Education minister Dada Bhuse Mumbai: State education minister Dada Bhuse announced in the assembly on Monday that the government would undertake a special inspection drive to enforce the teaching of Marathi in all boards in the state from Standards 1 to 10. This includes central boards and international boards like the IB and IGCSE.“If any…
A nationwide Jail Bharo campaign involving farmers, workers and agricultural labourers has been planned on August 10 at district headquarters across the country, AIKS leaders said. MUMBAI: Raising concerns over growing agrarian distress, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Monday announced a series of nationwide agitations, including participation in a countrywide Jail Bharo movement…
Pradeep GuptaBhiwandi: The probe into the state Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak has revealed that the papers may have been leaked while being transported from a printing press in Uttar Pradesh to exam centres in Maharashtra, prompting Thane police to launch a multi-state hunt for the alleged mastermind Bjiender Gupta and his associates. Police…
Mumbai: In a bid to ensure power failures do not disrupt Mumbai’s water supply, the BMC has proposed setting up a backup power transformer at its Bhandup water treatment complex, which supplies nearly 80% of the city’s drinking water.The proposal, to be tabled before the Standing Committee on Wednesday, seeks approval to spend Rs 14.67…
Babu Samir Das and his wife Sapna stay on P D’Mello Road In Bandra East, Shabbir Khan (33) has stacked a month’s worth of dry firewood beneath the plastic-sheet shelter that eight members of his family call home. Once monsoon arrives, dry wood becomes nearly impossible to find.“We need it to cook whatever we have….
Thane: Four minors, including three girls aged between 15 and 17 and a 13-year-old boy, who went missing from Mumbra after leaving home on the pretext of attending classes and a friend’s birthday celebration, were traced within 24 hours by the Mumbra police from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Police also detained their 20-year-old friend for…
Mumbai: Four pedestrian bridges over railway tracks in south and central Mumbai, flagged as unsafe by the railways, will undergo structural audits by IIT Bombay, with the BMC set to seek approval from the civic standing committee to pay the IIT-Bombay institute Rs 12 lakh in advance for the exercise.The proposal, which will be placed…
The move to change the ground’s reservation triggered an uproar Mumbai: Amid mounting opposition to BMC’s plan to change the reservation of Neville D’Souza Football Ground at Bandra Reclamation from a playground to an exhibition and convention centre, civic officials clarified that the proposal is is still far from being implemented and must clear multiple…
HSRP being fixed on a vehicle in Pune. Mumbai: Vehicle owners in Maharashtra must install high security registration plates (HSRP) by June 30, failing which strict action will be taken from July 1 under the Motor Vehicles Act, a senior transport department official said on Monday. Transport department has affixed over a crore HSRPs, but…
MLA Rais Shaikh emphasized that no fresh recruitment of technical staff has taken place since 2011, leaving the system overstretched and ill-equipped to manage growing demand Mumbai: South Mumbai is grappling with an alarming power crisis, with prolonged outages severely disrupting daily life. Highlighting the gravity of the situation, MLA Rais Shaikh raised the issue…
