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Film personalities welcomed the education minister’s resignation following protests. MUMBAI: From calling it a “victory of students” to hailing Gen Z as a “tsunami of hope”, film personalities on Saturday welcomed Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation following weeks of protests over the NEET paper leak issue.Pradhan stepped down earlier in the day amid growing…

Mumbai’s public open space access shows sharp disparities across its administrative wards. While satellite images paint Mumbai as a green city, the reality on the ground is stark: public open space ranges from 9.4 sq m per resident in A Ward to just 0.5 sq m in B Ward, exposing sharp disparities in access to…

Maharashtra Police have arrested alleged TET paper leak mastermind Bijendra Gupta (File Photo). MUMBAI: After months on the run, Bijendra Gupta, the main accused in the Maharashtra TET paper leak case, was arrested by Thane police from Bihar on Saturday morning.Gupta was wanted in the Maharashtra TET paper leak case, in which the SIT had…

Thane: A Mulund-based man and his family have been booked for allegedly instigating his wife to commit suicide, following which she jumped to her death from a local train between Kalwa and Mumbra in Nov 2025.According to the Thane railway police, which has registered the case, the couple married in 2023 and delivered a child…

Mumbai: The political landscape at Shivaji Park shifted dramatically as the Shiv Sena (UBT) brought its organisational muscle to what had been a largely student-led movement.The contrast with earlier, grassroots demonstrations was clear. A high-energy atmosphere took over as rap songs and patriotic numbers were belted out on strategically placed loudspeakers while the crowd swerved….

Mumbai: A viral video from the CJP protest at Shivaji Park on Thursday, showing a policeman allegedly inappropriately touching a woman protester, stirred up a fresh controversy on Friday, with the opposition demanding his dismissal. The police, however, dismissed the charges levelled against the policeman, saying there was no act of misconduct by the officer…

Mumbai: The state govt on Friday told Bombay high court that immersion of plaster of paris (PoP) idols in natural water bodies like rivers, lakes and seas can be stopped in a phased manner.“It cannot happen overnight or by a knee-jerk reaction. It has to be done consensually and not by law,” advocate general Milind…

Bombay HC Bombay High Court at Mumbai is one of the oldest High Courts of India Mumbai: The Bombay high court has set aside an order against a bank employee for sexual harassment under the POSH Act as the alleged offence took place in a shared auto that does not fall under the definition of…

Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer and Additional Chief Secretary S. Chockalingam on Thursday conducted a review of SIR process in Thane Thane: Nearly six out of every 10 voters in Thane district have received enumeration forms under the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, a constituency-wise review of the ongoing process revealed.The review, conducted by…

File pic of Kanjurmarg dumping ground Mumbai: Bombay High Court has directed BMC to submit a report within 15 days to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on the host of compliances the latter had sought to prevent odour from the Kanjurmarg waste management facility. It has also instructed BMC to adopt urgent measures to ensure…