Mumbai: Eleven teachers from two convent schools in Santacruz (East) were booked on Wednesday for not reporting for duty as booth level officers (BLOs) as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to verify the voter list.The case was registered on a complaint received from Bandu Raut (56), assistant electoral registration officer (ERO), appointed…
Mumbai: Ahead of the FIFA World Cup final, the Hotel and Restaurant Association (Western India) (HRAWI) has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking permission for permit rooms and bars in licensed hotels and restaurants across the state to remain open until 3.30am on Monday for the live telecast of the match.The request comes amid…
Mumbai: The state government took a decision to allow plaster of Paris (PoP) idols above 6 feet to be immersed in natural water bodies to “protect” big Ganesh mandals, PIL petitioners told the Bombay High Court on Friday.Justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata were hearing a public interest litigation by two activists and nine clay…
Western Railway will seek the Defence Ministry’s approval for the transfer of the land identified for the project. (File Photo) MUMBAI: Western Railway is planning to propose the setting up of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s largest long-distance railway terminal at Kandivali, a project aimed at easing congestion at Mumbai Central and Bandra Terminus while creating…
Mumbai: The nodal cyber police have registered an FIR against unidentified fraudsters for creating fake websites and email addresses resembling those of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd (MHRIL) and offering membership upgrades and annual subscription fee discounts.The MHRIL operates hospitality services across India through its official website, clubmahindra.com, offering membership packages ranging from Rs…
Mumbai: A sessions court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to businessman Lokesh Onkarlal Jain in connection with the Rs 65 crore desilting scam involving the Mithi river probed by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW). Rejecting the need for custody, Additional Sessions Judge NG Shukla noted that the alleged conspiracy was said to have begun in…
(Left to right) Leo, Bella and Lily Mumbai: The Humboldt penguin colony at Mumbai’s Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Garden and Zoo has grown from 21 to 25, with the civic body revealing that four chicks born over the past year have now been declared healthy and added to the public count.Zoo officials said the births…
Mayor Ritu Tawade visited the sports facility Richa PintoMumbai: Mayor Ritu Tawde on Friday took a swipe at the UBT Shiv Sena while renewing her efforts to bring lions to the Byculla zoo, declaring, “If they brought penguins, we will bring lions.”The Byculla gardens and zoo currently has 25 birds.Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray backed the…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has laid down a framework for constituting primary and secondary medical boards in private hospitals to implement Supreme Court guidelines on end-of-life decisions or ‘living will’ and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in terminally ill patients.The framework, part of a Government Resolution (GR) issued by the state public health department follows the…
Mumbai: A new research article by Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) claiming that papaya leaf extract pills help raise platelet count in chemotherapy patients has come under global scrutiny.The Journal of Global Oncology, a peer-reviewed medical journal that published TMH’s paper a few days ago, is “investigating” the study after Kochi-based hepatologist Dr Cyriac Abby Philips…
