Western Railway said a block is expected on Tuesday due to the launch of Composite Girder for construction of Road Over Bridge between Vangaon and Dahanu Road stations of Mumbai Central Division, an official statement. In a press release, Western Railway on Monday said the one-hour fifteen minutes block, from 10:30 hrs to 11:45 on Tuesday, January 28 will be undertaken on UP & Down Main Line, due to which a few Western Railway's Mumbai local trains will be affected. The details of the trains which will be affected on 28th January, 2025 are as follows: Short Termination/Cancellation of Trains on Tuesday, 28th January, 2025:1. Train No. 93013 Virar – Dahanu Road Passenger will short terminate at Vangaon and hence Train Nos. 93013 & 93014 will be partially cancelled between Vangaon and Dahanu Road. 2. Train No. 93015 Churchgate – Dahanu Road Passenger will short terminate at Boisar and hence Train Nos. 93015 & 93016 will be partially cancelled between Boisar and Dahanu Road. Regulation of Trains on Tuesday, 28th January, 2025: 1. Train No. 20483 Bhagat Ki Kothi - Dadar Superfast Express will be regulated by 45 minutes.2. Train No. 12980 Jaipur - Bandra Terminus Express will be regulated by 45 minutes.3. Train No. 12932 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Double Decker Express will be regulated by 30 minutes.4. Train No. 82902 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Tejas Express will be regulated by 30 minutes.5. Train No. 93018 Dahanu Road - Virar Passenger will be regulated by 25 minutes. Western Railway issues alert after Jalgaon train accident, orders equipment checks on crowded routes Following the Jalgaon train accident, the Western Railway has issued an alert and directed all divisions, particularly those managing trains travelling to or from North India with crowded general coaches, to double-check all equipment. This measure aims to eliminate any possibility of smoke or related issues during the journey. "In addition to this, the commercial department and security staff have been directed to take strict action against anyone found smoking or creating conditions where smoke can emanate," an official said. "All electrical equipment on coaches, particularly in the vicinity of gates like control panels, and wires in ducts over doors but visible due to any reason must be attended to and put right. All staff should inspect passing through trains and ensure that the possibility of the occurrence of smoke for any reason is eliminated," the directive stated.
27 January,2025 05:53 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentFour trees and a toilet block are blocking the demolition of the Sion Road Over Bridge, which has been shut since August 2024. The railways have sent a letter to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) expressing urgency in addressing these hurdles, as work on the bridge has been severely delayed, the officials said. The bridge is being rebuilt as part of a larger project to lay the fifth and sixth railway lines between Parel and Kurla. “There are four trees, two in the east and two in the west. In addition to this, there is a public toilet on the footpath, high-power cables, and electrical utilities for which shutting the Dharavi underpass is mandatory. The diversion of the BMC colony's drain, the road, and the water pipeline is also required. CR officials have highlighted several obstacles that have stalled the demolition. Work on piling and strengthening the sidewalls is currently in progress, and so far, 10 percent of the work has been completed. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, in their structural audit report, recommended dismantling the existing bridge and reconstructing a new one with steel girders and RCC slabs. Furthermore, the existing Sion Road Over Bridge is obstructing the proposed fifth and sixth railway lines between CSMT and Kurla, and therefore it needs to be dismantled and reconstructed.
