Data from major ports shows that Mumbai handled just 36 cruise vessels carrying 32,060 passengers in 2013-14. (Representative Image) MUMBAI: For generations, Mumbai’s harbour has been the gateway to India’s trade and commerce, crowded with cargo vessels and merchant ships. Today, a different class of vessel is helping reshape the city’s waterfront economy — the…
Officials seized consignment worth Rs 1.90 crore Bhiwandi: The state excise department has busted an interstate liquor smuggling operation and seized a consignment of Goa marked liquor worth nearly Rs 1.90 crore that was being illegally transported to Udaipur in Rajasthan through Maharashtra.Acting on a specific tip-off, officials from। Bhiwandi excise department team intercepted a…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut (File Photo) MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday alleged that the party’s dissident Lok Sabha MPs were given an additional Rs 10 crore each and shifted to a “safe location” in Rajasthan amid speculation of a split in the Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit, even as he warned…
Another clip of three medical students speaking about male students specifically dissecting female cadavers has surfaced online, days after Mumbai MBBS student Sejal Pawar MUMBAI: Another clip of three medical students speaking about male students specifically dissecting female cadavers has surfaced online, days after Mumbai MBBS student Sejal Pawar faced backlash over her remarks on…
In a cryptic WhatsApp post, Samant indicated that “Operation Tiger” had been successful and that top Sena (UBT) leaders had been subdued and would join the Shinde-led Sena. MUMBAI: Amid reports that six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs formed a separate group in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker…
Mumbai: City-based social worker Muhammad Jameel Merchant has complained against a US citizen for allegedly tearing and disrespecting India’s national flag.In a letter to the Police Records, Frisco Police Department at Texas, USA, Merchant has said that he has seen a verified video clip featuring a man identified as US citizen Clayton Walker tearing the…
MUMBAI: In 1935, Khurshed Maneckji Bharucha – the first Indian chief cashier of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur – borrowed Rs 3.5 lakh from a friend who owned an island near Bombay. Soon, on an open ground at Bistupur junction, arose a four-storey building with partition walls made of ‘surkhi’, a burnt clay and limestone mix….
Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to commence international passenger flight operations MUMBAI: Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is set to begin international passenger flight operations and cargo freighter services from July 15, marking a key milestone in the airport’s phased rollout.Airport authorities said the launch remains subject to the completion of final regulatory approvals.Speaking…
Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde (R) MUMBAI: With Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut warning that action would be taken against MPs who fail to attend the party’s parliamentary meeting on Thursday morning, as a whip had been issued, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is said to have moved five of the six defecting MPs…
Shiv Sena MLC Chandrakant Raghuvanshi claimed six MPs from Uddhav Thackeray’s faction have joined Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, calling it ‘Operation Tiger’ DHULE: Amid growing speculation over “Operation Tiger” and a possible split in Shiv Sena (UBT), Shiv Sena former MLC Chandrakant Raghuvanshi on Thursday claimed that six MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party had…
