Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra reports 77 Covid-19 cases, tally since Jan 1 reaches 1439
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 77 Covid-19 cases, taking the state's tally since January 1 this year to 1,439, a health department official said. Of the new cases, 41 have been reported from Pune, 25 from Mumbai, six from Kolhapur, four from Navi Mumbai and one from Nagpur. <a href="https://mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-covid-19-breakout-maharashtra-reports-77-new-covid-19-cases-active-tally-at-607-23562885" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra reports 77 Covid-19 cases, tally since Jan 1 reaches 1439
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 77 Covid-19 cases, taking the state's tally since January 1 this year to 1,439, a health department official said. Of the new cases, 41 have been reported from Pune, 25 from Mumbai, six from Kolhapur, four from Navi Mumbai and one from Nagpur. Read more...

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Woman misplaces bag with gold in local train, Mumbai railway cops manage to trace it
A woman got her bag containing gold ornaments and other items cumulatively valued at Rs 4.23 lakh that she had left behind in a suburban train thanks to the alertness of the Mumbai railway police, an official said on Sunday. The Satara-based woman had left the bag in a compartment of a CSMT-bound local train on Friday night and then alerted police after she realised it, he said. "After being informed about it, we asked our constable at Dockyard Road station to check the train, and he called back saying a bag of the same description had been found," the Wadala railway police station official said. "The bag contained a camera, gold ornaments and other items with total value of Rs 4.23 lakh. After we verified that it belonged to the woman, we handed it over," the official said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Woman misplaces bag with gold in local train, Mumbai railway cops manage to trace it
A woman got her bag containing gold ornaments and other items cumulatively valued at Rs 4.23 lakh that she had left behind in a suburban train thanks to the alertness of the Mumbai railway police, an official said on Sunday. The Satara-based woman had left the bag in a compartment of a CSMT-bound local train on Friday night and then alerted police after she realised it, he said. "After being informed about it, we asked our constable at Dockyard Road station to check the train, and he called back saying a bag of the same description had been found," the Wadala railway police station official said. "The bag contained a camera, gold ornaments and other items with total value of Rs 4.23 lakh. After we verified that it belonged to the woman, we handed it over," the official said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Palghar MP asks govt to release funds for district hospital and trauma centre
Palghar MP Hemant Savra on Sunday asked the Maharashtra government to release funds for the construction of the district hospital and trauma care centre. He submitted a written submission to Maharashtra's minister of state for health Meghana Bordikar when the latter visited Wada during the day. If the work of Palghar Hospital and Manor Trauma Care Centre is completed, thousands of citizens will get treatment at the local level, and will not have to travel to Thane and Mumbai, Savra said in a statement: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Palghar MP asks govt to release funds for district hospital and trauma centre
Palghar MP Hemant Savra on Sunday asked the Maharashtra government to release funds for the construction of the district hospital and trauma care centre. He submitted a written submission to Maharashtra's minister of state for health Meghana Bordikar when the latter visited Wada during the day. If the work of Palghar Hospital and Manor Trauma Care Centre is completed, thousands of citizens will get treatment at the local level, and will not have to travel to Thane and Mumbai, Savra said in a statement: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Cong demonstrates against Mother Dairy land allotment for Dharavi redevelopment project
The Congress on Sunday staged a protest against the Maharashtra government's decision to allot Mother Dairy's land in Kurla for rehabilitating ineligible slum-dwellers who will be displaced by the Dharavi redevelopment project. City Congress president Varsha Gaikwad, who led the demonstration, targeted the state government's decision with a "surrender" barb, alleging that the opposition by local people was ignored. "The market value of this land is in the hundreds of crores, but it is being handed over to Adani at a nominal price," she alleged: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Cong demonstrates against Mother Dairy land allotment for Dharavi redevelopment project
The Congress on Sunday staged a protest against the Maharashtra government's decision to allot Mother Dairy's land in Kurla for rehabilitating ineligible slum-dwellers who will be displaced by the Dharavi redevelopment project. City Congress president Varsha Gaikwad, who led the demonstration, targeted the state government's decision with a "surrender" barb, alleging that the opposition by local people was ignored. "The market value of this land is in the hundreds of crores, but it is being handed over to Adani at a nominal price," she alleged: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Bank executive arrested for stealing gold worth Rs 27 lakh mortgaged by customers
A bank executive was arrested in Thane district for allegedly stealing gold worth Rs 27 lakh that was pledged by customers, a police official said on Sunday. Accused Sachin Arun Kalan (29), who works in a private bank in Ambernath East in the district, was held on June 6 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for criminal breach of trust and other offences, the Shivaji Nagar police station official said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Bank executive arrested for stealing gold worth Rs 27 lakh mortgaged by customers
A bank executive was arrested in Thane district for allegedly stealing gold worth Rs 27 lakh that was pledged by customers, a police official said on Sunday. Accused Sachin Arun Kalan (29), who works in a private bank in Ambernath East in the district, was held on June 6 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for criminal breach of trust and other offences, the Shivaji Nagar police station official said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Lakhs of devotees visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Ul-Adha 2025. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-lakhs-of-devotees-visit-haji-ali-dargah-on-eid-ul-adha-2025-105801" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">See pics...</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Lakhs of devotees visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Ul-Adha 2025. See pics...

