will remain cancelled.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:42pm -
• Maharashtra govt to request PM Modi for installation of Shivaji monument in Delhi: Fadnavis
  Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Fadnavis, and several prominent leaders and elected members attended the ceremony.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Dalit man killed, 7 held; brother says attacked for Bhim Jayanti celebration
  The Nanded police on Friday registered a case of murder, attempt to murder, rioting and assault under Indian Penal Code sections. Sections 3 (1) (R), 3 (1) (S), 3 (2) (VA) of Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and sections 4, 25 and 27 of Arms Act have also been added in the FIR.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Pass percentage dips to 93.83; 151 score a perfect 100
  A total of 15,29,096 appeared for the exam, including 8,14,161 boys and 7,14,935 girls. Out of a total 14,34,898 students who passed the exam, 7,49,458 are boys and 6,85,440 are girls. With the pass percentage of 95.87, girls have done better than boys whose pass percentage is 92.05.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• At 93.66, Mumbai division too records dip in pass percentage
  With 84.77 per cent, the BMC-run MPS have seen a major plunge from last year s pass percentage of 97.10. Out of a total 245 MPC schools, 17,140 students appeared for the exam and 14,529 passed. A total 43 schools recorded 100 per cent results and 50 students scored above 90 per cent. With 95.20 Shubham Singh from Gundavali MPS has topped in BMC school students.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Meet the high scorers from Mumbai
  The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) declared the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results on Thursday.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -

• Touching private parts of minors not coaching, but sexual assault: court
  The court said that the accused had not denied taking the victims to the resort and if the competition was cancelled, it was his duty to take them back home being their custodian.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Monsoon preparations: BMC installs 477 pumps
  In the eastern suburbs 48 pumps have been installed in M/West, which covers the Chembur area.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Key accused posed as Dawood relative, say police
  Midway on a highway in Gujarat they threw off Vishal s body after removing his clothes so that he won t be identified. They kept the mother in Rajasthan to keep an eye on what was happening in Mumbai after the incident.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• A study in silence: Mumbai library reopens doors to public after 16 months
  Minor repair works have also been carried out within the library in the past -- in 1995 and 2010.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Karnataka businessman duped by trio posing as Customs officers, 1 held
  Sahar police arrested a woman and are looking for her two male associates who, posing as Customs officials, duped a Karnataka-based businessman of US dollars and UAE dirhams totaling Rs 26 lakh at the Mumbai airport. The businessman had come to Mumbai airport to see off his two friends who were going to Dubai. The […]
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Woman says ‘I have a bomb’ at Mumbai airport, arrested
  As per rules, domestic passengers are allowed to check in one bag not weighing more than 15 kilograms. However, the two bags Sharma was carrying weighed 22.05 kilograms. When she was told to pay the charges for excess luggage, she started arguing with the staffer, police said.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• One arm of Delisle Bridge opens, to ease east-west commute
  The arm which was made operational has two lanes and the officials of the civic body said it will facilitate both up and down vehicular movement till the entire bridge becomes operational.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• NCP’s Jitendra Awhad booked by Thane police for remarks against Sindhi community
  Several members of the community, including the local MLA, approached the Hill Line police station where an FIR was registered against Awhad.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• MMRDA explores alternate location for Mumbai Eye project, apart from Bandra Reclamation
  Bandra residents were concerned about the potential adverse effects of the Mumbai Eye on traffic, which would create difficulties for the large number of locals in the area.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Unable to pay for mobile phones, Mumbai man fakes his own kidnapping to extract Rs 5 lakh from father
  The police solved the case in just five hours and upon questioning the accused, found several loopholes.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Police collecting money from motorists on Samruddhi Expressway, claims Sena UBT leader
  As per a video, people were seen at separate locations on the expressway handing over money to traffic policemen, who in turn would put the cash into their pockets.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Man arrested for trying to kill girlfriend at Bandra Bandstand
  The police have arrested the man under charges of attempt to murder and making further investigation, confirmed DCP zone-9 Krishnakant Upadhyay. The victim woman is stable now.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:41pm -
• Sharad Pawar meets Shinde, Adani in separate meetings
  The first meeting between Pawar and Shinde after the latter took over as chief minister, lasted for around half an hour.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:40pm -
• Youth killed on 18th b’day; accused enacted film scene to stab him: Cops
  According to police, the four persons were friends of the deceased Sabir Ansari with whom they had a fallout earlier in the day. The police have apprehended two minors while they are on the lookout for two others.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:40pm -
• Pull down unauthorised hoardings in your zone: BMC to ward offices
  "All assistant municipal commissioners are hereby directed to remove all unauthorised posters, banners and hoardings of all organisations, political and non-political parties along the main and interior roads in priority," said the directive .
