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MUMBAI: Five years after a 24-year-old Mulund man died following his bike s collission with a stationary dumper on the Eastern Express Highway, a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has held the heavy vehicle driver guilty of negligence and directed its insurance company to pay a compensation of around Rs 20 lakh to the victim’s family.
The tribunal considered the victim’s class ten first class results to conclude that he was a good student and pegged his national monthly income at Rs 9,000. “Deceased was residing at Mulund, Mumbai, where reasonably good earning job prospects are more for SSC pass. .it can safely be presumed that physically and intellectually deceased was capable to get some job or work, earning him at least Rs 9,000 per month, but for the untimely death,” the tribunal said.
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MUMBAI: Tuesday s Republic Day festivities are set to unfold in multiple ways in a world altered by Covid-19 restrictions.
Observing pandemic protocol, Shanmukhananda Sabha, King s Circle, will honour 15 army men who were wounded or disabled in various operations, as well as eight war widows of soldiers who were martyred during 2019-20.
Lt Gen SK Prashar, GOC (Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa), will confer the Sri Shanmukhananda Shaurya Ratna award and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh upon Shakeela Shoukat Ali whose husband Naik Shaukat Ali, sons Major Javed Khan and Lt Jafar Khan all serve in the army.
Watch: Moving car catches fire near Mulund toll naka; no injuries reported
Written byRia SharmaRia Sharma / Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 09:25 IST
Eastern Express Highway in
Thane on Friday morning.
Mulund toll naka.
The owner of the Volkswagen Vento car is Hemangi Jangid.
Officials of
Mumbai Police, Regional Disaster Management Cell, Thane,
Mumbai Fire Brigade and Thane Fire Brigade immediately reached the spot to bring the situation under control.
Thane: Moving car catches fire; no casualties reported
00:48
Further details are awaited.
In a similar incident, a moving car at the Eastern Express Highway had caught fire last month.
On December 18, quick thinking by traffic police officials posted at Majiwada junction helped avert a tragedy after they spotted a fire in the bonnet of a car and later doused it using water from a passing concrete mixer truck. The car with two passengers and a driver was travelling towards Ghodbunder.
Mumbai/Thane (Maharashtra) [India], January 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Twin City of 'Thane' has earned the tag of fastest growing city and leads among top 3 cities that drives vibrant economic growth of the state of Maharashtra. It has posted excellent growth trends in both, residential as well as commercial real estate; providing home seekers with a wide range of options across different locations and segments. The growth trend reflects the 'future ready' quotient of the city and Thane is already gaining prominence as preferred destination. The city enjoys unparalleled cross -connectivity, inter-linkages and slew mega infrastructure projects being scripted. From water transport to metro lines; widened roads & flyovers to intra-city rail transportation, the underground tunnel and Thane has it all to be the next live city centre.
Non-profit organisations, individuals and community initiatives chipped in to work on the ground, and combat the social and economic fallouts of the pandemic