27 January,2025 05:38 PM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. AklekarMaharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde has given administrative approval to expand Mahatma Phule Wada and Savitribai Phule memorials in Pune, an official statement said on Monday. The approval also includes land acquisition and the relocation of residents in the area, it said. A fund of Rs 200 crores has been approved for the project, and with the approval, the expansion of the memorials will now proceed more quickly, the statement further said. "The expansion will involve acquiring land and relocating the residents to make space for the development of both memorials," the official statement said. It further said that a road will be constructed to connect Mahatma Phule Wada with the Savitribai Phule Memorial. The preservation and development of these memorials will also be carried out as part of the project. Once the administrative approval is in place, the approved funds will be distributed to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) which will help speed up the work on the memorials and ensure their proper development. IIM Mumbai to set up Ashwin Mittal CoE in advanced AI solutions Meanwhile, the IIM Mumbai has inked an agreement with the Ashwin Mittal Foundation to establish the Ashwin Mittal Center of Excellence (CoE) in advanced AI solutions for business decisions, according to the PTI. The CoE will promote research, innovation and collaboration with an initial focus on the transformative impact of technologies, the IIM Mumbai stated on Monday. As per the MoU, IIM Mumbai and AM Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, will focus on the facilitation, development, and promotion of advanced R&D and innovation emerging from the CoE, the PTI reported. "The CoE will empower students and faculty to address complex challenges in business and commerce by leveraging AI's transformative potential. Building on the success of our Data Science Lab, established in 2021, this collaboration will position IIM Mumbai at the forefront of AI and Analytics innovation, the PTI reported on Monday. "It will create opportunities to develop real-world, data-driven solutions along with wide-reaching impact across industries and communities," IIM Mumbai Director Prof Manoj Kumar Tiwari said, the news agency reported. (with PTI inputs)
27 January,2025 05:07 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondentCentral Railway announced that it is set to run Unreserved Special Trains between New Amravati & Veer on the occasion of Dharatirth Gadkot Mohim 2025. The CR, in an official statement on Friday said that this decision to run Unreserved Special Trains on the route was for the benefit of passengers. The details of New Amravati & Veer train timings are as follows: 01101 special will leave New Amravati at 15.30 hrs on 6.02.2025 and will arrive at Veer at 07.45 hrs next day. (One trip) 01102 special will leave Veer at 22.00 hrs on 11.02.2025 and will arrive at New Amravati at 12.30 hrs next day. (One trip) Halts for 01101 - Badnera, Murtizapur, Akola, Shegaon, Nandura, Malkapur, Bhusaval, Jalgaon, Chalisgaon, Manmad, Nashik Road, Igatpuri, Kalyan, Panvel and Roha Composition: 16 General Second Class and 2 second seating cum guard’s brake van. The CR requested the passengers note the details and avail these services in the statement. For detailed timings, passengers may visit www.enquiry.indianrail.gov.in or download NTES App. Mumbai local train update: Block burst disrupts services, commuters struggle Train services on the Central Railway's main and harbour lines were disrupted on Sunday morning due to an extended mega block for a bridge girder launch, causing inconvenience to local and long-distance travellers. As many as 11 long-distance trains that depart from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai have been rescheduled so far and nine trains that arrive at CSMT have been short-terminated due to the block burst, the Central Railway said in a post on X. There were also reports of a labourer getting injured during the girder launch, an official said. The six-hour-long mega block conducted for launching the girder of the under-construction Carnac Bridge was initially scheduled to end at 5.30 am, but it got delayed, railway officials told PTI. This caused inconvenience to passengers travelling by the local as well as long-distance trains. The Central Railway's local train operations were cancelled between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Byculla and between CSMT and Wadala stations on the main and harbour lines, respectively, due to the mega block which was scheduled from 11.30 pm on Saturday to 5.30 am on Sunday, an official said. "Working of Suburban and Mail Express trains is continuing from Byculla and Dadar on the main line and Wadala Road on the Harbour line till the completion of the block," he told PTI.
27 January,2025 03:04 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentMumbai witnessed Emirates’ Airbus A350-900 touched down at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for the first time on the evening of August 26. The state-of-the-art aircraft arrived at 5:32 PM and, after a brief turnaround, departed for Dubai at 7:53 PM on the same day. The Airbus A350-900 replaces the Boeing 777 that previously served this sector, bringing in fuel efficiency, passenger comfort, and operational performance. This particular aircraft was manufactured in Toulouse, France, a hub for Airbus production, and was delivered to Emirates on January 22, 2025. Just days later, it embarked on its inaugural commercial flight, operating from Dubai to Mumbai on January 26, 2025. With a seating capacity of 312 passengers, the A350-900 offers a slightly reduced capacity compared to the Boeing 777’s 350 seats. However, the aircraft compensates with cabin design, offering passengers a quieter, more spacious, and modern travel experience.
