Kalyan: In a major breakthrough in the long-pending widening of the Kalyan-Shilphata Road, one of the busiest traffic corridors in Thane district, compensation letters were handed over to affected landowners on Tuesday. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has approved Rs 138.45 crore as compensation for landowners whose properties are affected by the project,…
Maharashtra is pursuing UNESCO recognition for Ganeshotsav and Dahi Handi traditions. MUMBAI: Maharashtra is seeking UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage recognition for two of its biggest public traditions, i.e., Ganeshotsav and Dahi Handi, with the state government planning initiatives to strengthen their case for inclusion on the list.The move comes after Deepavali was added to UNESCO’s…
Mumbai: The city’s richest GSB Seva Mandal, King’s Circle, has received three competitive tenders to insure its Ganeshotsav mandap for a record sum of Rs 508 crore this year. The winner will be declared Tuesday after a fresh round of negotiation with New India Assurance which had insured the pandal last year.In 2025 the GSB…
Mumbai: As the house-to-house enumeration exercise for SIR ended on Monday, several citizens expressed fear of being omitted from the draft electoral roll and later the final roll, saying BLOs had not visited their homes. Nearly half of the ‘uncollectable’ forms have been from Mumbai, Thane and Pune.After enumeration began on June 30, many citizens…
The Bombay High Court granted bail to Sachin Andure, convicted in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar (in picture). MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday granted bail to Sachin Andure, who was convicted in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale suspended Andure’s life sentence pending appeal and…
CJI Justice Surya Kant was scheduled to be the chief guest at the earlier ceremony. MUMBAI: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has invited Dr C S Pramesh, director, Tata Memorial Hospital, as the chief guest for its 86th convocation, which will now be held on Aug 22.The convocation, which was originally scheduled for…
Tata Power and IIT Bombay have signed a research agreement. This collaboration aims to develop and commercialize clean energy solutions MUMBAI: Tata Power and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have signed a Master Research Agreement (MRA) to jointly accelerate the development, scaling and commercialization of next-generation energy technologies and clean energy solutions.The…
The excavation of the initial tunnel beneath Sanjay Gandhi National Park has commenced Mumbai: BMC on Monday began excavation of the first of two 5.3-km-long tunnels under Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) for its Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project.The twin three-lane tunnels will connect Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari (Film City) in Goregaon East with Amar Nagar…
FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe defended actions against celebrities endorsing surrogate products. MUMBAI: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has defended action against celebrities endorsing surrogate products, saying everyone involved in creating, publishing or sponsoring advertisements is accountable under food safety regulations.The FDA recently issued a show-cause notice and a final warning to…
Bengali actor Rupa Dutta received bail from a Mumbai court last week MUMBAI: A Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court granted bail to 43-year-old Bengali actor Rupa Umashankar Dutta, who was arrested last week for allegedly stealing valuables worth Rs 1.48 lakh in Colaba. Rupa Dutta is an actress who has worked in a few Hindi and Bengali…
