At 26. 5° Celsius, Mumbai’s day temperature on Monday was cooler than Pune’s 31. 2°C and Nashik’s 28. 5°C. Night temperatures in these two cities were, however, lower than Mumbai. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted a further drop in temperature in the coming days. An official has attibuted the cause for Mumbai being cooler than Nashik and Pune to the strong cold breeze. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
Two people have been detained by Mumbai’s LT Marg police in the case pertaining to raids by fake ED officers in a businessman’s office. Currently, they are being interrogated: Mumbai Police
4 unidentified persons impersonated ED officers & raided a businessman’s office in Mumbai’s Zaveri Bazaar area & took Rs 25 lakhs cash & 3 kg gold worth Rs 1.70 crores from the office. Case registered. Police is trying to identify the accused from CCTV footage: Mumbai Police
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Two persons on scooter killed after falling off flyover in Thane
Two persons were killed after their scooter hit the wall of a flyover and they fell off the bridge in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Tuesday, civic officials said. The accident took place at around 3.30 am on the flyover at Castle Mill Naka when the victims were going towards Thane station from Majiwada, Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said. The scooter rider lost control over the two-wheeler and it hit the protection wall of the flyover, he said.
On January 22 & 23, Mumbai Airport customs intercepted two foreign nationals in two separate cases and seized 90,000 USD concealed in pages of books and over 2.5 kg of gold in paste form respectively. Both the passengers have been arrested: Customs
Mumbai cooler than Nashik, Pune; temperatures may dip more
At 26.5 Celsius, Mumbai's day temperature on Monday was cooler than Pune's 31.2 C and Nashik's 28.5 C. Night temperatures in these two cities were, however, lower than Mumbai. READ MORE
Elderly duped of crores in life policy surrender scam in Mumbai
The recent arrest of three men, including a former BPO employee, from different parts of Uttar Pradesh helped Bandra-Kurla Complex cyber police unearth a multiple call centres racket that they allegedly operated to dupe people, especially senior citizens, by luring them to earn crores of rupees after surrendering their life insurance policies.
Now, BEST proposes up to 18% hike in power tariffs
From April, those living in the island city can expect a rise in their power bills. The BEST undertaking on Monday proposed a hike of up to 18% in tariff in 2023-24, in a petition filed before the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). The low-end consumers-slums, chawls and middle class- may bear the brunt of 6-18% proposed hike, while for high-end electricity users-especially those in highrises- the proposed hike is 2% in a bid to prevent them from “migrating to Tata Power”.
Six-month-old Sion boy 5th measles victim this year
A 6-month-old boy from Sion became the fifth victim of measles this year so far, according to the daily civic update on measles.
Uddhav Thackeray, Prakash Ambedkar seal on alliance before BMC polls
An alliance between Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) led by Prakash Ambedkar was formally announced on Monday. The Shiv shakti-Bhim shakti alliance, on the cards for months, will help the saffron party consolidate Dalit votes ahead of the BMC polls. READ MORE
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