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Mumbai LIVE: Navi Mumbai cops bust drug racket with Punjab link; 15 held

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: The Navi Mumbai police's Anti Narcotics Cell has arrested 15 persons after busting a racket in which heroin and opium were being brought in Mumbai from Punjab, an official said on Friday. We are closing the LIVE blog now

23 January,2026 10:27 PM IST
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Shinde announces 'Arogya Aaplya Daari' on Bal Thackeray's birth centenary

The Shiv Sena also announced a series of public welfare programmes across Maharashtra to mark the birth centenary of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray

23 January,2026 10:01 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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Thane to face 12-day water cut in phases from January 27, check details here

The water cuts are due to repair work on the 'Pneumatic Gate System' installed at the Bhatsa river barrage at Pise, which supplies water to both Thane and Mumbai. The work is being carried out by the BMC, officials said on Friday

23 January,2026 05:46 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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Zilla Parishad elections: Congress releases list of 40 star campaigners

The list includes several senior leaders from both the state and national level. Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala, State Congress President Harshvardhan Sapkal, and Leader of the Congress Legislature Party Vijay Wadettiwar are among the prominent names

23 January,2026 06:41 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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Goregaon-Mulund link road flyover nears completion, BMC aims to open it by May 3

According to the Mumbai civic body, 75 per cent of the work of the flyover has been completed, and 30 out of the proposed 31 pillars have already been constructed

23 January,2026 07:17 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai Crime News

Fake railway vigilance officer held while demanding Rs 20,000 bribe in Kalyan

According to Central Railway officials, the railway employee approached the Vigilance Department after suspecting fraudulent activity. Based on the complaint, the vigilance team planned a trap and monitored the suspect’s movements

23 January,2026 07:15 PM IST | Rajendra B. Aklekar
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WR to operate block between Andheri-Goregaon and Mahim on Sunday, check details

An official statement said that several Mumbai local train services on the Harbour line will remain cancelled on Sunday, 25 January 2026, due to a jumbo block being undertaken for maintenance work

23 January,2026 07:33 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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BMC files multiple FIRs during crackdown on unauthorised banners, removes 41

"The BMC’s Licensing Department has registered cases against unidentified persons at Gamdevi, Malabar Hill and Dr D. B. Marg police stations. The action was taken on January 21 and 22, 2026, during which 41 unauthorised banners were removed," an official statement said

23 January,2026 07:45 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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CR to operate mega block on its Main and Harbour line on Sunday, check details

Harbour line passengers are allowed to travel via the Main line and Western Railway between 10 am and 6 pm during the block, Central Railway said in an official statement

23 January,2026 08:09 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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R-Day: Mumbai Police issues traffic diversions, alternate routes around Dadar

In a traffic notification, Mumbai Police said that on January 26, 2026, due to the Republic Day 2026 parade at Shivaji Park ground in Dadar, all adjoining roads shall be closed for vehicular traffic from 06:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs

23 January,2026 08:53 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
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Push-pull Amrit Bharat train rake reaches Mumbai for 130 km/h trials

The Amrit Bharat Express is a long-distance, sleeper-class non-AC train service introduced by Indian Railways. It is designed to provide affordable, high-speed travel, especially during festive seasons and peak migration periods, when passenger demand is high, said the officials

23 January,2026 09:12 PM IST | Rajendra B. Aklekar
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Shiv Sena (UBT) is an idea BJP cannot finish: Uddhav Thackeray

Uddhav Thackeray also alleged that money power was used in the Mumbai civic polls, claiming that such practices were witnessed for the first time in the recently held BMC Election 2026

23 January,2026 11:03 PM IST | mid-day online correspondent
Thane civic body confirms landfilling near Rabodi helipad

Thane civic body confirms landfilling near Rabodi helipad

TMC’s environment department, on January 9 wrote to the senior inspector of Rabodi police station regarding the felling of mangroves and other trees behind Akashganga Complex in Shivaji Nagar, Rabodi

