Mumbai: Executing a cabinet decision taken last month, the state govt has created 18 new cadres and modified service recruitment rules of 553 cadres as part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at streamlining and standardising the staffing process.A govt resolution (GR) issued on Tuesday said the move seeks to make recruitment more transparent, efficient and…
Mumbai: More than a year after booking its own DySP Brij Mohan Meena in a corruption case, the CBI registered another case against him and his wife recently for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets.The CBI said that between 2021 and 2024, Meena enriched himself illicitly and acquired assets in his name and in the name of…
Mumbai: Accused in the murder of her daughter, Sheena Bora, Indrani Mukerjea has moved the special CBI court seeking to travel abroad. Rejecting her plea in April, the Supreme Court said that it had already asked her to move the trial court where proceedings against her are pending. Earlier in Feb 2025, the Supreme Court…
Mumbai: Ninety specialised streetlight poles have been erected on a 2.5km stretch of Gorai beach in Borivli. The work had posed challenges as the irregular terrain made standard pole installation impractical, while continuous exposure to saline air increased corrosion risks. The work was carried out by Adani Electricity in coordination with BMC. TNN Source link
Mumbai: In yet another instance pointing to alleged safety and supervisory lapses at infrastructure project sites, a 19-year-old labourer was killed during construction of the Sewri–Worli connector being executed by MMRDA through contractor J Kumar Infraprojects near KEM Hospital in Parel early on Tuesday.The deceased, Ravi Giri, a native of Nepal, lived in Sewri with…
Mumbai: Crews of three foreign-registered vessels told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that they survived on “just 300ml drinking water per day for each of the 50 crews, no power supply since March 18, one-time food (dal-rice) prepared using woods and eating it before sunset, taking bath every four days with sea water and…
Pune: Jay Pawar, son of deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, on Monday said NCP should have retained the Maharashtra Olympic Association (MOA)’s president post, a day after MP Murlidhar Mohol was elected for the position.He told reporters in Baramati that several people from the sports fraternity had reached out to him over the development. “We…
Mumbai: Paving the way for UK citizen and YouTuber Sangram Patil to travel back, Bombay high court on Tuesday accepted the undertakings given by him and his parents that he will return to India when required for investigation into certain Facebook posts against some BJP leaders.Justice Ashwin Bhobe said the Feb 24 undertakings by Patil…
Mumbai: Concerns have been raised over a large number of imitation jewellery manufacturing units operating in slum pockets across Mumbai without the requisite licences as well as over their use of hazardous chemicals, such as nitric acid and sulphuric acid.A corporator, who raised the issue at BMC’s general body meeting on Monday, said these toxic…
Pune: Over 1.7 lakh candidates in Maharashtra are vying for over 10,000 teaching posts in state govt schools. A fresh round of recruitment is set to begin across the state, with the school education department directing institutions to publish vacancy advertisements by May 31 on ‘Pavitra’, a dedicated portal for teacher recruitments.The recruitment will cover…
