MUMBAI: A total of 22.8 lakh students from across India, who were issued hall tickets for NEET (UG) 2026 re-exam, will take the medical entrance test on Sunday.Data from the National Testing Agency shows that 81% of the candidates are in the age-group of 17 to 20, 17% are between the ages of 21 and…
MMRDA Metro Rail Project (Wadala Plant) Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has withdrawn a controversial eligibility condition from two Metro Line 4 tenders after contractors raised objections, prompting concerns over restricted competition.The condition, introduced in tenders CA310 and CA302 for architectural finishing, plumbing, façade and pre-engineered building (PEB) works at several Metro…
The auto involved in the accident Navi Mumbai: A 40-year-old auto rickshaw driver ferrying his two friends along the Alibaug-Pen road, upon reaching near the Dharamtar creek bridge in Vadkhal, Friday afternoon, allegedly performed a stunt by speeding the auto with his hands off the steering handlebars. He lost control, veered off the road, and…
The curious business of food dehydration and freeze-drying has gone up in direct proportion to the number of Indian students filling college campuses across the world – 14 lakh and rising, according to government reports. Concerned that their offspring might abandon their eggless upbringing, anxious mothers now routinely send food to these little factories –…
Mumbai: None of the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs have replied to the show-cause notice issued by the party on June 18 for not attending the parliamentary party meeting on that day. They were given a 24-hour ultimatum to respond. With no response received and speculation that MP Omraje Nimbalkar has not signed the…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will visit shakhas in Mumbai North East in Bhandup and Kanjurmarg, the constituency of rebel MP Sanjay Dina Patil, on Sunday evening. Uddhav will meet party office-bearers and interact with local functionaries. Uddhav will tour the constituencies of all the other rebel MPs too.He will go to Yavatmal,…
The Oshiwara housing society members alleged initimation by those who had encroached upon the land Mumbai: The BMC and the Mumbai Police, in a joint drive, demolished encroachments in an Oshiwara housing society after BJP MLA Ameet Satam complained that a portion of the society’s land had been encroached upon and that the residents, particularly…
Mumbai: While MahaRERA has issued show-cause notices to 9,177 housing projects across Maharashtra and imposed penalties of over Rs 15 crore for failing to update their quarterly progress reports (QPRs), questions are being raised about the regulator’s ability to scrutinise disclosures made by developers and monitor compliance with provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and…
Mumbai: Sahar Police have registered an FIR after a make-up artist, part of Bollywood producer Rhea Kapoor’s team, complained that rented gold jewellery that she was carrying from India to the US for Kapoor to wear at the Met Gala was stolen en route. The gold jewellery was worth Rs 1.3 crore, police said.The 41-year-old…
Mumbai: Even before the monsoon has arrived, Mumbai is witnessing an uptick in viral infections, with doctors reporting a simultaneous rise in Covid-19, H1N1 (formerly swine flu), other influenza A viruses and the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).City doctors said Covid has made a quiet comeback over the past week after H1N1 dominated clinics for nearly…