24 January,2026 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
MPCB Chairman Siddhesh Kadam on Mumbai AQI, dust control and plastic bans

    MPCB Chairman Siddhesh Kadam on Mumbai AQI, dust control and plastic bans

    The owners of a bar at the center of a deadly New Year’s fire at a Swiss ski resort are now under intense scrutiny as investigators launch a criminal probe. The blaze broke out during a packed celebration in Crans-Montana, quickly turning into a deadly flashover that left little time for escape. Police have interviewed the bar’s French owners, examining whether the venue complied with fire safety regulations.

    03 January,2026 05:58 PM IST
    Mumbai: Lured into stock market trap, 35-year-old loses Rs 11 lakh

    Mumbai: Lured into stock market trap, 35-year-old loses Rs 11 lakh

    Fraudster identifies himself as a ‘foreign expert’ on stock market trade, adds victim to a WhatsApp group ‘F40 Stock Market Strategy Exchange Group’

    24 January,2026 08:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
    Mumbai: Torn autorickshaw poster leads police to chain snatchers in Borivali

    Mumbai: Torn autorickshaw poster leads police to chain snatchers in Borivali

    How cops caught a thief via a torn poster on his borrowed rickshaw

    24 January,2026 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
    Phone snatching on local train leaves Mumbai salesman without a leg

    Phone snatching on local train leaves Mumbai salesman without a leg

    Man, who was thrown off train and lost his leg post scuffle with cell phone thief on a train, tells mid-day he is glad attacker is held, but wants him to pay bigger price via court verdict

    24 January,2026 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Madhulika Ram Kavattur
    Wadala woman assaulted after cancelling Urban Company massage

    Wadala woman assaulted after cancelling Urban Company massage

    46-year-old Wadala woman gets her face punched and scratched, hair pulled, and verbally abused; assailant, who doesn’t spare resident’s teen son, is removed from platform

    23 January,2026 01:48 PM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
    Mumbai Police get gangster Ravi Pujari's custody in Remo D'Souza extortion case

    Mumbai Police get gangster Ravi Pujari's custody in Remo D'Souza extortion case

    The crime branch's anti-extortion cell (AEC) took Pujari's custody from the Bengaluru prison and produced him in a court in Mumbai on Thursday

    23 January,2026 12:39 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
    Mumbai: Chembur police bust parking extortion racket, two arrested

    Mumbai: Chembur police bust parking extortion racket, two arrested

    Duo demands Rs 1000 from tanker drivers, threatening to kill them otherwise; cops nab accused from Govandi; The accused demanded parking money from tanker drivers, exploiting congestion outside the IOC facility, said police

    23 January,2026 08:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Anish Patil
    Mumbai Police busts bike thieves gang, recover 9 expensive motorcycles; 3 held

    Mumbai Police busts bike thieves gang, recover 9 expensive motorcycles; 3 held

    These bikes recovered by the police are linked to theft cases registered at Andheri, Vile Parle, Bhandup, Ghatkopar, Antop Hill, Kalachowki, Kharghar and Parel police stations, said an official

    22 January,2026 11:14 PM IST | Mumbai | Asif Rizvi
    BJP files police complaint after AIMIM corporator’s 'paint Mumbra green' remark

    BJP files police complaint after AIMIM corporator’s 'paint Mumbra green' remark

    The complaint was submitted at the Mumbra police station by a delegation led by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya, who demanded action against the 22-year-old AIMIM leader

    22 January,2026 10:48 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
    Navi Mumbai man duped of Rs 74.6 lakh in share trading fraud

    Navi Mumbai man duped of Rs 74.6 lakh in share trading fraud

    The accused had contacted the victim, a resident of Panvel, and persuaded him to invest in share trading. Initially, small profits were credited to his account to gain his confidence

    22 January,2026 10:49 AM IST | Thane
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