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Travelling Into Mumbai for Ganeshotsav: Trains, Road Closures and Where to Stay

Why Mumbai's Transport Grid Shifts Completely During GaneshotsavGaneshotsav does not just add crowds to Mumbai, it reorganises the city. The ten-day festival, anchored by massive public Ganesh installations called sarvajanik mandals, draws lakhs of visitors from Maharashtra and beyond, and the municipal corporation responds by closing or restricting vehicle movement…

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Parents win back their flat gifted to son as tribunal finds son failed to take care of parents; Bombay HC orders son to vacate the property

Son promised to care for elderly parents after receiving their Mumbai flat as gift; however, he failed to do so; Bombay High Court cancels gift deed and orders son and wife to vacate. Know why son lost the case in Bombay High Court.

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Pune man allegedly distributed poison capsules to kill 15,000 at Byculla Muharram procession

A Pune man, arrested for allegedly distributing poison-laced capsules during a Muharram procession in Byculla, had planned to target 15,000 people. Police recovered nearly 15,000 capsules filled with zinc phosphide, a potent rat poison, from his hotel room. At least two individuals reported poisoning symptoms after consuming the capsules, believing…

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Budget 2024: Why cash to people and not corporates will boost consumption

Indian capitalism started in the textile mills of Mumbai – which were built in areas such as Byculla, Worli, Prabhadevi, Lower Parel, Parel, and Dadar – all located in what is now known as central Mumbai.

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Fire in south Mumbai high-rise; 1 person injured, 30 rescued

A 57-year-old man was injured while 25 to 30 persons were rescued after a fire broke out in a 62-storey residential building in South Mumbai's Byculla area. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Mumbai: Secretary of 100-yr-old Mazgaon building brutally attacked, redevelopment angle suspected

MUMBAI: A brutal attack with a sharp weapon on the secretary of a 100-year-old Mazgaon based building, Meghji Building Tenants' CHS, has shocked and alarmed the local residents; especially since the building was in the process of redevelopment, and the building committee members had recently cancelled the redevelopment deal awarded…

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Aawaz foundation complains to Maharashtra CM about noise violations in Eid e Milad celebrations

MUMBAI: Aawaz foundation has made a complaint to the chief minister Eknath Shinde and commissioner of police Vivek Phansalkar about the noise violations at Eid e Milad celebrations held at Byculla and Mohamedali Road on Sunday.

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Woman held for helping thief in crime

MUMBAI: A 23-year-old woman who allegedly helped a thief by keeping a watch while he broke into a house in Byculla has been arrested by the crime branch.

The Times of India

Bhima Koregaon: Court allows Jyoti Jagtap 5 books a month

She had filed an application from Byculla jail seeking directions from jail authorities to allow her to receive books

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A hoax bomb call that kept Mumbai Police busy for hours

MUMBAI: A hoax caller kept the GRP and the Mumbai Police on their toes for several hours on Tuesday after announcing that bombs were going to explode at different locations in city.

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Trio held for theft of car engines across Mumbai

MUMBAI: Three persons were arrested by Byculla police in connection with the theft of engine controller module (ECM) machines from cars after breaking the door locks. Police scanned footage from 75 surveillance cameras and analysed phone call data before zeroing in on Imran Khan, 31, Shafiq Shaikh, 35, and Shaukat…

The Times of India

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation denies ACB nod to probe zoo tender hike

MUMBAI: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said that it has closed its enquiry into the alleged irregularities in the Rs 291 crore tenders for construction of new animal enclosures at Byculla zoo as BMC refused permission for the probe against BMC officials and contractors. The ACB has said it had…

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Mumbai: A Baghdadi Jew revisits childhood haunts to relive 200-year legacy

MUMBAI: An old man wearing the kippah skullcap paced frantically around the Magen David Synagogue in Byculla's Jewish compound on a muggy evening last week. He approached a policeman and pointed towards the locked Nagpada Gate on the compound's southern wall asking for it to be opened. But the watchman…

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‘Tigers swimming under water a hit with Mumbai's Byculla zoo visitors’

MUMBAI: Officials at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo said it was the first time that the revenue had crossed Rs. 1.5 crore for a month—in May. While adults are charged Rs 50, the entry fee for children is Rs 25. The facility is also largely visited by groups…

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Parl panel summons Maharashtra DGP, CS, Mumbai CP in Rana arrest case

NEW DELHI: The Parliament's Privileges and Ethics Committee has summoned the chief secretary, DGP of Maharashtra, Mumbai police commissioner and superintendent of women district prison, Byculla (Mumbai) to appear before them on June 15 for oral evidence, in the Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana's arrest issue.

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Tomato breaks 100-rupee barrier as traders cite shortfall in Mumbai

MUMBAI: After petrol and diesel, it is the common tomato that has broken the 100-rupee barrier. The retail price of a staple unit of 1 kg crossed a century in Pali Market Bandra, Matunga, Mulund and Byculla as well as in online stores.

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Mumbai rape accused nabbed in New Market

KOLKATA: The central division of Kolkata Police helped Mumbai Police end their 10-month hunt for the prime accused from Byculla who had raped a woman repeatedly there almost seven years ago, leaked it on social media and managed to defraud crores through extortion. A team from Nagpada PS came to…

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Mumbai: Byculla zoo welcomes Royal Bengal tiger Veera

MUMBAI: The Royal Bengal tiger pair named Shakti and Karishma at Mumbai's Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo in Byculla, popularly known as the Byculla zoo, gave birth to a female tiger on November 14, 2021.

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