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai's first metro line completes 11 years; served 111 cr commuters since 2014
Mumbai's first metro corridor, the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar line, has completed 11 years of operations, having transported more than 111 crore commuters since its launch in 2014. In a release issued earlier this week, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) said that of the 12 stations on the 11.8-km corridor, Ghatkopar recorded the highest footfall with 30 crore commuters, followed by Andheri with 23 crore and Saki Naka with 11 crore: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai's first metro line completes 11 years; served 111 cr commuters since 2014
Mumbai's first metro corridor, the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar line, has completed 11 years of operations, having transported more than 111 crore commuters since its launch in 2014. In a release issued earlier this week, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) said that of the 12 stations on the 11.8-km corridor, Ghatkopar recorded the highest footfall with 30 crore commuters, followed by Andheri with 23 crore and Saki Naka with 11 crore: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Two drown in backwaters of dam in Pune district
Two persons drowned in the backwaters of a dam in Maharastra's Pune district on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at Bhushi Dam in Lonavala, which sees heavy footfall of tourists and picnickers: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Two drown in backwaters of dam in Pune district
Two persons drowned in the backwaters of a dam in Maharastra's Pune district on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at Bhushi Dam in Lonavala, which sees heavy footfall of tourists and picnickers: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Special Bharat Gaurav train to celebrate 351st coronation of Shivaji Maharaj. <a href="https://mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/irctc-announces-special-bharat-gaurav-train-to-celebrate-351st-coronation-of-shivaji-maharaj-check-details-here-23562774" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Read more...</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Special Bharat Gaurav train to celebrate 351st coronation of Shivaji Maharaj. Read more...

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Even as accidents and deaths rise, Maharashtra's road safety council has not met since Apr 2023
Despite Maharashtra witnessing 36,567 fatalities and 83,820 road accidents between January 2023 and April 2025, a top road safety council headed by the state transport minister has not met even once in two years, officials said on Sunday. Such is the situation that current transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said he was not even aware of the existence of the State Road Safety Council. The last meeting of the State Road Safety Council was held on April 4, 2023 under Eknath Shinde, current Deputy Chief Minister. He was CM at the time and held the transport portfolio, these officials said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Even as accidents and deaths rise, Maharashtra's road safety council has not met since Apr 2023
Despite Maharashtra witnessing 36,567 fatalities and 83,820 road accidents between January 2023 and April 2025, a top road safety council headed by the state transport minister has not met even once in two years, officials said on Sunday. Such is the situation that current transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said he was not even aware of the existence of the State Road Safety Council. The last meeting of the State Road Safety Council was held on April 4, 2023 under Eknath Shinde, current Deputy Chief Minister. He was CM at the time and held the transport portfolio, these officials said: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Scrap godown gutted in blaze; no injuries
A scrap godown storing plastic materials in Thane was gutted in a major fire on Sunday, officials said, adding that the blaze was controlled after three hours. Nobody was injured in the incident, said Thane Municipal Corporation's Disaster Management Cell chief Yasin Tadvi. "The Disaster Management Cell received information about the fire at a godown in Shilphata area around 10:31 AM," Tadvi said. A coordinated firefighting operation was immediately launched involving teams from both Thane and Navi Mumbai, he said. The fire was extinguished by the fire department personnel at 1:30 PM, Tadvi added. He said the cause of the fire could not be known immediately: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Scrap godown gutted in blaze; no injuries
A scrap godown storing plastic materials in Thane was gutted in a major fire on Sunday, officials said, adding that the blaze was controlled after three hours. Nobody was injured in the incident, said Thane Municipal Corporation's Disaster Management Cell chief Yasin Tadvi. "The Disaster Management Cell received information about the fire at a godown in Shilphata area around 10:31 AM," Tadvi said. A coordinated firefighting operation was immediately launched involving teams from both Thane and Navi Mumbai, he said. The fire was extinguished by the fire department personnel at 1:30 PM, Tadvi added. He said the cause of the fire could not be known immediately: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fadnavis' response to Rahul Gandhi an evasive bid to distract people: Sapkal
Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Sunday dubbed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's claims on the fairness of the 2024 state assembly elections an "evasive attempt to distract the public". A day after Gandhi's write-up triggered a political slugfest between Congress and BJP, Fadnavis on Sunday debunked the electoral "match-fixing and rigging" allegations through a newspaper article, stating "Gandhi has dismissed mandate of people as they rejected him": PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fadnavis' response to Rahul Gandhi an evasive bid to distract people: Sapkal
Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Sunday dubbed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's claims on the fairness of the 2024 state assembly elections an "evasive attempt to distract the public". A day after Gandhi's write-up triggered a political slugfest between Congress and BJP, Fadnavis on Sunday debunked the electoral "match-fixing and rigging" allegations through a newspaper article, stating "Gandhi has dismissed mandate of people as they rejected him": PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP replying to Rahul's Maharashtra poll questions instead of EC confirms match-fixing: Chennithala
BJP leaders replying to Rahul Gandhi's questions on the 2024 Maharashtra polls instead of the Election Commission of India confirms the "match-fixing" charge, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Sunday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fandavis' article, with facts and figures to refute Gandhi's claims, was published in Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta during the day. Earlier, top BJP leaders, including party chief JP Nadda, had slammed Gandhi for casting aspersions on the country's electoral process: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BJP replying to Rahul's Maharashtra poll questions instead of EC confirms match-fixing: Chennithala
BJP leaders replying to Rahul Gandhi's questions on the 2024 Maharashtra polls instead of the Election Commission of India confirms the "match-fixing" charge, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Sunday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fandavis' article, with facts and figures to refute Gandhi's claims, was published in Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta during the day. Earlier, top BJP leaders, including party chief JP Nadda, had slammed Gandhi for casting aspersions on the country's electoral process: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: HDFC Bank rejects allegations of Lilavati Trust against its CEO terming it baseless, malicious
HDFC Bank has denied Lilavati Trust's allegation that the bank's MD and CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan was involved in a series of financial frauds. The allegation levelled by Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust (LKMM Trust), its trustees and officials against the bank's MD and CEO are baseless and malicious, an HDFC Bank's spokesperson said. "The outrageous and preposterous allegations are strongly and categorically denied," the spokesperson said in a statement. The Trust, which oversees Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, had called upon the board of HDFC Bank, the RBI, SEBI and the Finance Ministry to suspend Jagdishan from all executive and board roles with immediate effect: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: HDFC Bank rejects allegations of Lilavati Trust against its CEO terming it baseless, malicious
HDFC Bank has denied Lilavati Trust's allegation that the bank's MD and CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan was involved in a series of financial frauds.The allegation levelled by Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust (LKMM Trust), its trustees and officials against the bank's MD and CEO are baseless and malicious, an HDFC Bank's spokesperson said. "The outrageous and preposterous allegations are strongly and categorically denied," the spokesperson said in a statement. The Trust, which oversees Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, had called upon the board of HDFC Bank, the RBI, SEBI and the Finance Ministry to suspend Jagdishan from all executive and board roles with immediate effect: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: If my voice brought India's issues to forefront, that&rsquo;s my service to nation: Priyanka Chaturvedi
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has strongly defended India&rsquo;s recent global anti-terror outreach mission across Europe, calling it both timely and necessary to expose the global threat posed by Pakistan-backed terrorism: IANS

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: If my voice brought India's issues to forefront, that&rsquo;s my service to nation: Priyanka Chaturvedi
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has strongly defended India&rsquo;s recent global anti-terror outreach mission across Europe, calling it both timely and necessary to expose the global threat posed by Pakistan-backed terrorism: IANS

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Homeless man bludgeoned to death in Navi Mumbai; mob beats up attacker
A homeless man was bludgeoned to death in Navi Mumbai in the wee hours of Sunday, and the police rescued the attacker from an angry mob that had cornered him, an official said. The accused sustained injuries in the incident and has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai, he said. The official said that the victim, Prakash Nagorao Lokhande, slept on the footpath under the Shahbaz Belapur bridge: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Homeless man bludgeoned to death in Navi Mumbai; mob beats up attacker
A homeless man was bludgeoned to death in Navi Mumbai in the wee hours of Sunday, and the police rescued the attacker from an angry mob that had cornered him, an official said. The accused sustained injuries in the incident and has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai, he said. The official said that the victim, Prakash Nagorao Lokhande, slept on the footpath under the Shahbaz Belapur bridge: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: CM Fadnavis also wrote a long piece in the newspaper: Supriya Sule defends Rahul Gandhi's remarks on ECI