27 January,2025 02:12 PM IST | Mumbai | Prasun ChoudhariA court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted two men accused of raping a woman in 2021, observing the victim and other witnesses were not traceable and charges against the accused were not proved, reported news agency PTI. Additional Sessions Judge AS Bhagwat, in his order on January 20, held the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the accused, Vijay Shetty (29) and Mohammad Sarvar Abdulla Shah (39), and they need to be given the benefit of the doubt, reported PTI. A copy of the order was made available on Monday. The prosecution told the court that on May 22, 2021, the two men forced the victim (age not mentioned in the order) to consume liquor excessively in a room in a building at Sabegaon in the Diva area and allegedly raped her, reported PTI. They also beat up the woman, the prosecution alleged. The two men were charged under various legal provisions, including for gang rape. The judge noted that the deposition of a lone prosecution witness, a panch witness, could not establish anything against the duo, reported PTI. Moreover, the victim and the other witnesses are not traceable and despite a notice to the prosecution, it could not produce them before the court, the judge said, reported PTI. Hence, it is held that the charges against the accused are not proven and they are acquitted, the court said. Thane court acquits two persons after 9 years in attempt to murder case A court in Thane district acquitted two persons accused of attacking and injuring a man nine years ago, citing insufficient evidence in Maharashtra, reported news agency PTI. Additional sessions judge Amit M Shete acquitted Imran Akhtar Sayyad and Anant Jairam Bhagat in a 2015 attempt to murder case. The copy of the order, dated a week ago on January 13, was made available on January 20. A group of men attacked the victim, Sandeep Gadekar, with weapons in Kalwa on August 31, 2015, as per the case details. The man sustained severe injuries to his head, neck, and abdomen and was hospitalised. The Kalwa police registered a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with a deadly weapon), 307 (attempt to murder), and 452 (house trespass to assault), among others. In its order, the court noted that there were critical omissions in the victim's testimony, which contradicted his earlier statements to the police. The court also took note of the victim and his family's criminal background. The victim had been externed due to his involvement in criminal activities, reported PTI. Judge Shete ruled that the evidence against the accused was insufficient to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and directed the police to apprehend the remaining absconding accused and file a separate chargesheet. (With inputs from PTI)
27 January,2025 01:33 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentDo you know what the stars hold for you in terms of love life, career, business and personal wellness today? Well, read on to know your astrological predictions as per your zodiac sign for January 27. Aries March 21 – April 20Being intuitive today is an interesting experience you would love to re-live again some other time. It’s good to question beliefs, seeking answers. Cosmic tip: Hold onto old values which are like old gold. Taurus April 21 – May 20Business/ career moves ahead at a comfortable pace. Connect dots when too many options are offered and how to go ahead.Cosmic tip: Don’t give into the temptation of giving frank opinions. Be diplomatic. GeminiMay 21 – June 21Promotional efforts pay off as work comes in much more regularly now. A business trip has an expected outcome. Just be happy.Cosmic tip: Spend a quiet evening at home with family and friends. Cancer June 22 – July 23Some maybe feeling a little lost since that special person is not in town. Do avoid comfort eating.Cosmic tip: Always maintain trust and faith, knowing the Higher Power will always look after you. Leo July 24 - Aug 23A slow moving karmic cycle ends with life moving ahead as it is meant to. Don’t get over friendly at work.Cosmic tip: Go for a walk, watch a movie or just enjoy time together. Virgo Aug 24 – Sept 23Do delegate work regularly, especially repetitive work. A karmic cycle of business travel begins.Cosmic tip: Realize there are always two sides to a situation or a truth. Don’t be hasty in coming to conclusions. Libra Sept 24 – Oct 22Career heads for the very top slot, leaving competitors behind in the race.Cosmic tip: Be prepared to give a commitment if the relationship has been an on-going one for over two years. Scorpio Oct 23 – Nov 22Sorting issues of importance are paramount today as you wade through a maze of work piling up. Eat only home cooked food.Cosmic tip: Learn from life. Sometimes relationships are indifferent or even non-existent. Sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 22It’s a relief and a surprise when a business meeting swerves onto a positive path. Having clarity of thoughts is what turned it in your favour.Cosmic tip: Regularly going within helps find inner peace. Capricorn Dec 23 – Jan 20Do your best to avoid arguments today as planetary positions are opposed to each other causing strife and misunderstandings.Cosmic tip: Carefully maintain personal diet and exercise regime to keep energy levels high. Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19Something you felt was lost is found. This begins the day on a happy note of satisfaction and joy.Cosmic tip: Change how you view a situation to see it in another avatar altogether. Pisces Feb 20 – March 20Enjoy this mutual understanding and acceptance with a friend/ partner/ spouse. Though not looking for a job change; an offer received is interesting. Health is good.Cosmic tip: Make wise and well considered choices.
