Why it’s so difficult to book a table at your fav restaurant

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Train mishaps halve in Maha, but state is still first on list

Maharashtra recorded the highest number of accidents and fatalities on railways in 2020, for the second straight year, according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). But the silver lining of the pandemic-induced lockdown was that rail accidents decreased by half in the state — from 6,338 in 2019 to 2,697 in 2020. A majority of accidents on railways were caused during track crossing or from falling off a running train.

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Param Bir’s in Belgium, slipped out via Nepal: Nirupam

Former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday said that former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh is in Belgium. In a tweet on Saturday, Nirupam asked who had given a safe passage to Singh to go to Belgium.

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Mumbai: ‘Need a plaint to probe into Wankhede’s caste cert’

While NCP minister Nawab Malik on Sunday reiterated that Sameer Wankhede is a Muslim who allegedly forged his caste certificate to get a central government job and National Commission for Scheduled Caste vice-chairman Arun Haldar defended the NCB zonal director, state officials pointed out that there has to be an official complaint for the caste scrutiny committee to verify his certificate’s validity.

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'Onus on rlys to ensure only fully vaccinated take trains'

As the state government finally allowed daily train journeys from Sunday, stations witnessed a slight increase in the rush. Officials said the demand for single journey tickets was likely to go up from Monday.

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Mumbai: 5 injured as overcrowded lift crashes

An overcrowded elevator crashed in a building in Byculla late on Saturday night injuring five persons including three women and two children. The JJ Marg police have registered a case and booked the building’s developer and others.

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Live: CBI makes first arrest in Anil Deshmukh case

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Maha’s Covid death count under 1,200 in October

Covid deaths dropped by almost 35% in the state while cases saw a 44% decline in October over September. October saw the least cases and deaths compared to the year’s first nine months.

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Maha allows daily train tickets for fully vaxxed

As the state government finally allowed daily train journeys from Sunday, stations witnessed a slight increase in the rush. Officials said the demand for single journey tickets was likely to go up from Monday.

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Three of freedom fighter’s family end lives in Vashi

Three family members of a freedom fighter ended their lives due to “financial problems” by consuming poison at their Vashi home on Saturday, the police said.

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Mumbai realty biz picks up thanks to lower premiums

Beating the pandemic blues, construction activity in the city is seeing a remarkable uptick with builders rushing to BMC offices to get their project files approved before December 31.

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October dip leaves Maha with 90L Covid vax doses

Even as the state sits on more than 90 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses, the October slump in vaccination has put a question mark on its plan to cover its entire eligible population with at least one shot by December.

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Freedom fighter's widow, son and daughter consume poison, die

The Kamwani family reportedly had a long-standing monetary dispute with some of their relatives and had also lodged a few non-cognizable complaints at the local police station.

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Mumbai: Balcony parties lift residents’ and staff’s spirits

Kesar Harmony society in Sector 6 of Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, arranged several fun activities which residents joined from the safety of their balconies.

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Mumbai University degree certificates now online

A total of 24.9 lakh digital certificates of students from five universities in the state is available in the depository now, of which over 50% is from Mumbai University alone.

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Maha: Raigad collector disqualifies 10 Sena councillors

Nine elected and one nominated member had joined BJP, following which the Sena had filed a petition seeking their disqualification.

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Nawab Malik unable to prove allegations: Wankhede

Malik had earlier alleged he had evidence to prove Wankhede had been to Dubai during the peak Covid period.

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Mumbai: How rly cops tracked more stolen phones this year

Detection rate in city 30%, compared to 9% two years back

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Mira Road couple who streamed sexual act live booked

The police said they are interrogating the couple. While a case has been registered, no arrest has been made so far.

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'Official secrets’ found on Param Bir aide’s phone?

In July, the SIT arrested Punamia and his accomplice Sunil Jain in the case. The duo got bail, while Punamia is still admitted to Jupiter hospital after he tested positive for Covid.

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'Customer' steals two gold rings from jewellery shop

​​The jeweller Piyush Soni (25) realised the two rings were missing after the customer took a quotation from him and left the store.

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HIV+ Zimbabwe woman gets 10-yr jail for smuggling drugs

The court held the seized contraband would have been certainly circulated amongst the venerable section of society but for its timely capture by the officers.

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Swimmers embrace the sea to tide over pool & pandemic blues

For a sport that was among the worst hit by the pandemic, devoted swimmers found a clever work-around to go freestyling and breast stroking in the sea at dawn or on moonlit nights in Juhu, Khar Danda or Gateway with help from local fishermen and coconut vendors.

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Mumbai: City’s fourth hand transplant begins on 32-year-old

Less than 20 hand transplants have been performed in India, with Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi having started the procedure.

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2nd non-bailable warrant issued against Param Bir

The 37th metropolitan magistrate S B Bhajipale on Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant against IPS officer Param Bir Singh and two other accused — Vinay Singh and Chhota Shakeel aide Riyaz Bhatti — in a case of alleged extortion where the accused threatened a hotelier and extorted money from him. The court also dismissed API Sachin Waze’s application seeking stay on production of a warrant against him.

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Navi Mumbai: Doc, mother held for selling baby

The accused gynaecologist, Dr Pankaj Patil, owns The Family Health Care hospital in sector 8 of Kamothe, while the other accused are the infant’s mother, Amreen Bano Badar Baksh (31), and two mediators, Rajni Jadhav (32) and Rukhsar Shaikh (29). While Rajni works as a helper nurse at Dr Patil’s clinic, Rukhsar is an egg donor for IVF treatment there.