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule defended Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi against the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday. Sule stated that in a strong democracy, everyone has the right to express their opinion. While speaking to the reporters, Sule said, "After Rahul Gandhi wrote that, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis also wrote a long piece in the newspaper. In a strong democracy, everyone has the right to express their opinion. What Rahul Gandhi wrote was because he hasn't received replies from the Election Commission for all the letters he has written so far": ANI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: CM Fadnavis also wrote a long piece in the newspaper: Supriya Sule defends Rahul Gandhi's remarks on ECI
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule defended Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi against the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday. Sule stated that in a strong democracy, everyone has the right to express their opinion. While speaking to the reporters, Sule said, "After Rahul Gandhi wrote that, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis also wrote a long piece in the newspaper. In a strong democracy, everyone has the right to express their opinion. What Rahul Gandhi wrote was because he hasn't received replies from the Election Commission for all the letters he has written so far": ANI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Navi Mumbai woman loses Rs 49 lakh after being lured with 'gift' from abroad
A 46-year-old woman from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra has allegedly been cheated of Rs 49.59 lakh fraudsters, including one posing as a customs officer, under the pretext of sending her a "gift" from abroad, police said on Sunday. The fraud took place between June and August 2024 but came to light after the victim, resident of Airoli in Navi Mumbai, lodged a complaint on Friday at the Rabale police station, an official said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Navi Mumbai woman loses Rs 49 lakh after being lured with 'gift' from abroad
A 46-year-old woman from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra has allegedly been cheated of Rs 49.59 lakh fraudsters, including one posing as a customs officer, under the pretext of sending her a "gift" from abroad, police said on Sunday. The fraud took place between June and August 2024 but came to light after the victim, resident of Airoli in Navi Mumbai, lodged a complaint on Friday at the Rabale police station, an official said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Govt sanctions Rs 2.7 cr for immediate aid to people hit by unseasonal rains in Palghar
The Maharashtra government as approved Rs 2.7 crore for immediate assistance to people who suffered damages due to unseasonal rains in Palghar district in the last two months, officials said on Sunday. The unseasonal weather events during April 4-6, May 6-7 and 23-25 resulted in widespread damage across the region.&nbsp; "A total of 38 houses were completely destroyed, while 3,852 homes suffered partial damage. Additionally, 10 huts and six cowsheds were damaged due to high winds and heavy rainfall," the district administration said in a release.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Govt sanctions Rs 2.7 cr for immediate aid to people hit by unseasonal rains in Palghar
The Maharashtra government as approved Rs 2.7 crore for immediate assistance to people who suffered damages due to unseasonal rains in Palghar district in the last two months, officials said on Sunday. The unseasonal weather events during April 4-6, May 6-7 and 23-25 resulted in widespread damage across the region.&nbsp;"A total of 38 houses were completely destroyed, while 3,852 homes suffered partial damage. Additionally, 10 huts and six cowsheds were damaged due to high winds and heavy rainfall," the district administration said in a release.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Palghar Shiv Sena leader's murder: Prime accused arrested from Silvassa
The police on Sunday arrested the prime accused in the abduction and murder case of Shiv Sena leader Ashok Dhodi from Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, an official said. Based on a tip-off, the victim's brother, Avinash Raman Dhodi (60), who had been on the run for five months, was apprehended from Morkhal in the wee hours of the day, said Yatish Deshmukh, Superintendent of Police, Palghar. He said the police had earlier arrested five accused in connection with the crime that took place in January. The victim, Ashok Dhodi (52), had gone missing on January 19, and his body was found days later after police managed to zero in on his car, which was in a water-filled quarry in neighbouring Gujarat.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Palghar Shiv Sena leader's murder: Prime accused arrested from Silvassa
The police on Sunday arrested the prime accused in the abduction and murder case of Shiv Sena leader Ashok Dhodi from Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, an official said. Based on a tip-off, the victim's brother, Avinash Raman Dhodi (60), who had been on the run for five months, was apprehended from Morkhal in the wee hours of the day, said Yatish Deshmukh, Superintendent of Police, Palghar. He said the police had earlier arrested five accused in connection with the crime that took place in January. The victim, Ashok Dhodi (52), had gone missing on January 19, and his body was found days later after police managed to zero in on his car, which was in a water-filled quarry in neighbouring Gujarat.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Three booked for power theft of Rs 7.2 lakh in Thane district
A case has been registered against three persons on charges of electricity theft of Rs 7.2 lakh in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday. Based on a complaint by a power supply company, the police on Friday registered a first information report under the Electricity Act, 2003, an official said. He said the accused allegedly sourced electricity illegally from a transformer between April 13, 2024, and April 12, 2025. This illegal connection bypassed the voltmeter, allowing them to draw unauthorised electricity without detection.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Three booked for power theft of Rs 7.2 lakh in Thane district
