Mumbai: The BMC Standing Committee on Wednesday approved three-year contracts worth Rs 23 crore to nine NGOs for sterilising stray dogs under the animal birth control programme even as committee members raised concerns over identification of sterilised dogs and the need for more shelters.The dog census conducted in Jan 2024 showed that of the 90,757…
Padma Shri Param Pujya Acharya Chandanaji MUMBAI: Padma Shri Param Pujya Acharya Chandanaji did not just live a spiritual life; she expanded its meaning. In a tradition that often equates devotion with withdrawal, she chose engagement, with suffering, with society, with service. As the founder of Veerayatan Group of Institutions, she built more than an…
Mumbai: Initial findings in the BCom paper leak case at the University of Mumbai point to a breach within its own campus, with question papers allegedly accessed at the Institute of Open and Distance Learning by temporary staff. Even as an internal inquiry gathers pace, a university-appointed committee is now overseeing the remaining examinations to…
Mumbai: In a major boost to public transport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the state govt has granted revised approval for Metro Line 5, its extension and the newly proposed Line 5A, taking the total project cost to Rs 18,131 crore. The integrated corridor, to be executed by the MMRDA, is set to improve…
Mumbai: An anxious mother’s outburst over Tuesday’s roadblock caused by BJP rallyists in Worli struck a chord with thousands of ordinary motorists and pedestrians. On Wednesday, minister Girish Mahajan’s statement saying a certain inconvenience was bound to occur during political rallies further added fuel to fire. Viren Shah, founder member and convenor of the Worli…
Pune: Census activities will not require any fees, bank details, OTPs, Aadhaar or PAN copies. These and more such directives are being issued by state census officials, who have also directed district authorities, including collectors and municipal commissioners, to crack down on fake enumerators and ensure complaints are promptly registered with the police.Ten days before…
Mumbai: A tiger cub at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) succumbed to Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) on April 16, said a press release. It was one of five cubs born to tigress Srivalli in October last year. Officials said FIP is a rare viral disease for which there is no treatment. The other four…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate‘s (ED) money laundering case in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam against several politicians, including former ministers, effectively came to an end after a special court discharged all the accused in the case on Wednesday.Among those discharged from the money laundering case are former ministers Ranjeet Deshmukh, Arjun Khotkar, Rohit Pawar,…
Thane: The ambitious Thane Integral Ring Metro project has been brought under the direct watch of the Prime Minister’s Office, placing it among a select group of nationally monitored infrastructure initiatives, officials associated with the project informed.The project was recently inducted into the Centre’s Pragati (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) platform, triggering a high-level review…
Mumbai: Acknowledging the complaint of a Mumbai-based environmentalist that over 116 acres of embargoed govt industrial land is in grave danger of being fully encroached upon in Charkop, Kandivli West, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has written to the state revenue department as well as the BMC to ensure that no encroachment takes…
