Mumbai: The BMC collected and scientifically disposed of around 2,499 metric tonnes of solid waste, including plastic, thermocol, wooden debris, and aquatic plants, from the city’s beaches during a special cleanliness drive conducted from July 9 and 19.As high tides with waves higher than 4.5 metres were expected between July 14 and 18, this special…
Many students raised fears of illegal monitoring Mumbai: Directions to share their live locations with police, 3am notices on messaging platforms to appear before them, hours-long detention at police stations, phones surrendered during detention returned with signs of surveillance, copies of ‘zero’ FIRs not being shared, and calls from different security agencies—many students who took…
Mumbai: The city Crime Branch has arrested a police sub-inspector (PSI) in connection with a Rs 10 lakh cheating case linked to alleged conman Mohammed Khatib alias Dr Raj Khatib, who is accused of impersonating a senior police officer and duping multiple victims over several years.PSI Sanjay Rambhau Jadhav (53), a resident of Vadgaon Maval…
Many students raised fears of illegal monitoring Mumbai: Directions to share their live locations with police, 3am notices on messaging platforms to appear before them, hours-long detention at police stations, phones surrendered during detention returned with signs of surveillance, copies of ‘zero’ FIRs not being shared, and calls from different security agencies—many students who took…
Undeterred by police’s action over the previous three days of CJP protests, word of mouth brought demonstrators to multiple sites Undeterred by police’s action over the previous three days of CJP protests, word of mouth brought demonstrators to multiple sites Undeterred by police’s action over the previous three days of CJP protests, word of mouth…
The Bombay high court held that BMC’s May 7 suspension order was passed without following mandatory procedure under Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Service Rules, 2015 Mumbai: Bombay high court has quashed and set aside BMC’s suspension of a medical officer over alleged irregularities in birth certificates, observing that he was hastily suspended.Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge…
The reforms were recently reviewed by BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide at a meeting of senior health officials Mumbai: The BMC has drawn up a three-phase roadmap to modernise its public healthcare system, with plans to introduce AI-powered diagnostic services, smart outpatient departments (OPDs), online hospital bed allocation and 24×7 dispensaries.The reforms were recently reviewed by…
Mumbai: To ensure medical assistance to patients facing serious illnesses, and to bring speed and transparency to the process, a Mayor’s medical assistance fund cell, on the lines of the Chief Minister’s Medical Assistance Cell, has been made operational at the BMC headquarters on Wednesday. On the occasion, cheques from the Mayor’s medical assistance fund…
Thane: A domestic dispute over a saree allegedly ended in a murder in Badlapur East, where a 30-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband with a pressure cooker lid before strangling him to death and attempting to pass off the crime as a heart attack.The accused, Sunita Hariram Singh, 30, was arrested after…
TMC officials and local representatives inspect the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project stretch between Mhatardi and Betawade on Wednesday after corporators raised concerns over waterlogging and the impact of construction on natural drainage. iThane: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project (MAHSRP) has come under fire from Shiv Sena corporators in Thane, who have alleged that…
