Mumbai: News

09 Feb 2018

Bollywood

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan taken to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been rushed to Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital reportedly due to a gastrointestinal problem.

09 Feb 2018

India

Angel Investor Mahesh Murthy arrested in stalking and harassment case

Mumbai Police have arrested VC and Pinstorm Founder-CEO Mahesh Murthy acting on a sexual harassment complaint by a Delhi-based woman. Notably, Murthy had helped in launching MTV in India.

09 Feb 2018

Indian Railways

Mumbai theft victim falls off train, loses fingers, foot crushed

A 23-year-old woman in Mumbai was severely injured when she fell off a moving train and was hit by another in a robbery bid.

09 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Man commits suicide by jumping from Mantralaya building

A 45-year-old man on Thursday has allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the Mantralaya building in Mumbai.

08 Feb 2018

Mumbai Police

Monkey creates nuisance at Mumbai Police headquarters, bites one

In a bizarre incident, a monkey on Wednesday breached the security cover and found its way to the Mumbai police headquarters premises, at Crawford Market.

07 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Major fire breaks out in Goregaon cloth mill

A massive fire broke out at a cloth mill in Goregaon's Italian Industrial Estate near the Oberoi Mall, around 7 am today.

06 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: This 68-year-old regulates traffic voluntarily everyday for 4 hrs

A 68-year-old retired army man in Mumbai has left everyone amazed by his voluntary service towards the public. The man, Ramdayal Yadav, who is a resident of Nalla Sopara regulates traffic near the Nalla Sopara (East) police station every day for nearly four hours and helps the traffic police present there.

06 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: 16-month-old conjoined twins ready to leave hospital after surgery

Almost six weeks after conjoined twins Love and Prince from Mumbai were surgically separated at Parel's Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, they are all set to go home. They were discharged from the hospital on Monday.

06 Feb 2018

Bollywood

Azaan controversy: LeT planning the assassination of Sonu Nigam?

In a shocking turn of events, singer Sonu Nigam and two BJP MLAs namely Ram Kadam and Ashish Shelar, have been issued advisory of threat.

05 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Undertrial, facing murder-charges, commits suicide in Arthur Road jail

An undertrial, facing murder charges, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in central Mumbai's Arthur Road jail.

05 Feb 2018

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Mumbai: Woman, tortured by husband, posts video on Twitter

In a gut wrenching video, a woman alleged 'physical and mental' torture by her husband and sought help from Mumbai Police. The video has gone viral, after the filmmaker Ashoke Pandit shared it on Twitter.

05 Feb 2018

Mumbai Airport

Mumbai airport sets new flight handling world record

Mumbai airport, the busiest single-runway airport in the world, broke its own flight handling record on 20th January when it handled 980 arrivals and landings in 24 hours.

03 Feb 2018

Cancer

Mumbai: Cancer-stricken girl thrashed by classmate, parents file complaint

A cancer-stricken girl studying in Mumbai's prominent Mahim School was allegedly assaulted by her classmate during the school hours over a petty argument, following which her parents have filed a complaint with the local police.

Karni Sena withdraws anti-Padmaavat protest, admits film glorifies Rajput valor

Taking a massive U-turn, Karni Sena, the Rajput fringe group that wanted a ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat, has finally decided to withdraw its year-long protest.

03 Feb 2018

Indian Railways

Mumbai local catches fire at Dadar station, no casualties reported

Thousands of Mumbai local train commuters had to face inconvenience as rail traffic was affected due to a major fire that broke out in one of the coaches of a local train at Dadar Railway Station on Friday.

02 Feb 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai rape data: South Bombay, West Mumbai most rape-prevalent

While South Mumbai continued to remain the safest part of the city for the past two years, the Bandra-Andheri belt became the most rape-prevalent area of Mumbai.

02 Feb 2018

Indian Railways

Mumbai stations, that receive over 25,000 footfall, to get escalators

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, during his budget speech, announced that almost all Mumbai Region stations that exceed footfall of more than 25,000 will soon get escalators.

02 Feb 2018

Flipkart

Youth orders phone online, receives detergent bar

Some days back, a Mumbai youth ordered an iPhone 8 from Flipkart, but the parcel he received gave him a shock.

01 Feb 2018

Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai airport to be operational in next 5 years

Civil Aviation minister Jayant Sinha on Wednesday said the Navi Mumbai airport will take at least four to five years to become operational.

31 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai vada pav seller to donate one-day's income for jawans

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi 's death anniversary on January 30, a Mumbai-based vada pav seller decided to donate his one-day's earning for the welfare of the Indian Army.

