Thane: Thane district secured the top rank in Maharashtra by resolving 29,392 cases during the National Lok Adalat, awarding Rs 63.42 crore in settlements and disposing of several decades-old disputes.As many as 12,186 pending cases and 17,206 pre-litigation disputes were settled during the Lok Adalat held on Saturday, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) secretary Ravindra…
Mumbai: The Central govt has told the Bombay high court that Agniveers are not similarly placed as regular soldiers and hence cannot be given posthumous pensionary benefits.The Centre’s affidavit in reply was filed to a petition by Jyothibai Naik, mother of Agniveer Murali Naik, who was killed on May 9, 2025, during Operation Sindoor. She…
Mumbai: The BMC is set to implement a 10% water cut in Mumbai from May 15 as a precaution, taking into account the India Meteorological Department’s forecast of below average monsoon due to the El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole conditions. Besides Mumbai, BMC’s water cut will also impact certain areas in Thane and Bhiwandi-Nizampur…
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Mumbai: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday urged institutions such as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to take the lead in researching the social consequences of artificial intelligence, saying technology must be guided by human values and ethical understanding.Addressing a global colloquium organised by TISS to mark…
The court refused to extend the benefit of probation Mumbai: Rejecting the argument of the accused that kissing hands was a routine gesture in the hospitality industry and did not constitute a criminal offence, a magistrate’s court recently convicted and sentenced a 35-year-old taxi driver to two years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for outraging the modesty…
The name of an establishment in Marathi (Devnagari script) must be in a bigger or equal font size to the name written in English (Roman alphabet) Mumbai: The issue of Marathi name boards is back in focus, with corporators raking up the matter by pointing out that the civic administration has been lax in implementing…
Now, local officials to be held accountable for the anti-liquor drive Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt reconstituted taluka-level committees to strengthen the crackdown on the manufacture and sale of illicit liquor, while fixing direct accountability on the officer-in-charge of the local police station and the state excise inspector of respective jurisdiction for any illegal liquor activity…
Airfares are expectedly high this summer, but some routes are more in demand than others Mumbai: Airfares on several domestic and international routes from Mumbai have expectedly surged sharply for summer vacation travel, even as the govt’s recent call for restraint in non-essential foreign travel might temper outbound leisure sentiment in the near term, said…
Mumbai’s suburban network operates more than 2,300 train services daily under an automatic signalling system. MUMBAI: In a major safety initiative, Central Railway (CR) on Sunday upgraded the GPS-based Signal Location Announcement System (SILAS) used in Mumbai suburban EMU trains. Installed on 130 CR suburban trains, the system provides motormen with real-time signal alerts, helping…
Midway through the trek, they pause to drink from cups folded from fallen leaves. It is a brief moment of relief in a journey shaped by heat, exhaustion and necessit. In Dapurmal, an Adivasi village perched above Upper Vaitarna Dam, fetching water is not a household chore, but a daily expedition. Dapurmal’s only local source…