A case has been registered against three persons on charges of electricity theft of Rs 7.2 lakh in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday. Based on a complaint by a power supply company, the police on Friday registered a first information report under the Electricity Act, 2003, an official said. He said the accused allegedly sourced electricity illegally from a transformer between April 13, 2024, and April 12, 2025. This illegal connection bypassed the voltmeter, allowing them to draw unauthorised electricity without detection.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi dismissing mandate of people as they rejected him: Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi dismissing mandate of people as they rejected him: Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court acquits man accused of murdering relative two years ago
A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 28-year-old man accused of killing his brother-in-law in 2023, giving him the benefit of doubt after the prime witnesses in the case turned hostile. Although documents such as the postmortem report confirmed the death was due to hemorrhagic shock from a stab wound, the court noted this could not independently establish the guilt of the accused without substantive witness support. The prosecution "miserably failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt," Additional Sessions Judge, Kalyan court, S G Inamdar said in the order on May 19, a copy of which was made available on Saturday.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Court acquits man accused of murdering relative two years ago
A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 28-year-old man accused of killing his brother-in-law in 2023, giving him the benefit of doubt after the prime witnesses in the case turned hostile. Although documents such as the postmortem report confirmed the death was due to hemorrhagic shock from a stab wound, the court noted this could not independently establish the guilt of the accused without substantive witness support. The prosecution "miserably failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt," Additional Sessions Judge, Kalyan court, S G Inamdar said in the order on May 19, a copy of which was made available on Saturday.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Thane builder duped of Rs 2.7 crore in loan fraud; police launch probe
Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly cheating a builder from Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 2.7 crore after promising a business loan at a lower interest rate, an official said on Sunday. The 68-year-old complainant from Ambernath, who runs a construction business along with his two sons, needed a Rs 25 crore loan. An acquaintance subsequently introduced him to the accused, who hails from Nashik, the official from Shivajinagar police station said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Thane builder duped of Rs 2.7 crore in loan fraud; police launch probe
Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly cheating a builder from Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 2.7 crore after promising a business loan at a lower interest rate, an official said on Sunday. The 68-year-old complainant from Ambernath, who runs a construction business along with his two sons, needed a Rs 25 crore loan. An acquaintance subsequently introduced him to the accused, who hails from Nashik, the official from Shivajinagar police station said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: City&rsquo;s first metro completes 11 years, looks to expand
Completing 11 years, ferrying 111 crore commuters, the city&rsquo;s first metro rail line has been an exceptional success but is now much in demand to be expanded. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-citys-first-metro-completes-11-years-looks-to-expand-23562392">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: City&rsquo;s first metro completes 11 years, looks to expand
Completing 11 years, ferrying 111 crore commuters, the city&rsquo;s first metro rail line has been an exceptional success but is now much in demand to be expanded. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Water levels in 7 lakes supplying water to Mumbai at 11.06 per cent, check details here
The seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai have water stock of 11.06 per cent or 1,60,137 million litres as of the morning of June 7. In the past 24 hours, from 6 am on Friday till 6 am on Saturday, the catchment areas of these lakes have received considerable rainfall, at 174 mm, according to information from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). In contrast, this area had received merely 18 mm rainfall in the 24 hours between Thursday and Friday morning. Since the onset of the Southwest monsoon on May 25, the catchment areas of these seven lakes has received a total of 415 mm of rainfall. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/water-levels-in-7-lakes-supplying-water-to-mumbai-at-11-06-per-cent-check-details-here-23562391">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Water levels in 7 lakes supplying water to Mumbai at 11.06 per cent, check details here
The seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai have water stock of 11.06 per cent or 1,60,137 million litres as of the morning of June 7. In the past 24 hours, from 6 am on Friday till 6 am on Saturday, the catchment areas of these lakes have received considerable rainfall, at 174 mm, according to information from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). In contrast, this area had received merely 18 mm rainfall in the 24 hours between Thursday and Friday morning. Since the onset of the Southwest monsoon on May 25, the catchment areas of these seven lakes has received a total of 415 mm of rainfall. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai rains: Rainfall triggers waterlogging, tree falls and short circuits as IMD issues red alert