27 January,2025 01:22 PM IST | Mumbai | Shirley BoseA 48-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of a seven-storey Thane building following a domestic quarrel, police said on Monday, reported news agency PTI. The incident took place on January 24 evening in the Kavesar area on Ghodbunder Road in Thane, they said. The man was disturbed due to a quarrel in his house, an official from Kasarwadavali police station said without elaborating, reported PTI. He then went to the terrace of the Thane building, where his house was located, and allegedly jumped from there, the official said, reported PTI. Some people rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, he said. The body was sent to a government hospital for postmortem and a case of accidental death was registered, the police said. Teen collegian ends life in Mumbai's Sion-Koliwada An 18-year-old college student allegedly committed suicide in Mumbai's Sion-Koliwada area on January 23 afternoon, a police official said, reported PTI. The victim, a first-year commerce student at Guru Nana College, hanged himself in his home in the Indira Nagar housing complex, the Antop Hill police station official said, reported PTI. "He lived with his father, sister and grandmother. He ended his life when his father had gone to drop his sister to college, while his grandmother was in another room. The incident came to light when his uncle came home and found him hanging in the kitchen," the official said, reported PTI. An accidental death report was registered and further probe is underway, the official added. 20-year-old son of Mumbai Police Constable shoots himself; probe underway A 20-year-old man died allegedly by suicide after shooting himself on Friday, said police, reported ANI. Police said that the deceased was identified as Harsh Mhaske. He was the son of a police constable living in the limits of NM Joshi Marg Police Station in the Lower Parel area of Mumbai, reported ANI. "The deceased was a 20-year-old youth. The deceased's father works in the Special Protection Unit of Mumbai Police. He died by suicide by shooting himself," said Mumbai Police. An investigation into the matter is underway. (With inputs from PTI and ANI)
27 January,2025 01:02 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentShiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has called out certain news channels for allegedly misrepresenting a self-proclaimed individual as a spokesperson for the party. In a fiery social media post, Aaditya Thackeray named "a fraud named Sanjay Gupta" who has been appearing on select television and YouTube channels, claiming affiliation with the Shiv Sena (UBT). “Despite the Party clarifying multiple times that the crook is not a spokesperson, and has nothing to do with the party, these selected channels call him on their shows as our ‘spokesperson’ or ‘supporter,’” Thackeray stated. "We will be taking legal action against this. It is shameful that a few YouTube channels and channels need such crooks for their own TRPs," he added. Aaditya ridicules MoUs signed by Maharashtra govt at Davos; says only 11 of 54 firms are foreign Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday said only 11 of the 54 companies with which the Maharashtra government signed MoUs in Davos during the World Economic Forum are from abroad, while the remaining 43 are Indian. Addressing a press conference, Thackeray said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis could have balanced the signing of Memorandums of Understanding with meetings with heads of state and federal governments as well as social entrepreneurs instead of spending Rs 20-25 crore on the Davos trip. "Let me assure you there is no other place in the world like Davos for global networking, especially for an industrial and progressive state like Maharashtra," he said, adding that people must not be fooled by public relations exercises over the MoUs. "In total, MoUs have been signed with 54 companies across the board in Davos by the Government of Maharashtra. Of these, 43 companies are Indian, while 11 are foreign companies. Of the 43 companies, 31 are located in Maharashtra," Thackeray pointed out. According to the state government, 61 MoUs have been signed during the World Economic Forum entailing an investment of Rs 15.70 lakh crore, which could potentially create 16 lakh jobs. The CM's staff and office misaligned his programme and somewhere ensured that this trip was mired with the MoUs signed, Thackeray claimed. Such MoUs could have been signed at the 'Magnetic Maharashtra' event, which incidentally has not been held for the past two years, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader further said. Why has the state government not organised 'Magnetic Maharashtra' to attract investments when others like Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are holding such events, he asked. Many of the MoUs signed at Davos, especially the ones with realtors, were not necessary because they had already bought land and the investment would have come any which way, Thackeray claimed. Taking a dig at what he claimed were "laughable" MoUs, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader said, "Next time even road contractors will be taken to Davos". He slammed state minister Uday Samant for reaching Davos late and coming back to India early. Samant was not even present during the inauguration of the Maharashtra Pavilion at Davos, Thackeray said. Thackeray ridiculed Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by saying the latter was not in the delegation to Davos despite MMRDA and CIDCO, which are part of his Urban Development portfolio, being involved in some of the MoUs signed. (With inputs from Agencies)
