Mumbai: The Khar Gymkhana ground in the western suburbs has become the latest city sports venue to face an uncertain future, with plans to construct padel courts triggering opposition from members, who say the move will effectively end cricket at the historic facility.Khar Gymkhana convened a special general body meeting on June 23 to seek…
Mumbai: A series of extortion threats made to businessmen and hoteliers in coastal Karnataka and Mumbai by callers claiming to be former Chhota Rajan aide Hemant Pujari has kicked off a probe by the police in both states.Police here said they were in the process of verifying if the calls were made by the fugitive…
Mumbai: The transport department’s crackdown on auto and taxi drivers lacking basic Marathi proficiency continued for the second consecutive day across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), with 722 of the 3,942 drivers inspected failing the test and being issued one-month show-cause notices. The failure rate stood at 18%.Across the rest of Maharashtra, RTO squads checked…
Since the first development plan in 1967 to 2018, the sanctioned width for the Walkeshwar road was 27.5m. In 2021, it was proposed to be reduced to 17m from Afghan Consulate to Teen Batti, the PIL stated Mumbai: Malabar Hill residents have filed a PIL before the Bombay high court to challenge BMC’s 2023 decision…
Shelar said the UBT’s stand that the plot was being sold was incorrect and questioned who had officially named the ground after former Indian footballer Neville D’Souza Mumbai: Amid the controversy over the proposed redevelopment of the Neville D’Souza football ground in Bandra, BJP MLA & minister Ashish Shelar on Thursday hit out at the…
The authority will be headed by CM Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: The state govt will set up a MahaCSR Authority with the CM as chairperson for more effective, transparent and coordinated use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds in the state.At a meeting held at the Sahyadri state guest house on Friday Fadnavis said various initiatives…
Navi Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone bench (Pune), has slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the Thane collector for failing to file a reply on the problem of heaps of debris found dumped at several locations, including at coastal regulation zone (CRZ) sites, in the district. The NGT called the…
Dhanalaxmi allegedly told Pant Nagar police that she had grudges against Sapna as she had lodged two complaints against her family, including allegations of domestic violence, harassment and unnatural sex Mumbai: Two days after a Ghatkopar woman, Dhanalaxmi Ganji, and four others were arrested for allegedly killing her daughter-in-law Sapna (35), a lookout circular has…
TISS has also instituted a Viksit Bharat fellows programme under the initiative Mumbai: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has launched the Viksit Bharat Vichar Kendra (VBVK), an interdisciplinary think tank aimed at strengthening policy research and academic engagement around India’s development goals under Viksit Bharat.Set up as a five-year institutional initiative, this centre…
Cajetan Pires, an amputee, was pushed off a moving local train by an able bodied passenger and killed Mumbai: An eyewitness to Thursday’s incident where a disabled commuter was pushed off a moving local train and killed by an able-bodied traveller following a row over seats told the police that onlookers had intervened and offered…