Areas of Grant Road, Kemps Corner and the busy Mahalaxmi junction in the Island city, parts of Malad and Borivli in the western suburbs, and Bhandup and Ghatkopar in the eastern suburbs reported waterlogging on Saturday afternoon, as Mumbai reported moderate to heavy spells of rain. Waterlogging at the Mahalaxmi junction near Haji Ali in Worli affected traffic movements in the area. The Mumbai Traffic Police issued a statement on social media to inform commuters from the area about slow moving traffic. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-rains-rainfall-triggers-waterlogging-tree-falls-and-short-circuits-as-imd-issues-red-alert-23562390">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai rains: Rainfall triggers waterlogging, tree falls and short circuits as IMD issues red alert
Areas of Grant Road, Kemps Corner and the busy Mahalaxmi junction in the Island city, parts of Malad and Borivli in the western suburbs, and Bhandup and Ghatkopar in the eastern suburbs reported waterlogging on Saturday afternoon, as Mumbai reported moderate to heavy spells of rain. Waterlogging at the Mahalaxmi junction near Haji Ali in Worli affected traffic movements in the area. The Mumbai Traffic Police issued a statement on social media to inform commuters from the area about slow moving traffic. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai weather updates: City to experience moderate showers this week
Mumbai&rsquo;s weather continues to be in the gloomy stages as days remain sweaty hot, and a slight shower cools the temperature to bearable degrees. Steady rainfall is expected next week. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre&rsquo;s (RMC) forecast for Mumbai city and suburbs, there will be generally cloudy skies with possibility of light rainfall/ thundershowers at some places, accompanied by lightning and gusty winds. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-weather-updates-city-to-experience-moderate-showers-this-week-23562389">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai weather updates: City to experience moderate showers this week
Mumbai&rsquo;s weather continues to be in the gloomy stages as days remain sweaty hot, and a slight shower cools the temperature to bearable degrees. Steady rainfall is expected next week. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre&rsquo;s (RMC) forecast for Mumbai city and suburbs, there will be generally cloudy skies with possibility of light rainfall/ thundershowers at some places, accompanied by lightning and gusty winds. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: Chain-snatcher who assaulted 65-year-old woman caught in a week
Within a week of chain-snatchers attacking a 65-year-old on her morning walk in Dahanukarwadi, Kandivali West, the Charkop Police have arrested one of the accused. The crime took place on May 31, when the victim was walking in her neighbourhood. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-chain-snatcher-who-assaulted-65-year-old-woman-caught-in-a-week-23562397">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: Chain-snatcher who assaulted 65-year-old woman caught in a week
Within a week of chain-snatchers attacking a 65-year-old on her morning walk in Dahanukarwadi, Kandivali West, the Charkop Police have arrested one of the accused. The crime took place on May 31, when the victim was walking in her neighbourhood. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai local train updates | Plan ahead: Mega block today on WR, CR
On Sunday, both Central and Western Railway train timetables will be affected due to multiple work blocks on the section affecting train services. Central Railway, Mumbai Division will operate Mega Block on its suburban sections for carrying out various engineering and maintenance works from 8am to 1.30 pm. A jumbo block of five hours will operate on WR between Churchgate and Mumbai Central stations between 10.35 am and 3.35 pm, to carry out maintenance work of tracks, signaling and overhead equipment. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-local-train-updates-plan-ahead-mega-block-today-on-wr-cr-23562396">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai local train updates | Plan ahead: Mega block today on WR, CR
On Sunday, both Central and Western Railway train timetables will be affected due to multiple work blocks on the section affecting train services. Central Railway, Mumbai Division will operate Mega Block on its suburban sections for carrying out various engineering and maintenance works from 8am to 1.30 pm. A jumbo block of five hours will operate on WR between Churchgate and Mumbai Central stations between 10.35 am and 3.35 pm, to carry out maintenance work of tracks, signaling and overhead equipment. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: Kandivali guard arrested for molesting 5-year-old girls
A 59-year-old security guard from a Kandivali-based building has been arrested by the Samta Nagar police for allegedly sexually molesting two five-year-old girls. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-kandivali-guard-arrested-for-molesting-5-year-old-girls-23562395">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: Kandivali guard arrested for molesting 5-year-old girls
A 59-year-old security guard from a Kandivali-based building has been arrested by the Samta Nagar police for allegedly sexually molesting two five-year-old girls. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: ED summons Dino Morea, brother in Mithi river desilting scam probe
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has issued summons to 10 individuals in connection with the Rs 65-crore Mithi River desilting scam, including actor Dino Morea, his brother Santino Morea, civic engineers, and contractors. <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-ed-summons-dino-morea-brother-in-mithi-river-desilting-scam-probe-23562394">Read more.</a>

