Despite a tender being officially floated three years ago, work has not progressed. The residents are demanding swift action from the BMC regarding the DP road

Mumbai: Frustrated by the long delay in completion of the 90-Feet Road , which connects Chandivli Farm Road to Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR), the Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association (CCWA) has announced a ‘Sadbuddhi Havan’ as a symbolic protest.Despite a tender being officially floated three years ago, work has not progressed. The residents are demanding swift action from the BMC regarding the DP road. ”We have written letters, submitted petitions, held peaceful protests, and even sat on a hunger strike. Having approached politicians and bureaucrats across all levels with no result, we are left with no choice but to appeal to God to grant sadbuddhi (good sense) to the authorities,” said Mandeep Singh Makkar, founder of CCWA.According to Makkar, in 2023, the residents had carried out a hunger strike to highlight the dire need for this road. “In response, the BMC promised that a tender had been issued and the work would be completed soon,” he said.

Bhayander: A video purportedly showing a group of youths performing dangerous stunts on the Bhayander railway creek bridge has gone viral on social media, prompting Railway Protection Force (RPF) to register a case against an unidentified person.The video shows the youths hanging from an iron safety mesh installed along the railway bridge and doing pull-ups apparently while a local train passes beneath them. The incident has raised questions over how the youths managed to enter the highly sensitive railway premises. Bhayander RPF registered a case against an unidentified person on Wednesday under Sections 145 and 147 of the Railways Act.Meanwhile, officials are also examining whether the video is genuine or has been created or edited using artificial intelligence (AI). Police are probing when and where the video was shot and who recorded it, said senior inspector Ganpat Tumbada of Bhayandar railway police station. Efforts are underway to identify the youths and verify the authenticity of the video.

Rahul Gandhi is likely to participate in the 10-day residential training camp for Congress district presidents of Maharashtra to be held in Nashik from August 24 to September 2

Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is likely to participate in Congress party’s 10-day residential training camp for its Maharashtra district presidents to be held in Nashik from August 24 to September 2. Congress said the programme would focus on the changing social and political landscape, understanding the importance of direct engagement with people, organisational preparedness and leadership development.Several national- and state-level party leaders, along with Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal, will guide the participants during the camp, which will include detailed discussions on the party’s vision and direction for the future, the challenges it is facing, organisational preparedness, its ideology and its role in the country’s political landscape.The camp also will focus on questions, expectations, issues and political perspectives of workers from the new generation, with interactions aimed at strengthening their understanding of the party and its organisational functioning. The training programme was designed around the broader vision of ‘A New Generation, New Leadership and a Strong Organisation’.

Mumbai: Kurar Police have arrested Akash Salunke who was on the run after the murder of his wife, Suchita, on Sunday. Akash had initially got an injured Suchita admitted to a hospital on Sunday, claiming she was injured. He later fled from the hospital. An autopsy examination subsequently confirmed the homicide.Police said Akash and Suchita got married in 2022. The couple’s families were opposed to the match. The couple lived at Tanaji Nagar in Kurar, Malad East. They have a four-year-old son. Police said Akash doubted his wife’s fidelity and would fight frequently with her. Akash was a daily wager and an alcoholic.After a fight on Sunday, he allegedly murdered his wife. He then took the help of a local resident to move her to hospital, claiming that she had been injured. He fled from the hospital thereafter. Kurar Police registered a case of murder.

Mumbai: A former student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has moved the Bombay high court seeking pre-arrest bail in a case where he allegedly raised inflammatory slogans for the release of jailed UAPA accused activists Umar Khaled and Sharjeel Imam at an unauthorised campus event.On Aug 7, bail. was refused to Kamakhya Das (23). On Thursday, Justice Prafulla Khubalkar, before whom Das’s bail application was mentioned by advocate Vijay Hiremath, posted it for hearing on Friday.The event on Oct 10, 2025, was to commemorate the first death anniversary of late Delhi University professor G N Saibaba. The Oct 13, 2025, FIR alleged that 10-12 students assembled without permission, lighting candles, reading poems and raising inflammatory slogans. The sessions court observed that paying homage to Saibaba, who was acquitted by the high court in an UAPA case, was not illegal. It granted bail to seven students except Das and another one.In his bail application, Das denied “certain” slogans were raised. He said as the complaint was based on “untrue events”, grave allegations and charges such as unlawful assembly and promotion of enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and such are not made out at all.The sessions judge noted that books published by CPI (Maoist) were found on Das’s phone and certain information was deleted. Das’s application said “mere possession of such ideology is not a criminal offence’.’ He said the assumption that he attempted to implement Maoist ideology on other TISS students is “complete bogus”.He said having downloaded certain literature does not make him its author nor it indicates a prima facie case affiliation with a banned organisation or being prone to its ideology. As the police claimed Das did not cooperate with them, the sessions judge said his custodial interrogation was necessary. Das said he fully cooperated with the investigation, undergoing 12 to 15 hours of questioning over 10 months.

Mumbai: Two days after a devastating fire claimed the lives of a 2-year-old boy and his family’s 23-year-old domestic worker, Ankita Chettri, it was a former employer—in whose house she worked many years ago—who finally stepped forward to help her grieving family claim her body.Until then, Ankita’s body had been resting at the post-mortem centre in Vile Parle since Tuesday night, remaining there all the way up to late Thursday evening in the absence of blood relatives such as her parents, who reside in West Bengal. Her post-mortem was also delayed by days due to lack of consent.Ankita had been working at builder Hiren Batavia’s family home in Shanta Bhuvan on Baptista Road. She was found dead in their bathroom with Batavia’s two-year-old grandson, Abir, while trying to save herself and the toddler from a fire that broke out in their house on the 11th floor.Both died of smoke inhalation. The Batavia family did not wish to comment on Ankita’s death. Ankita’s former employer and her aunt, Kamla, who now works in their home, were at the post-mortem centre. Her former employer, who did not wish to be named, said Ankita used to take care of her children for a few years and had also been studying at the same time.Kamla did not wish to comment further but others in her family have been told about Ankita’s death.A case of accidental death has been registered at Santacruz Police. “We allowed them to claim the body after a letter was received from the blood relatives,” said senior PI Dattatray Masvekar.Ankita’s post-mortem began late evening and by press time her body was expected to be handed over to her aunt to take back to West Bengal.

The BMC is constructing its first cable-stayed bridge over railway tracks near Mahalaxmi station to connect Saat Rasta with Mahalaxmi Maidan

Mumbai: The BMC has set a December 31 deadline to complete its first cable-stayed bridge over railway tracks, being constructed near Mahalaxmi station to connect Saat Rasta with Mahalaxmi Maidan.Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar inspected the ongoing work on Keshavrao Khadye Marg on Thursday and directed officials to expedite the construction.The 803-metre-long bridge will be 17.2 metres wide, with its width within the railway limits measuring 23.01 metres. The project is being undertaken as part of the Development Plan works.A 78.5-metre-high pylon, which will support the cable-stayed structure, has already been erected. The 95-metre-long western span has also been completed. Construction of the 165-metre-long eastern span, which falls within the railway premises, will begin after the BMC receives the required block from the railways.Most of the pillars on the western side of the pylon have been constructed. However, work on five pillars is pending due to traffic diversion requirements. The BMC is currently constructing a concrete service road, on which traffic will be diverted after approval from the Traffic Police.Utility-laying work is also underway along the stretch. BMC’s bridges department is coordinating with the Traffic Police to facilitate traffic movement during construction.