Sanskriti Durga Puja, Borivli MUMBAI: The second weekend of Ashwin Navratri sees Durga Puja festivities come to a peak as the Bengali community makes best use of its holiday. Eastern and western suburbs are flush with festivity.Kandivli is home to thousands of Bengalis and multiple Durga Pujas. Chairman of the 13-year-old Hillside Residents’ Cultural and…
Row over Mumbai’s Vidyavihar bridge name MUMBAI: A naming row has erupted over Mumbai’s newly constructed East-West Vidyavihar bridge ahead of its opening to traffic, with Shiv Sena (UBT) demanding that the structure be named after actor Nana Patekar, while BJP MLA Parag Shah has proposed naming it after Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian commercial…
BMC has rejected the owners’ response regarding the ongoing construction at the Juhu bungalow owned by Ajay Devgn MUMBAI: The BMC has rejected the owners’ reply and deemed ongoing construction at actor Ajay Devgn’s Juhu bungalow unauthorised after they failed to submit documents establishing that the work had civic approval.The bungalow, located at Kapol Cooperative…
The NIA had opposed the bail granted to the dismissed cop by a lower court MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday concluded the hearing of an appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against bail granted by a trial court to dismissed police officer Sachin Waze and reserved the matter for orders. A…
The special drive against tax evasion has already detected 45 active cases Mumbai: If you can afford a Rs 1.5 crore Mercedes, a rugged Rs 2 crore Land Rover Defender, or a roaring Porsche, you can certainly afford to pay your fair share of taxes to the city you drive it in. That is the…
Mumbai: The swanky new Manora MLA hostel will be ready by March 2028, public works department (PWD) minister Shivendraraje Bhonsale said, after reviewing the work.Officials said that two highrises of 40 and 28 storeys will come up, and legislators will get one-BHK flats. “The new Manora hostel will house all 288 MLAs and 78 MLCs….
As part of the protest, serving judicial employees performed their regular duties wearing black ribbons. Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Judicial Employees Federation launched the second phase of its statewide agitation on Friday demanding high court pay scales for employees of subordinate courts.As part of the protest, serving judicial employees performed their regular duties wearing black…
Actor Imran Khan; Bombay high court MUMBAI: Actor Imran Khan, who was served with a ‘leave India’ notice by the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer on Oct 14, four days after he was present at a protest in the city over the SIR of electoral rolls, is expected to petition the Bombay HC Saturday.He is likely…
CJP’s ‘Lehrao Tiranga’ rally at Azad Maidan MUMBAI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) staged its one-day ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ demonstration amid poor attendance at Azad Maidan on Friday. The rally drew a crowd that oscillated between 50 and 150 people through the day.The protest was held in solidarity with the recently arrested party co-conveners and…
Navi Mumbai: After two months of a probe by Panvel taluka police in the accidental death case of a 51-year-old worker who had died due to severe burn injuries after a hazardous chemical fell on him while he was collecting a sample from a rejected container of a chemical company in Panvel taluka, an FIR…