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Mumbai: ED summons Dino Morea, brother in Mithi river desilting scam probe
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has issued summons to 10 individuals in connection with the Rs 65-crore Mithi River desilting scam, including actor Dino Morea, his brother Santino Morea, civic engineers, and contractors. Read more.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Activist reaches out to MPs, govt bodies seeking law to ban regressive practices against widows
An activist in Maharashtra, who is on a mission to eradicate regressive practices related to widowhood, has started reaching out to the country's ministers and lawmakers to seek their coo eration in his demand for a law allowing these women to live a life of dignity. Apart from the Lok Sabha members, activist Pramod Zinjade, who heads the Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal, is also writing to various government bodies seeking their cooperation for the cause.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Activist reaches out to MPs, govt bodies seeking law to ban regressive practices against widows
An activist in Maharashtra, who is on a mission to eradicate regressive practices related to widowhood, has started reaching out to the country's ministers and lawmakers to seek their coo eration in his demand for a law allowing these women to live a life of dignity. Apart from the Lok Sabha members, activist Pramod Zinjade, who heads the Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal, is also writing to various government bodies seeking their cooperation for the cause.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fire at high-rise in Thane; no casualty
A fire broke out at a 14-storey residential building in Mumbra area of Maharashtra's Thane district in the early hours of Sunday, civic officials said. There was no report of any casualty, they said. The Sheel fire station reported the blaze at 2.54 am to the disaster control room. The fire originated in an electric duct between the fourth and seventh floors of the A-wing of S K Residency building located near Mumbra bypass, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said. "The fire was limited to the electrical cable duct and did not spread to any residential flat. No casualty was reported from the site," he said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fire at high-rise in Thane; no casualty
A fire broke out at a 14-storey residential building in Mumbra area of Maharashtra's Thane district in the early hours of Sunday, civic officials said. There was no report of any casualty, they said. The Sheel fire station reported the blaze at 2.54 am to the disaster control room. The fire originated in an electric duct between the fourth and seventh floors of the A-wing of S K Residency building located near Mumbra bypass, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said. "The fire was limited to the electrical cable duct and did not spread to any residential flat. No casualty was reported from the site," he said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Latur man kidnaps woman's child for rejecting his proposal for affair
Police in Maharashtra's Latur have rescued a three-year-old child more than 10 days after he was kidnapped by a man, who once wanted to have a relationship with the toddler's mother, an official said on Saturday. The child went missing from Ghumasta Colony in the city on May 26, prompting his family to approach the Vivekanand Chowk police station. Acting on several inputs, the police took Mahesh Ramakant Suryawanshi, a resident of Ausa, into custody from Solapur on Friday. Suryawanshi told the police that he had abandoned the child a few hours earlier on the bank of the Chandrabhaga River in Pandharpur, about 70 km from Solapur, the official said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Latur man kidnaps woman's child for rejecting his proposal for affair
Police in Maharashtra's Latur have rescued a three-year-old child more than 10 days after he was kidnapped by a man, who once wanted to have a relationship with the toddler's mother, an official said on Saturday. The child went missing from Ghumasta Colony in the city on May 26, prompting his family to approach the Vivekanand Chowk police station. Acting on several inputs, the police took Mahesh Ramakant Suryawanshi, a resident of Ausa, into custody from Solapur on Friday. Suryawanshi told the police that he had abandoned the child a few hours earlier on the bank of the Chandrabhaga River in Pandharpur, about 70 km from Solapur, the official said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Traditional dietary habits have changed, ideal lifestyle must to avoid diabetes: Fadnavis
Adopting an ideal lifestyle is necessary to avoid diabetes, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday while asserting that traditional dietary habits developed through conventional lifestyles have undergone improper changes due to urbanization. He was speaking after inaugurating the the 12th International Conference 'Hello Diabetes' jointly organized by Diabetes Care and Research Centre and the Diabetes Care Foundation of India. Highlighting the serious and concerning spread of diabetes and obesity in India, Fadnavis said such conferences contribute significantly to ensuring India does not become the diabetes capital of the world.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Traditional dietary habits have changed, ideal lifestyle must to avoid diabetes: Fadnavis
