Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt’s decision to mandate 50 hours of annual teacher training under a new govt resolution (GR) has triggered concern among educators, who warn that rising digital workloads, weak implementation and a lack of specialised trainers could blunt the impact of the policy.The GR, issued on May 6, raises the annual continuous professional…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Wednesday directed BMC to prepare new identification cards with QR codes for the 99,000-odd eligible hawkers in five weeks.Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata told Hawkers Unions to cooperate with BMC and send hawkers to the licence department of each ward. They directed that all other previous orders be…
Mumbai: Central Railway (CR) has intensified its crackdown on the alleged misuse of the Foreign Tourist (FT) quota after detecting 39 cases of Indian passengers travelling on tickets booked under the quota without possessing valid supporting documents. The errant passengers were fined a total Rs 3.56 lakh under the existing railway rules.The issue first surfaced…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has imposed penalties totalling Rs 1.25 crore on contractor J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd and project management consultant Asystem STUP for alleged safety lapses and failure to comply with mandatory accident reporting protocols following the death of a 19-year-old labourer at the under-construction Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector project, to…
MUMBAI: A 55-year-old man was arrested by Govt Railway Police (GRP) on Tuesday on charges of molesting a young college-going woman at Borivali railway station. Police said the accused is a pavement dweller near Borivali station.The incident occurred around 6.40 am on platform 3 of the railway station. The 21-year-old victim lives in Bhayander, was…
MUMBAI: Mahanagar Gas Limited has appointed a new Managing Director, Praveer Kumar Srivastava, who brings over three decades of experience from GAIL (India) Limited (formerly known as Gas Authority of India Ltd.) to Mumbai’s largest city gas distributor. A seasoned energy sector leader, Srivastava has handled operations and maintenance of gas processing units and pipeline…
MUMBAI: Mahesh Khemlani, the 12th accused in the suspected drug overdose case, was produced before a magistrate court at Borivali on Wednesday. He was remanded to police custody till May 10 by the court.Khemlani is currently being quizzed by the police jointly along with co-accused Ayush Sahitya and Vineet Gerelani. Sahitya and Gerelani were sent…
MUMBAI: Flight operations at Mumbai airport will suspended for six hours on May 7 from 11 am to 5 pm, as both runways are closed for pre-monsoon maintenance work.The closure will affect runway 09/27 and runway 14/32, making the airport non-operational during this period. The maintenance is part of the annual monsoon preparedness plan to…
MUMBAI: The Sri Brahma Kumbhabhishek ceremony of the 40-year-old Sri Prasanna Ganpati temple at Matunga will be performed by 12 visiting priests from Udupi, Karnataka, on May 6. This is preceded by special rituals over three days. The ceremony involves 108 pots filled with holy water, said temple chairman Krishna Acharya. The idol had been…
Palghar: The Kasa police in Palghar district arrested a 45-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old under the pretext of treating her for her problem of continuous bleeding during menstruation. The accused, Shivram Parshu Savar, has been booked under the BNS sections of rape and the Pocso Act.According to police, the minor…
