Mumbai: Mumbai mayor Ritu Tawde has sought a dedicated assistant municipal commissioner for the BMC’s public relations department, citing the need to improve the civic body’s public image and make public awareness campaigns more effective. She has also expressed dissatisfaction with the department’s functioning.The demand comes amid BMC having placed before its Standing Committee details…
Mumbai: With the Supreme Court directing authorities to keep stray dogs away from schools, colleges, hospitals, bus depots and railway stations, the BMC is drawing up an action plan to tackle the issue and is scouting for land outside Mumbai to set up shelters.The civic administration is also considering engaging agencies to house and care…
BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide Mumbai: A turf war of sorts has broken out between BMC and Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). Municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide, in a letter to the state urban development department, has flagged roughly 300 SRA schemes for allegedly illegally extending slum redevelopment premium (fees or charges) concessions to non-slum or vacant plots,…
Navi Mumbai: A 28-year-old fisherman allegedly killed his three-year-old stepson in Uran after losing his temper when the child repeatedly told him he was his real father, and that he wanted to go to his real father. The accused, Jitendra Pradeep Bhise, initially claimed the boy had suffered fatal head injuries after falling from a…
Mumbai: In a fresh push to enforce Marathi language norms for public transport drivers, the Maharashtra transport department will now assess the practical Marathi-speaking ability of applicants seeking new auto-rickshaw, taxi and aggregator cab permits and badges through direct interaction with RTO officials. The entire verification process for new permits and badges will be video-recorded,…
The court convicted the accused under the relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Mumbai: A special court under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Tuesday convicted a 32-year-old man and sentenced him to six months’ rigorous imprisonment for hurling casteist abuses at an advocate and making derogatory…
Maharashtra FDA has confiscated banned items and dairy products valued at Rs 25 lakh MUMBAI: Live rodents in a hotel kitchen, expired food on sale and widespread hygiene lapses were among the violations detected by Maharashtra FDA during inspections of 31 food establishments, leading to seizures worth nearly Rs 25 lakh, 10 arrests and suspension…
Pakistan to honour two Mumbai Parsi doctors who kept Jinnah’s terminal illness secret (File photo) MUMBAI: Two doctors from Mumbai’s Parsi community, a physician and a radiologist, will be conferred Pakistan’s highest civilian honour, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, for keeping Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s terminal illness secret, according to a federal minister.Planning minister Ahsan Iqbal announced the decision…
29-year-old man suffered burn injuries after he touched an overhead electrical wire while riding on the roof of a local train Mumbai: A 29-year-old man suffered burn injuries after coming into contact with an overhead electrical wire while travelling on the roof of a local train at Ghatkopar station on Tuesday evening. The Railway Protection…
New auto-rickshaw and taxi driver badges in Maharashtra will now be videographed during verification MUMBAI: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday said that the entire process of verifying knowledge of the Marathi language while issuing new badges to auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers will be videographed starting Thursday.He said that the measure aims to ensure…