Adopting an ideal lifestyle is necessary to avoid diabetes, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday while asserting that traditional dietary habits developed through conventional lifestyles have undergone improper changes due to urbanization. He was speaking after inaugurating the the 12th International Conference 'Hello Diabetes' jointly organized by Diabetes Care and Research Centre and the Diabetes Care Foundation of India. Highlighting the serious and concerning spread of diabetes and obesity in India, Fadnavis said such conferences contribute significantly to ensuring India does not become the diabetes capital of the world.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fadnavis steers clear of buzz over possible reunion of Thackerays, Pawars
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that he did not want to invite "trouble" by commenting on the speculation over potential tie-ups between the NCP factions as well as the estranged Thackeray cousins. Fadnavis was in Pune to attend a book launch. "I don't subscribe to 'begani shaadi mein Abdullah diwana' (a person getting involved in someone else's affairs even though he has nothing to do with it)," he said in response to questions about the Thackerays and the Pawars.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fadnavis steers clear of buzz over possible reunion of Thackerays, Pawars
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that he did not want to invite "trouble" by commenting on the speculation over potential tie-ups between the NCP factions as well as the estranged Thackeray cousins. Fadnavis was in Pune to attend a book launch. "I don't subscribe to 'begani shaadi mein Abdullah diwana' (a person getting involved in someone else's affairs even though he has nothing to do with it)," he said in response to questions about the Thackerays and the Pawars.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: After Rahul calls Maharashtra polls 'match-fixing', Shinde says he and Cong have lost credibility
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for terming the 2024 state assembly polls as "match-fixing". In an article, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha had alleged "match-fixing" in the Maharashtra polls and claimed that it would next happen in the Bihar elections and "anywhere the BJP is losing". Hitting back, Shinde said his allegations were baseless, a waste of time and reflective of a party that has lost its relevance in the country's politics. Those who have no political credibility left in the country are now making desperate allegations, Shinde said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: After Rahul calls Maharashtra polls 'match-fixing', Shinde says he and Cong have lost credibility
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for terming the 2024 state assembly polls as "match-fixing". In an article, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha had alleged "match-fixing" in the Maharashtra polls and claimed that it would next happen in the Bihar elections and "anywhere the BJP is losing". Hitting back, Shinde said his allegations were baseless, a waste of time and reflective of a party that has lost its relevance in the country's politics. Those who have no political credibility left in the country are now making desperate allegations, Shinde said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Prostitution racket busted in Latur, 3 men booked
A prostitution racket was busted in Latur after a house was raided, leading to three persons being booked, a police official said on Friday. The raid was carried out in Yakatpur area on Friday night, Ausa police station inspector Sunil Rejitwad said. "Three men, identified Mahadev Balaji Kamble (21), Nagnath Narayan Karle (21) and Dawood Dagdu Shaikh (24), have been booked for forcing women into the racket. A woman was rescued," he added.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Prostitution racket busted in Latur, 3 men booked
A prostitution racket was busted in Latur after a house was raided, leading to three persons being booked, a police official said on Friday. The raid was carried out in Yakatpur area on Friday night, Ausa police station inspector Sunil Rejitwad said. "Three men, identified Mahadev Balaji Kamble (21), Nagnath Narayan Karle (21) and Dawood Dagdu Shaikh (24), have been booked for forcing women into the racket. A woman was rescued," he added.&nbsp;

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 86 new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 86 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the total count since January to 1,362, the health department said. Of these new cases, 31 were detected in Pune city and two in its rural parts, 28 in Mumbai, seven in Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune, six in Thane, four in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, three in Nagpur, two in Mira Bhayandar, one each in Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli, an official statement said. The health department has conducted 16,226 Covid-19 tests since January, of which 1,362 were reported positive. The total number of cases in Mumbai since January is 640, of which 634 were recorded in May alone. Since January 2025 till date, a total of 18 patients have succumbed to the infection, of whom 17 were found with comorbidities, the statement said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 86 new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 86 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the total count since January to 1,362, the health department said. Of these new cases, 31 were detected in Pune city and two in its rural parts, 28 in Mumbai, seven in Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune, six in Thane, four in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, three in Nagpur, two in Mira Bhayandar, one each in Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli, an official statement said. The health department has conducted 16,226 Covid-19 tests since January, of which 1,362 were reported positive. The total number of cases in Mumbai since January is 640, of which 634 were recorded in May alone. Since January 2025 till date, a total of 18 patients have succumbed to the infection, of whom 17 were found with comorbidities, the statement said.

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