Mid-Day Top News at this hour: Woman holidays in city, robs train commuters; Charni Road commuters forced to cross tracks or pay platform fees due to bridge delay and more

Laxmi Vinod Solanki with the Bandra Railway Crime Unit team and the jewellery recovered from her. Pic/By Special Arrangement

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Stock markets decline in early trade after sharp rally in previous session

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday amid emergence of profit-taking after a sharp rally in the previous trading session. Markets were dragged lower due to selling in IT stocks and a largely weak trend in Asian markets. After a weak start to the day, the 30-share BSE benchmark gauge Sensex further declined 252.97 points to 82,277.77 in early trade. The NSE Nifty dropped 67.6 points to 24,994.50.

Mumbai: Woman holidays in city, robs train commuters

The Bandra Railway Crime Unit has arrested Laxmi Vinod Solanki, 34, for allegedly pickpocketing and stealing jewellery at railway stations in Mumbai. Police said, Laxmi's husband, Vinod Solanki, was unaware of her crimes. Under the pretext of taking him on holidays to Mumbai, she would stay with him at a hotel in the city for 3-4 days and commit theft during peak hours on local trains, before fleeing to Delhi. Read more.

Mumbai: Charni Road commuters forced to cross tracks or pay platform fees due to bridge delay

For the past three years, thousands of citizens have struggled to travel between Charni Road West and East due to an incomplete foot overbridge (FOB). The bridge was initiated by Western Railway (WR) but stalled after construction began three years ago, due to lack of permissions from the BMC. The bridge was declared unsafe in 2022 and razed in 2023. Now, with the BMC finally depositing funds, the bridge is expected to be completed by July 2025. Read more.

"We might get a new Rahul Dravid or Sourav Ganguly after England tour": Pravin Amre

When the Indian team embarks on their five-Test campaign against England at Leeds on June 20, it will also be a beginning of a new era in India's Test batting line-up. Given the Test retirements of skipper Rohit Sharma and the legendary Virat Kohli, head coach Gautam Gambhir will have to depend on relative newcomers who will be put to the toughest test in swinging English conditions. Read more.

Ishaan Khatter on Cannes debut with Homebound: ‘A film festival is for movies, not fashion'

Everywhere you go this week, the one man people are discussing is Ishaan Khatter. Some are talking about his washboard abs and the many shirtless sequences in The Royals, others about how droolworthy he is as a romantic hero. Read more.