Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has sought a legal opinion from its law section on the ouster of deputy municipal commissioner, Rahul Gethe. While the state had issued a govt resolution for absorbing Gethe as a feeder cadre official, he has not cleared the state public service commission examination for the Chief…
Mumbai: Around 7,000 civic staff have been deployed in Mumbai for the ongoing voter-mapping exercise ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The majority have been given work as Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who are verifying and mapping voters by cross-checking entries with the 2002 electoral rolls. This voter mapping is underway…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a claim by two former domestic help of a tenant claiming tenancy rights. The HC said it was a well-settled legal position that persons who are not family members cannot claim tenancy rights. The HC said the couple appealing against a 2002 order that dubbed them as trespassers…
MUMBAI: Sanjay Raut, Rajya Sabha MP from Shiv Sena (UBT), on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Raghav Chadha and two other AAP MPs who joined the BJP, calling the saffron party “shameless” and comparing it to the mythical demon Bakasura, whose hunger is never satiated.Raut said the defectors had joined a “party of goons…
Mumbai: Police on Thursday arrested a male social media influencer in Vakola area for allegedly making derogatory remarks about a religious leader in his videos, an official said on Friday. An FIR was registered against the accused under the BNS section 299 (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings). Source link
Mumbai University staffer caught leaking BCom exam papers (File Photo) MUMBAI: CCTV footage from the Mumbai University‘s Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) at its Kalina campus shows a contractual staffer, Sudesh Tukaram Indap (40), allegedly photographing question papers for the BCom Semester VI exams inside the examination control room. The photos were allegedly…
Mumbai: A fire broke out at six scrap godowns in Mankhurd at 5 am on Friday, civic officials said. A person identified as Shahrukh Khan (25), sustained 40% to 45% burns and was admitted to Sion Hospital. He is said to be stable. Four fire engines were rushed to the spot, and the blaze was…
Mumbai: State’s higher and technical education department has proposed launching an integrated portal for facilitating admissions to the top 500 QS-ranked international universities for students from Maharashtra.The proposed portal intends to provide credible information to aspirants, including brochures, fee structures, admission procedures, eligibility criteria and other key details. State govt also plans to reach out…
Mumbai: Eleven Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers were arrested by MHB Colony police for sloganeering and pelting a stone at Shiv Sena politician Sanjay Nirupam‘s vehicle at a public meeting at Borivli West on Friday. Nirupam was in Borivli to attend the meeting organised by Shiv Sena party worker Ram Yadav for auto and…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday dismissed petitions filed by Mumbai’s leading land owners, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited, which challenged two orders of state authority for land acquisition Mumbai in a tussle for commensurate compensation over a 10-acre plot of the company acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The company said…
