Navi Mumbai: Nature enthusiasts in Navi Mumbai have alleged that a almost 30-year-old Peepal tree on the road median along the Airoli-Mulund Link Road was dying mysteriously and a hoardingg has sprung up at the location. Activists allege commercialisation of the city’s landscape discouraged greenery, turning it into a concrete jungle with no shade and…
Mumbai: Two students from Maharashtra were among the 26 top scorers in the country in the JEE (Main) results announced on Monday. Seventeen-year-old Madhav Viradiya, who is originally from Vadodara but studied in Mumbai for the past two years, and Siddharth Athaley, 18, from Pune both secured a perfect 100 percentile across the two JEE…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the state govt to make it “imperative” for 104 municipal councils/corporations, where town vending committees (TVCs) are not set up, to conclude the process of elections and constitute the committees within four months.Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande were hearing petitions by four hawkers and hawkers union….
Mira-Bhayander: The crime branch has refuted claims of “zombie drugs” being circulated in the area after investigating a viral video showing a man in a trance-like state on a road in Bhayander.Panic had gripped residents in the region after the video was widely shared on social media on April 13, sparking rumours of “zombie drugs”…
Mumbai: Observing that the discrepancies are “undoubtedly significant”, the Bombay High Court ordered the transfer of investigation into the Feb 2023 death of a woman, allegedly due to dowry harassment, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). “It is made clear that CBI shall investigate the crime in accordance with law without being influenced by…
Mumbai: Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute petition by the state govt to cancel the April 26 Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) elections. The state sought to avert the polls on a committee’s recommendation to eliminate elected positions within the council.Currently, the council comprises nine members nominated by govt and nine representatives elected by doctors. Last…
Mumbai: A police constable was duped of Rs 12.5 lakh in a cyber fraud case when she allegedly clicked an APK link on Jan 18 this year.After clicking the link, the victim’s mobile phone was allegedly compromised, and her registered mobile number became inactive, preventing from receiving bank alerts.Initially the victim learnt that Rs 28,000…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a TOI report published Monday, which highlighted the plight of a 70-year-old man with suspected bleeding in the brain. The report flagged how the patient was tossed from BMC-run MW Desai Hospital to Jogeshwari Trauma Hospital without an ambulance or medical support.The…
Mumbai: Days after floating a tender for a Rs 305 crore international memorial for Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe in Ghatkopar, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has scrapped the tender, citing a change of plans, which includes increasing the height of Annabhau Sathe’s statue and some technical hurdles. The SRA will tweak the plan and float fresh…
Mumbai: Newly appointed BJP Yuva Morcha state president Krishnaraj Mahadik on Monday announced the party’s Yuva Shakti Jagar Yatra from April 21. The objective, he said, is to interact with farmers, women, students and young men and women working in different fields. CM Devendra Fadnavis will flag off the yatra. In phase I, the yatra…
