Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday frowned at the Centre over its delay in replying to a petition by the mother of Agniveer Murali Naik (25), who was killed during Operation Sindoor in Poonch district, Jammu & Kashmir.A bench led by Justice Ravindra Ghuge was hearing a petition filed by Jyothibai Naik seeking equal…
Kalyan: In a major step towards improving healthcare facilities in civic-run hospitals, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a government medical college in Ambernath. The agreement was formalised in the presence of senior civic officials and elected representatives, including KDMC municipal commissioner Abhinav Goel, mayor Harshali Chaudhari and…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday sent a two-member panel on an immediate surprise survey of hawkers from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) area to Hutatma Chowk, near the court premises, and onwards to Colaba to assess the compliance of its earlier order. It also directed the police to set out how it…
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed Mumbai Mile, an NGO, to restore a site in Worli to its original condition after it carried out unauthorised construction activity in a Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area.The action follows violations during beautification work as part of CSR project along Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road near Mahatma…
Mumbai: A court, while hearing the bail application of the father-in-law of former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan and two others in a road rage assault case, pulled up the investigating officer on Tuesday for filing a report supporting grant of bail even before it had issued a notice on the application.Metropolitan…
Thane: An 8-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack on Tuesday morning in the forested hills of Kasara in Thane district, triggering protests by villagers who alleged forest dept inaction despite repeated warnings about the animal’s movement.The deceased was identified as Krishna Bhaga Agiwale, a resident of Kalbhonde village in the Kasara range. Police…
Two MBA students died from suspected ecstasy overdose at a Mumbai music show. MUMBAI: Police investigations in the suspected drug overdose case at a music show in Goregaon (East) that left two MBA students dead have shown that the ecstasy pills were sourced from a major drug supplier and three of the accused persons had…
MUMBAI: The latest round of budget allocations for corporators has revealed stark disparities in ward committee fund distribution within the ruling BJP, even as opposition members have received a marginal share. While ruling parties have traditionally secured a larger portion of funds during annual budget amendments, this year’s figures point to major internal variation within…
Mumbai: Recently, Nalasopara-based tailor Mohammed Jafferuddin saw a pamphlet inviting applications for weddings free of cost at a mass marriage event. Jafferuddin wanted to marry off his son Fariduddin and discussed it with family friend Hafiz Shamsher and the two families decided to get Fariduddin’s marriage with Shamsher’s daughter Sana at the mass wedding.This past…
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar MUMBAI: Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and a Rajya Sabha MP, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai for a routine health check-up, sources said on Tuesday, according to news agency PTI.. The 85-year-old leader was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital two days ago,…