27 January,2025 12:17 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will ask NCP minister Dhananjay Munde to step down if any evidence is found linking him to sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh's murder, his cabinet colleague Chandrakant Patil has said, reported news agency PTI. The BJP leader on Sunday said that a comprehensive probe is being conducted into the murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. Walmik Karad, an associate of NCP minister Munde, has been arrested in an extortion case linked to the sarpanch's killing. Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district, was abducted, tortured and killed on December 9 for trying to stop an extortion bid against an energy firm operating a windmill project there. Munde, the NCP MLA from Parli in Beed district, is under attack from some of the ruling alliance colleagues and the opposition over his links with Karad, PTI stated. "The investigation into the murder of Santosh Deshmukh is underway. Each matter is different. As the head of the government, Devendra Fadnavis is fully capable of making decisions. If he believes there is substance in the allegations, he will act immediately and ask Munde to resign," Patil said. "The Maharashtra government has already seized properties of the accused in sarpanch Deshmukh murder case. Stringent charges have been invoked and the probe is going on," the BJP leader said. Patil also stated the police machinery is actively investigating the case, and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed for a probe into it. Additionally, a committee headed by a retired judge has been constituted to oversee the inquiry, the minister added. Steps are being taken, including invocation of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Walmik Karad and other accused, Patil pointed out. The process of seizing Karad's assets is also underway, he added. Beed Sarpanch murder: Attach Walmik Karad's properties to ensure he doesn't transfer them, says BJP leader The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the murder of Beed Sarpanch murder case must attach the properties of Walmik Karad to prevent him from transferring them to his aides, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suresh Dhas stated on Saturday. "The people of Maharashtra will rest only after the killers are hanged," Dhas declared at a protest rally held at Azad Maidan against the Beed Sarpanch murder and the custodial death of Parbhani youth Somnath Suryavanshi. According to news agency PTI, Dhas also pointed out that Beed resident Mahadev Munde had been murdered 15 months ago, but his killers remain at large. "How can Bhaskar Kendre, a police officer, be posted in Parli for the last 15 years? The police in Beed are under political pressure. The SIT must ensure that Karad’s properties are attached so he cannot transfer them to his aides," Dhas said. (With inputs from PTI)
27 January,2025 12:01 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentThe officials said that a trailer truck carrying chemicals hit a road divider on a busy road in Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday morning, affecting vehicular movement for more than two hours, reported news agency PTI. No casualty was reported in the incident, the officials said while sharing an update on the Thane accident, reported PTI. The trailer on the way from Belagavi in Karnataka towards Morbi in Gujarat when it hit the road divider near Waghbil bridge on Ghodbunder Road in Thane at 7.45 am, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said while sharing an update on the Thane accident, reported PTI. The engine oil tank of the vehicle got damaged following the Thane accident, and the oil leaked from it on the road. After being alerted, local fire personnel, the regional disaster management cell and other rescue teams rushed to the spot. Traffic on the road was affected due to the accident of the trailer, which was carrying 40 tonnes of calcined aluminia products, he said. 10 going for wedding function injured as bus overturns in Thane Ten persons were injured when a private minibus they were travelling in overturned on the Mumbai-Nashik route in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday, reported PTI. The accident took place at the Kasara Ghat at around 9 am on Sunday when nearly 20 persons were heading in the bus from Cuffe Parade in neighbouring Mumbai to Sinnar in Nashik for a marriage function, they said, reported PTI. The bus driver lost control over the wheels at Chintamanwadi turning. As a result, the vehicle overturned, Kasara police station's inspector Suresh Gavit said. Ten persons suffered injuries and they were admitted to private hospitals in Shahapur and other neighbouring towns. Four of them, who were in serious condition, were shifted to the government-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai for further treatment, he said, reported PTI. A probe was on into the incident, the police said. 2 women killed in Pune road accident As many as two women were killed when their moped was crushed by a truck in Pune on January 24 evening, the police said. According to the police, the truck, travelling from Hinjawadi to Mahalunge, overturned after the driver lost control, crushing the two women under its heavy load. Both victim women succumbed to their injuries on the spot. The police have arrested the truck driver under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act. An investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the accident, police said. (With inputs from PTI)
27 January,2025 11:54 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
