New Delhi/Mumbai: Just days after the unravelling of the TMC, the Shiv Sena (UBT) appeared headed for Revolt 2.0 after the 2022 rebellion in the Shiv Sena as 6 of its 9 Lok Sabha MPs sent a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla stating that they constitute two-thirds of the UBT Sena’s tally in…
The petition was filed on Tuesday by the People’s Union of Civil Liberties and the Forum Against Oppression of Women Mumbai: Civil rights activist groups on Tuesday moved Bombay high court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Safety Act (MSPSA) enacted last year to control “the menace of naxalism”.The petition by the…
Mumbai: The cabinet sub-committee has decided to withdraw 44 cases registered in connection with various festivals, and political and social agitations in the state and has recommended the same to the government, committee chairperson and cultural affairs minister Ashish Shelar said on Wednesday. The cases withdrawn include those related to the cow protection movement, labour…
Navi Mumbai: A Maharashtra Security Forces (MSF) jawan, Rohit Janardan Patil (27), allegedly killed his lover by strangling her with a nylon rope before killing himself with the same nylon rope after a heated argument between them on Tuesday evening at a house in Nidi village, Roha taluka, in Raigad. Patil was selected as MSF…
Jhanvi Kukreja’s mother Niddhi had moved the Bombay High Court against the acquittal in March Mumbai: The Bombay High Court division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata on Wednesday issued a notice to the state and Diya Padalkar, who was acquitted in the 2021 murder of her friend Jhanvi Kukreja (19) following…
Mumbai: The indefinite strike by clerical staff of Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across Maharashtra entered its second day on Wednesday, severely disrupting essential public services and affecting both citizens and the transport sector. Across nearly 60 RTO offices, key clerical operations have come to a virtual standstill. Services such as new vehicle registration number allotment,…
Mumbai: In a significant move aimed at easing the burden on the teaching community, the school education department has issued a new directive designating Saturdays exclusively for administrative work, data filing and report submission.The move is expected to alleviate a substantial amount of non-educational paperwork that has traditionally eaten into instructional hours.For years, civil society…
Water levels in the 7 lakes supplying Mumbai too have fallen to 10.3%, says BMC, adds it will review the water situation again on June 30. (In picture: Koyna Dam) MUMBAI: With water levels in the seven lakes supplying Mumbai falling to 10.3% of their total capacity and the monsoon yet to pick up, the…
BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh alleges Sanjay Raut wants UBT, Pawar factions to join Congress MUMBAI: BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh on Wednesday alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut was working towards a merger of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP faction with the Congress.Speaking to news agency ANI, Deshmukh claimed…
