The state govt last week notified RTI Rules, 2026 Mumbai: Seeking information under RTI Act in the state has now become costlier and will need to come with proof of citizenship. The state govt last week notified RTI Rules, 2026, which introduces sweeping changes affecting citizens, public authorities and the appeals process. Activists called them…
Photos capture the fire that erupted on the seventh floor of Atlantic Building MUMBAI: A 64-year-old man died and two firefighters were hospitalised after a fire broke out on the seventh floor of Atlantic Building on Sherly Rajan Road in Bandra West late on Wednesday night. The fire, which was brought under control close to…
Mumbai: As many as 85 victims of cyber financial fraud have received relief through two upgraded digital portals — Money Restoration Module (MRM) and Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GRM) — in four days.These platforms helped return a combined Rs 10.9 lakh to victims’ bank accounts, without them needing to keep visiting offices, hire a lawyer, or…
Mumbai: Navi Mumbai airport is expected to commence international flight operations from July 15 with both passenger and cargo flights, said a top official of the airport on Wednesday. The second airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region was commissioned on Dec 25 last year and currently is the eighth busiest airport in India in terms…
Pic used for representation purpose Mumbai: Several students from Dadar’s Kirti College have alleged serious discrepancies in their final-year results, affecting their admissions and employment opportunities. While some students claimed that they were marked absent in the exams they attempted, some others who took their ATKT (allowed to keep term) exams said they were declared…
Statewide obesity rates now up to 31.1% for women and 32.8% for men Mumbai: The state public health department is surveying everything from major state and municipal hospitals to rural primary health centres to see if they actually have the tools and staff to handle increasing cases of chronic, non-communicable diseases.The survey is tracking shortages…
No arrest has been made yet in the case, police said Times News NetworkMumbai: The MIDC police filed an FIR on June 15 against an Indian car designer for allegedly cheating the director of an EV-tech firm of Rs 53 lakh. Police said the alleged act took place in 2024 after he persuaded Jayesh Thakkar,…
The judges said BMC did not even have the ‘courtesy towards the court’ to move an application for seeking an extension of time Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has issued notice to the BMC commissioner and two senior officers over non-removal of encroachments for widening of a road in Mandala Village on Sion-Trombay stretch despite…
Pic used for representation purpose Mumbai: As Mumbai tightens water supplies, developers and industrial users are recalibrating operations, bracing for higher costs, greater reliance on tankers and possible project delays even as they accelerate investment in water recycling and reuse.The BMC suspended water supply to construction sites and imposed a 20% cut on industrial and…
Mumbai: The director of Mumbai University’s Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE), Shivaji Sargar, has sparked a controversy after conducting a Satyanarayan puja and havan in his office on the Kalina campus last week, raising questions about administrative priorities amid ongoing student grievances.Activists from Maharashtra Navnirman Vidyarthi Sena (MNVS), under Amit Thackeray, have criticised…
