01 May,2025 10:16 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The charred remains of Link Square Mall, on Linking Road, Bandra West where a fire broke out on April 29. Pic/Shadab Khan
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Cooling operations at the fire-ravaged Link Square Mall in Bandra West are still ongoing and will be followed by a structural audit conducted by a private agency. Only after the audit and necessary repairs will the mall be certified for reopening - a process that could take weeks or even months, civic and police officials said on Wednesday. Read more.
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Even as the BEST administration has decided to hike ticket fares, 400 buses from its own fleet are set to be scrapped by November 2025. Simultaneously, BEST is still waiting for the delivery of 2100 wet-lease buses ordered back in 2022 - and has no plans to expand its own fleet. Read more.
A Vikhroli-based man has been arrested by the Parksite police for allegedly sexually assaulting a transgender person late Monday night (April 23), along with an accomplice, while under the influence of alcohol. According to police, the accused forcibly poured alcohol into the survivor's mouth before dragging her behind a vehicle and brutally assaulting her. Read more.
Kolkata Knight Riders's opener and right-arm off-spinner Sunil Narine scalped three crucial Delhi Capitals wickets - Faf du Plessis, Axar Patel and Tristan Stubbs - in his quota of four overs and gave away just 29 runs. He also scored 27 runs off 16 balls in an all-round show that helped KKR hand hosts DC their fourth loss in 10 matches, relegating them to fourth position. Read more.
Through the inaugural edition of World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES), which kicks off in Mumbai today, the idea is to not only position India as a global entertainment hub, but also focus on technological innovations that will build the future of content creation. Among the three technological advancements being introduced at the summit, one is a subscription-based anti-piracy app developed by Bharath Nalubola. The app, Ntrack, is being seen as the means to combat the rampant piracy that has affected the Indian film industry, with big-ticket movies like Salman Khan's Sikandar, and Kamal Haasan's Indian 2 (2024), falling prey to it in the recent past. Read more.
