MVA said govt has failed to provide satisfactory answers on drought and farmers’ issues Mumbai: Boycotting govt’s customary tea party on the eve of the monsoon session, MVA alleged that the loan waiver scheme is fraudulent and sought that farmers’ 7/12 land extracts be cleared. It also accused govt of taking “56% commission” from projects…
In Parel, Vinayak Wairkar grew up in a household where two generations had gone to jail for Shiv Sena. His uncle was part of Balasaheb Thackeray’s original security detail, the Bhagwa Guard, in the years when the party was young and its enemies were real. “Everyone was ready to lay down their lives on a…
Illustration of a Bandra street as it will look in 2050 Mumbai: In the 1950s, one side of a typical street in Bandra (W) would have ten plots and 10 houses with about 50 residents and perhaps four cars among them. In the 1990s, with higher floor space index (FSI) — the ratio that defines…
– Female doctor filling up medical form on clipboard, closeup. Reflecting glass table is a physician working place. Healthcare, insurance and medicine concept. Mumbai: Two years before her controversial remarks about a cadaver sparked widespread outrage, KEM Hospital’s third-year medical student Sejal Pawar stood before a camera to champion the cause of body donation. As…
MVA said govt has failed to provide satisfactory answers on drought and farmers’ issues Mumbai: Boycotting govt’s customary tea party on the eve of the monsoon session, MVA alleged that the loan waiver scheme is fraudulent and sought that farmers’ 7/12 land extracts be cleared. It also accused govt of taking “56% commission” from projects…
Mumbai: Two juvenile Indian Marsh Crocodiles trapped in a tank were rescued from a Bhandup complex, a civic water treatment plant, by the state forest department and RAWW (Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare).A distress call was reported to the Mumbai forest department about sighting of the trapped reptiles, while responding to which, forest officials, along…
Navi Mumbai: In a hit-and-run fatal accident reported at the Rodpali Circle on Friday afternoon, Krishanmohan Jha, 31, lost his life after being crushed by an unknown heavy vehicle on the Panvel-Mumbra stretch of the highway. Seeing him lying on the road, one Raviraj Dahiphale, a driver from Koparkhairane, alerted the Kalamboli police. The police…
Mumbai: The rollout of smart electricity meters in Maharashtra has crossed 1.50 crore installations as of Thursday, accounting for nearly 50% of the total meters slated for replacement across the state, officials said.The large-scale deployment is being carried out by MSEDCL, along with Mumbai utilities BEST, Adani Electricity and Tata Power.Officials noted that a significant…
Mumbai: The indefinite strike by RTO employees entered its seventh day on Sunday, with no resolution in sight as the govt and administration remain unresponsive to the union’s pending demands. In a bid to escalate pressure, employees across Maharashtra will stage a two-hour sit-in protest in all RTO offices on Monday morning.The RTO Employees’ Union,…
Mumbai: Khar police arrested a chicken seller from Powai’s Pathanwadi slum, identified as Zahidali Roshan Ali Qureshi alias ‘Murgi’ (29), within 10 hours for a Rs 6.9 lakh burglary at a western suburban hotel on Saturday.Police said Qureshi, who had dozens of theft cases, was traced after officers examined dozens of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage…