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Live: Mumbai logs 301 new Covid cases, 3 deaths

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Madras HC orders ship in Mumbai port be detained

Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy passed the interim order on Friday while hearing the petition filed by P Rajamani, whose fishing vessel was damaged in a collision with the cargo ship about 19 nautical miles off Colachel harbour in Kanyakumari on October 22.

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Bhiwandi struggles to boost vax numbers due to illiteracy

The powerloom city of Bhiwandi holds the dubious distinction of having the lowest Covid vaccine coverage among municipal corporations in Mumbai metropolitan region.

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Aryan Khan finally returns home from Arthur Road jail

All the gathered fans went delirious bursting firecrackers, waving banners that read ‘Stay Strong Prince Aryan’ and chants of “We love Shah Rukh”, even as security guards and a posse of policemen jostled to provide the actor’s car a safe passage back into the building.

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Maharashtra logs 1.1k new Covid cases, Mumbai 301

The lull in the Covid-19 pandemic is apparent with the weekly growth rate down to 0.04% and daily detections and fatalities in the state and city declining.

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Aaditya gives wings to plan for 3rd airport at Palghar

State tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray said Maharashtra government was considering a third airport in Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR), near Palghar.

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Maharashtra: Sextortionists nabbed in Thane

A gang of seven, including three women from Thane, involved in ‘sextortion’ of men looking for female companions using popular dating applications and social networking sites has been busted, officials informed on Saturday.

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Covid-19: Mumbai reports 301 new cases

The overall case tally has now climbed to 7,55,632.

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Cruise ship drug seizure: Bail granted to 9 more accused

Actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan who was among those arrested obtained bail from the Bombay High Court two days ago and was released from jail earlier in the day.

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3 wanted for shooting in WB nabbed from Navi Mumbai

The Navi Mumbai police have apprehended three notorious criminals wanted in connection with a shooting in West Bengal from Panvel, an official said on Saturday.

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Thane: Absconding accused in POCSO case nabbed

An absconding co-accused in an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault case of a minor girl from Jalalpur, Navsari near Surat was nabbed from Maharashtra's Kalyan city following a joint operation by the Thane crime branch unit-1 and Gujarat police, officials informed on Saturday.

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Photos: Fishermen protest against coastal road project

Fearing a threat to their livelihoods, the Worli fishermen on Saturday protested against BMC's ambitious coastal road project in Mumbai. Have a look at some photos here:

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Mumbai: NCB to seek court nod to grill Kiran Gosavi

An NCB vigilance team may approach the magistrate court for permission to interrogate Kiran Gosavi, a key witness in the Aryan Khan case, as part of its vigilance inquiry against zonal chief Sameer Wankhede.

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What should Mumbai’s climate action plan do? Mitigate & adapt

As climate talks kick off in Glasgow, TOI asks 4 experts what they’d like to see Mumbai—which is ‘always in the build mode’—do for its natural environment while balancing infra needs:

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Live: Maha reports 770 mucormycosis cases

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Maha: Eknath Shinde gets death threats from Naxals

Maharashtra cabinet minister Eknath Shinde has reportedly received death threats from Naxalites.

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Navi Mumbai: Teen who cried rape held for extortion

A 19-year-old woman who had lodged a rape case is among five arrested for allegedly filing a “false” complaint and for extortion.

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Mumbai: Passengers hit as MSRTC strike continues

The strike by MSRTC employees continued on Friday at 33 out of 250 depots, mostly in Nashik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad and Nanded divisions of the state bus corporation.

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'Picture will end only when Sameer Wankhede loses job'

A day after putting out the filmy dialogue ‘Picture abhi baki hai mere dost,’ NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik on Friday said the film will be over only after NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede loses his job which he secured on the basis of a “forged” caste certificate.

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Mumbai: 'No drugs link, don’t know Wankhede'

Kashif Khan, the managing director of Fashion TV India who Nawab Malik alleged was an “international drug don” and close to NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, rubbished all allegations on Friday, saying he had no connection with drugs, nor did he know Wankhede or sponsor any drug party. He also denied that there was a rave or drug party on the cruise liner Cordelia on October 2.

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Maha has 770 mucormycosis cases, but not many new patients

Over 770 people continue to be under treatment for mucormycosis in the state. The public health department, in an update shared recently, stated that 779 people are currently being treated for the fungal infection that swept through the state during the second wave.

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Mumbai: In five wards, you can soon scan on signage

Ever wondered what's the significance behind renaming Pedder Road after Gopalrao Deshmukh, or who is Sofia Zuber from Nagpada’s road with the same name? A QR-coded road-mapping project aims to give information on the history behind street names, besides public amenities on it, which internet searches may not always throw up.

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BMC official cut road contractors’ blacklist term?

BJP on Friday alleged that BMC reduced the blacklisting period from seven years to three years of half a dozen road contractors who were indicted in the 2016 roads scam.

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Maha’s daily Covid tally drops to 1,338, Mumbai’s to 330

Covid’s downward graph in Maharashtra continued with the daily tally dropping to 1,338 on Friday. In Mumbai too, the daily tally (330) was under 400 for the second consecutive day.

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