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Mumbai weather update: City’s AQI at 175 improves to ‘moderate’ after being worse than Delhi yesterday

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Mumbai’s Air Quality index (AQI) improved to 175 ‘moderate’, on Thursday 10 am, according to SAFAR. The report also stated that PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations in Mumbai were at 98 and 200 respectively. The current PM2.5 concentration in Mumbai is 6.5 times above the recommended limit given by the WHO 24 hrs air quality guidelines value.

The air quality of different areas in the city, and metropolitan region fluctuated between moderate and poor categories with Malad recording AQI of 249 slipping into ‘very poor’ category.

The city yet again attained ‘poor’ AQI of 215 during noon hours on Wednesday. It was worse than the national capital which, too, breathed ‘poor’ quality air with an AQI of 193. Although, it improved by the evening to moderate category of 197, but remained higher than that of Delhi.

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The days in the city got colder because of the northerly winds blowing said the Indian Meteorological Department. The weather agency had forecasted a cold wave for parts of Maharashtra and said later that due to new weather system formation in Tamil Nadu, the temperatures may rise again.

The current temperature of the city is 25°C and the humidity percentage was recorded at 48%.

AQI of different areas in Mumbai

Colaba, Mumbai: 108 AQI · Moderate

Malad West, Mumbai: 249 AQI · Poor

Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai: 176 AQI · Poor

Sion, Mumbai AQI: 190 AQI · Poor

Pimpleshwar Mandir, Thane: 98 · Moderate

AQI of other metro cities

The air quality in Pune dipped amid cold wave to poor with an AQI of 158. Meanwhile, Chennai is seeing an AQI of 122. Hyderabad’s AQI was recorded to be 117 while Kolkata dipped to poor category from moderate with an AQI of 180. India’s Silicon Valley, Bengaluru recorded an AQI of 63 and Ahmedabad saw AQI of 104. Delhi’s AQI is ‘poor’ with the figure standing at 174 today.

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Mumbai: Fake doctor arrested for cheating Rs 10 crore, used to provide medical services without a certificate, major action by Crime Branch

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Mumbai: Crime Branch has succeeded in arresting a fake doctor who has been practicing medicine without a certificate for the last 28 years. The Mumbai Crime Branch unit was busy in carrying out the investigation and received a tip-off that a suspected 50 year old man had prepared the documents of a fake doctor. By opening accounts in multiple banks, SSR deposits funds into these accounts. The accused also has a personal flat. He has committed a lot of fraud in the name of CSR Fund. He has committed a fraud of Rs 10 crore in the last three years in the name of Dr Dharinder Kumar. PAN card and identity card, visiting card had been prepared and medicines were also recovered from his stash, but the police found him a fraud. A case has been registered under the Medical Act and other charges and the court has ordered to keep him in police custody till July 16. This action Mumbai Police Commissioner Divine Bharti’s name is being helmed by Police Commissioner Anil Kambhare and DDCP Raj Takk Roshan.

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Mumbai Fake police fraud gang busted, four FIRs registered so far, and four individuals—including mastermind Raj Khatib—arrested: DCP.

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have busted a gang of fraudsters posing as police officers who used to intimidate people by giving them police badges and fake identity cards. Earlier, the Crime Branch had claimed to have arrested three fake police officers in this case. The search for their accomplices was also on. These absconding accused were arrested today. The accused had told the complainant that the blood money would be returned with interest. After that, the Crime Branch took action on the complainant’s complaint and arrested Mohammad Ghaus Ibrahim Khatib and Rajesh Bade Singh. The search for the absconding accused in this case was on. In this case, Raj Bade Singh was arrested by the Crime Branch from Jaipur, Rajasthan. The accused had cheated the complainant of about Rs 15 lakh and taken money from his several bank accounts. Not only that, Raj Khatib used to tell the police that he would get the complainant’s money back. So far, the Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested four accused in the fraud case, in which the mastermind is Muhammad Ghaus alias Raj Khatib. In this case, three accused were arrested in the first complaint. At that time, the accused had promised the complainant a loan of Rs 1 crore from the bank and then cheated him. In this, Raj Khatib, his son Musab Khatib were arrested. Raj Khatib used to call himself a DCP and cheated the complainant of Rs 16 lakh on the pretext of getting money from a builder along with interest. This complainant was confronted after the news was broadcast. After that, another complainant came forward who said that he had received Rs 12 lakh from three candidates in the name of police recruitment. After that, four FIRs have been registered against these accused so far, this information was given by the Mumbai DCP. Raj Tilak Roshan has said that the number of his victims is likely to increase, so he appeals to the citizens that if they have been cheated by this gang, they can file a complaint with the Crime Branch.

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Maharashtra ATS Operation : Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti and two associates of Lawrence Bishnoi questioned, released after interrogation.

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has intensified its crackdown on anti-social elements including gangsters like underworld, Pakistani don Shahzad Bhatti and Lawrence Bishnoi. The ATS in Osmanabad Dharashio carried out Operation Lawrence Bishnoi and detained two suspects and released them after questioning them. Mumbai On July 10, 2026, ATS officers in Dharashio detained and questioned two persons on suspicion of interacting (liking/commenting) on ​​WhatsApp links associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. They have been identified as Vishal Bankat Kamble (age 35, resident of Tarna Colony, near Chhaya Deep Lawn, Dharashio) and Jirabi Bandiwan Sheikh (age 22, resident of Jalkot, Taluka Tuljapur, District Dharashio). During the inquiry, it was found that they were following the links of three groups associated with this controversial gang. However, no data was found posted by them on these groups. Their mobile phones have been seized, further investigation is underway. Vishal Bankat Kamble’s (late Bankat Kamble) father served as a police constable in the Dharashiv police department. He passed away after retirement. Jirabi Sheikh had followed the controversial link using his father’s mobile phone. As soon as this came to light, his father switched off the phone. However, the old SIM card was reactivated and checked, which confirmed that the controversial link was indeed followed.
To retrieve the old data, both the mobile phones and the SIM card have been sent to the ATS office in Chhatrapati Sambhaj Nagar and the electronic gazette has been sent to the Forensic Examination Laboratory. The ATS is conducting further investigation. Both have been released, however, the ATS has not given them a clean chit so far.

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