30 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

At Mumbai airport, pet therapy de-stresses anxious flyers

Whether you're anxiously waiting for your connecting flight, upset about bidding goodbye to your loved ones or just stressed about the journey, Mumbai Airport's T2 Terminal has a solution to all of these.

29 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai records a rise in rape cases in 2017

With the number of rape cases increasing day by day, the number of registered cases in Mumbai in 2017 has risen by 40 as compared to figures from the previous year.

29 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

For Rs. 2000, a foreigner can stay in Mumbai's slum

Mumbai tourists will now be able to gain an all-new experience of staying in slums and understand the city better. The guests will be staying at one Ravi Sansi's house with his family in their newly acquired room.

28 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Man gets sucked into MRI machine and dies

In a shocking incident at the Nair government hospital in Mumbai Central, 32-year-old Rajesh Maru who was taking his relative to the MRI room got sucked into the MRI machine and passed away.

27 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Massive fire in Goregaon guts down 25 shops

A massive fire in on Saturday morning gutted down around 25 small shops in Kama industrial estate of Goregaon in Mumbai's western suburb. However, no casualties have been reported so far.

26 Jan 2018

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#DontAppAndDrive: Mumbai Police gives driving lessons to Mumbaikars

Mumbai Police has time and again tried to spread awareness messages to the residents, with a pinch of humor and wit.

25 Jan 2018

India

Doctors at Mumbai hospital extract LED bulb from infant's lungs

A group of doctors at Mumbai's Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital in Parel area removed an LED bulb from a seven-month-old baby girl's lungs through a two-minute bronchoscopy.

25 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra bans sale of food items at tobacco selling shops

Maharashtra government on Wednesday banned the sale of tobacco and food items under the same roof. The state becomes the first to implement the move after the Union ministry of health and family welfare issued an advisory in September, 2017.

24 Jan 2018

Delhi

Passenger dies on board Delhi-Mumbai flight, family accuses airline

A passenger on board a Jet Airways flight from Delhi to Mumbai died of cardiac arrest. His family has accused the flight's crew of negligence. The 53-year-old passenger, Mohammad Afroz Ahmed, was travelling with his nephew.

24 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Railway introduces wireless device to issue AC train tickets

The Western Railway (WR) in Mumbai is planning to introduce new hand-held wireless devices for issuing tickets to passengers who have first-class tickets and want to travel by the air-conditioned train that runs between Churchgate and Virar.

23 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Balasaheb Thackeray: Remembering the tiger on his 92nd birth anniversary

The charismatic and limelight-loving Balasaheb Thackeray was a "true-blue" celebrity.

23 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Fire breaks out in Bandra residential building; baby dead

An 18-month-old infant was killed while a four-year-old was seriously injured after a fire broke out at the pump room of a residential building, Shoeb Manzil at Perry Cross Road in Bandra on Monday.

23 Jan 2018

India

Fuel prices continue moving higher, govt mulls GST option

Petrol prices in Mumbai crossed the Rs. 80 mark yesterday for the first time since August'14.

22 Jan 2018

iPhone

Mumbai: Mercedes owner forges 'VVIP pass' to skip Rs.60 toll

Indians are known for their love for "free" stuff. We might be using a costly iPhone, but will always look for 'schemes' to make free calls.

South Mumbai locals want BMC to permit 24/7 parking facility

After the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation started the new paid parking policy in various residential areas of South Mumbai, local residents requested the civic body to allow for 24 hours parking facility on the road.

21 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Sex racket busted in Virar spa, Thai woman arrested

Maharashtra police have arrested a Thai woman for allegedly running a sex racket in a spa in Virar of Palghar district.

21 Jan 2018

India

Railways may introduce "dynamic fares" for luxury Mumbai-Goa Tejas Express

India's first "ultra-luxury" train -the Mumbai-Goa Tejas Express- had become a hit with travelers after its launch in May'17.

21 Jan 2018

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Mumbai Police is winning hearts with its filmy memes

Mumbai Police has once again taken Twitterati by storm. They won people's heart by posting filmy memes to teach some important life lessons.

21 Jan 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Mineral water and liquor to get costlier

The Maharashtra state government has recently decided to increase the price of bulk water tariff for all industries like bottled water companies and liquor manufacturers that use water as a raw material for their products.

20 Jan 2018

Navi Mumbai

Bridge linking South Bombay to international airport made toll free

The resident of South Bombay traveling to the upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport will not be required to pay any toll.