Mid-Day Top News: Neglected spaces below Mumbai flyovers endanger pedestrians

Welcome to MidDays Top News at this hour We bring you a curated selection of the most significant and compelling news from around the globe Stay informed with the latest developments in the nation Mumbai entertainment sports and more Lets dive into the headlines shaping our world todayMarkets give up initial gains dragged by sharp fall in Kotak Bank unabated foreign fund outflowsEquity benchmark indices began the trade on a buoyant note on Monday helped by buying in bluechip HDFC Bank but later gave up all the initial gains amid a sharp fall in Kotak Mahindra Bank and unabated foreign fund outflows The BSE Sensex jumped 54527 points to 8177002 in early trade The NSE Nifty climbed 12425 points to 2497830 However soon the benchmark indices succumbed to profittaking and were trading lower The BSE benchmark gauge quoted 13652 points down at 8106086 and the Nifty traded 10070 points lower at 2475335MidDay Special Neglected spaces below Mumbai flyovers endanger women and pedestriansMore than two years after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC unveiled an ambitious plan to transform spaces beneath the cityrsquos flyovers into recreational zones and green areas Today these spots are as neglected as ever In a twopart series midday reveals how these zones particularly in the western suburbs have deteriorated into junkyards for clunkers and dimly lit haunts for antisocial elements Read moreExclusive Dating app scam Kingpin tells Mumbai Police lsquoMade Rs 20 Lakhday for clubsrsquoAnkur Meena alias Happy also known as ldquoMeena Defaulterrdquo the alleged mastermind behind a massive dating app scam in India has revealed shocking details during police interrogation Meena claimed that he would generate up to Rs 20 lakh in business for clubs in a single day Recently arrested by Bangur Nagar police Meena confessed that club members were fully aware of the fraudulent activities motivated by the desire to increase their profits Read moreRanji Trophy 202425 Maharashtra skipper Gaikwad inspires fightback but Mumbai hold strongMaharashtra skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad 145 16x4 2x6 led from the front to stage a fightback against Mumbai but it was not enough as the hosts are on the verge of beating their archrivals in the Group lsquoArsquo Ranji Trophy game at the Mumbai Cricket Associationrsquos BandraKurla Complex ground Read moreKanu Behl on directing Despatch lsquoIdea crisscrossed with violence against journosrsquoOn Saturday director Kanu Behlrsquos Despatch had its Indian premiegravere at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival But the filmmakerrsquos journey of the Manoj Bajpayeestarrer began in 2016 as he with cowriter Ishani Banerjee set out to explore the world of journalism ldquoStories about journalism often end up being onedimensionalmdashthere are Godlike protagonists fighting to break a story I always felt that a better understanding of how the world looked from the inside was missing I had been toying with the idea and it crisscrossed with so much violence happening with journalists starting with Gauri Lankesh The world around us was changing so much So I decided to do a Faustian piece about a journalist who is breaking a story but not only with an altruistic purpose Ishani and I dove into eightnine months of research looking into several cases of journalists getting killedrdquo Read more