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:40pm -
• 15 cess buildings in South Mumbai declared ‘unfit’ for habitation, ‘dangerous’
  MBRRB is the custodian of cess buildings. Cess buildings are those which come under the Rent Control Act. Of the 15 buildings, seven are from previous year s list.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:40pm -
• NCP kickstarts campaign to initiate dialogue with state’s sportspersons
  Party MLAs, MPs and office bearers will visit national and international sportspersons in their respective areas, tehsils, districts and constituencies. NCP leaders will assure these sports personalities that the party stands by them in any difficult situation and will develop a dialogue, said party s state chief Jayant Patil.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• 4 bidders for ropeway project: MMRDA
  MMRDA had first proposed the ropeway in 2019 wherein tenders were also floated on design, finance, build, operate and transfer basis. Two companies bid, but the proposal was kept on hold as MMRDA decided to prioritise other ongoing projects.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• BMC’s Rs 2,000 crore project to prevent Mithi river from swelling up during monsoon
  The Mithi river flows through the low-lying areas of eastern and western suburbs and is considered a primary cause behind flooding during the monsoon season.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• International Baccalaureate looks to expand footprint in India, ropes in 100 new schools
  According to information provided by IBO, there were approximately 138 IB schools across India, five years ago.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• Maharashtra: Ahmednagar to be renamed Ahilyanagar after queen
  In August, the Maharashtra Assembly had passed resolutions to rename Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• Ex-manager booked for siphoning off Rs 4.41 crore from Mumbai firm’s bank account
  The crime came to light after Ashok Jadhav resigned and a new manager took over his position.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• Defamatory article on Savitribai Phule: Maharashtra CM orders probe after NCP seeks action against website
  According to the delegation led by NCP MLA and leader of opposition Ajit Pawar, a website called Indic Tales posted the defamatory article about Phule.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• IIT student’s suicide: Darshan told family members about caste discrimination, says chargesheet
  In one of the conversations between Darshan and his sister, Jhanvi, he said that despite facing such hurdles, he would focus and complete his education at the institute, the chargesheet said.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• Defamatory article on Phule: FIR against website after NCP delegation meets Mumbai police commissioner
  A senior IPS officer confirmed that the FIR has been registered at the Azad Maidan police station and police have booked the accused operator of the said websites and Twitter handle under sections 500, 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• Mumbai to Malawi: $10 million lottery dream shattered, 75-year-old bachelor behind bars for ‘smuggling’ drugs worth 37 crore
  While the septuagenarian has been claiming innocence, sources in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) told that the accused DS Dube claims that he has been framed and fell into a trap laid by international miscreants.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• City-based DJ in Sharjah prison, victim of man who also framed Chrisann Pereira, convicted for carrying narcotics
  His family and Indian government officials are in the process of filing an urgent appeal to prove that Rodrigues was not aware that the box of cake handed over to him in Mumbai in February this year had drugs hidden in it.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• Road widening hits a roadblock at 400-year-old Malvani Church
  While the church comes under the heritage list, the wall & part of the bungalow that need to be razed do not: BMC official.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• JJ Hospital resident doctors on strike against ‘harassment’ and ‘dictatorship’
  To ensure the smooth functioning of services, the hospital has approached other Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run hospitals.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• ‘You cannot overlook their complaints’: Maharashtra BJP MP Pritam Munde lends support to women wrestlers
  Pritam Munde is the first BJP MP from Maharashtra to support the women wrestlers. The sportspersons have been protesting against Wrestling Federation of India president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, accusing him of sexual harassment and exploitation.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:39pm -
• Solving Crime: How a smiley face drawn in blood led police to the son accused of murdering his mother
  A message scrawled in blood, next to the body of a police inspector s wife, saw the Mumbai police arresting the officer s son and charging him with the crime. The accused was later granted bail by the Bombay High Court.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• ‘Malicious content’, NCP’s outrage, now an FIR: The Savitribai Phule controversy in Maharashtra
  The officer confirmed that the FIR has been registered at the Azad Maidan police station and police have booked the accused under sections 500 (defamation), 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• BMC to renovate 2 watchtowers in Arabian Sea with rust-resistant ladders, railings
  Known as 'Dolphin Towers', these two watchtowers were erected in 1991 to guide fishermen, marine vessels and sailors.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• We did it: BJP, NCP take credit over long-pending Nilwande dam in Ahmednagar
  Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday conducted the water release test from the dam into the canal. It also marked the completion of the 85-km long left canal which was inordinately delayed due to the paucity of funds.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Marine Drive Promenade: Residents protest, seek panel to review development plan
  The residents have raised concerns, claiming that the project is likely to "hamper the aesthetic appeal as well as obstruct the view of the sea".
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Mitigating climate change, flooding among BMC’s priorities: officials
  Speaking at the session, P Velrasu, Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) said that Mumbai is drawing experiences from countries like Japan, towards adapting mitigating measures.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Of 614 unauthorised schools in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, 102 closed, 3 fined
  A data compiled by the office of Deputy Director of Education (DyDE) for the MMR region shows a status report, a year after the schools were declared unauthorized.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Uddhav and Sharad Pawar to attend June Oppn meeting convened by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar: Raut
  Earlier this month, Nitish Kumar had come to Mumbai and met Uddhav Thackeray at his residence.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat to run on all days except Fridays, cover 10 stations
  This Vande Bharat train, to be inaugurated on Saturday, will be the fourth such semi-high-speed train from Mumbai.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• A disability isn’t the end of the world, says Mumbai-based special educator Alisha Lalljee
  Psychologist Alisha Lalljee s debut book Take Time aims to help caregivers and teachers better understand and deal with disability in children.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Mumbai-based aspiring model accuses Ranchi modelling agency owner of rape, blackmail and conversion bid
  The accused refuted the allegations and claimed that the model, along with her boyfriend and friends, was blackmailing him. The Mumbai police have booked him and transferred the case to the Ranchi police.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Repair works to affect water supply in Bandra, BKC from June 4: BMC
  The statement said the hydraulics department of the civic body will take up repair works of a leakage in one of the aqueducts that supplies water to parts of the western suburbs from the Vaitarna Lake.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Akash and Shloka Ambani welcome second child, a baby girl
  The baby girl's arrival makes Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani grandparents for the third time.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Ahead of BMC polls, Kiran Landge becomes 10th Sena UBT ex-corporator to join Shinde’s party
  Landge joined the Shinde-led Sena on Tuesday night along with Arjun Gholap, secretary of the Chandivali Shiv Transport Sena.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• 2,894 pedestrians killed in road accidents across Maharashtra last year: Police
  As per the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiatives study for Global Road Safety report made public in December 2018, pedestrians can be protected by road-design features like usable sidewalks, raised crossings, and shortened crossing distances.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Suresh Dhanorkar, Congress’s lone LS MP from Maharashtra, dies at 48
  In 2019, Suresh Dhanorkar contested the Lok Sabha election on Congress ticket and while the party was routed in an entire state, he became the lone MP of the party from Maharashtra.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:38pm -
• Devendra Fadnavis claims ‘massive unrest’ within Uddhav Sena: ‘will be out in public soon’
  Fadnavis s remarks also come ahead of the June 19 Foundation Day of the Shiv Sena, which both Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde lead factions are making mammoth preparations for to show off their strengths.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:37pm -
• Mumbai Coastal Road Project: Second tunnel breakthrough today, what it means
  This tunnel will become India's first undersea tunnel as a portion of this will pass beneath the Arabian Sea near Girgaon Chowpatty.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:37pm -
• Man dies after hydraulic car lift collapses on him in Mumbai, second incident in a month
  In this incident, one Yogesh Jadhav, 40, employed as a housekeeping staff at the building, died after the car parking that was being serviced collapsed on him leading to his death.
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:36pm -
• Film artist in Mumbai loses Rs 6 lakh to online ‘complete task, earn money’ fraud
  The victim who also works for a Khar-based company was lured into taking on tasks involving depositing money in given bank accounts and earning a commission .
  - 4 Jun 23, 3:36pm -

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