Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday announced he will launch an indefinite hunger strike from May 30 at Antarwali Sarati, in Jalna district, stating he can no longer wait for the Marathas to be granted blanket reservation under the OBC category. He accused Maharashtra govt of failing to fulfil its promises.Addressing supporters,…
Mumbai: A day after the developer linked to the plot from where a tree collapsed in Khar claimed its immediate priority was extending “every possible support” to the affected families, including assistance towards medical and related expenses, the family of one of the critically injured persons on Saturday said they had not received any assistance…
Mumbai: An eight-year-old girl was killed in a road crash involving a cement mixer in Sakinaka recently. The girl was seated pillion on her father’s motorcycle when the cement mixer brushed the two-wheeler, police said.Aahana Shaikh, the victim, lived with her parents and two siblings at Powai. Four days before the road crash, she had…
The victim works is a senior bank executive Mumbai: A sessions court has rejected the bail and anticipatory bail pleas of six accused booked for running a matrimonial fraud, extortion, and sexual exploitation racket and allegedly swindling Rs 1.45 crore from a 29-year-old city resident who works in a senior position at a prominent multinational…
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 35-year-old man accused of assaulting a person with a sickle in 2021, citing that the victim’s “cryptic” account of the attack and evidence lacked substance.Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal on Thursday acquitted Jitendra Narayan Buddhivant, a resident of Ganesh Nagar, in the…
Mumbai: Police have registered a fresh case of cheating and forgery against former Yes Bank chairman and CEO Rana Kapoor and others in a case of sale of mortgaged assets of a borrower without following the rules.The complainant, Lakhaminder Singh, director, Sapphire Land Development Ltd has alleged that he mortgaged properties worth Rs 1,000 crore,…
Thane: For thousands of patients across Maharashtra, Dr Anand Nadkarni was not merely a psychiatrist but a reassuring presence who listened without judgement, prescribed sparingly and made mental healthcare feel humane. On Friday morning, that reassuring voice fell silent. Dr Nadkarni, psychiatrist, author, playwright and one of Maharashtra’s foremost mental health advocates, died at a…
Navi Mumbai: About 7,000 contractual employees of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) are set to receive an additional Rs 7,000-Rs 8,000 in monthly wages if a proposal prepared by Leader of the House in NMMC and former Mayor Sagar Naik is approved at the next general body meeting on May 20.The proposal followed sustained…
Kalyan: A 57-year-old man and his two sons were arrested for allegedly beating up a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable when he tried to intervene in a dispute involving commuters, a police official said on Friday.The incident took place on Thursday afternoon at Kalyan station in Thane district, he added.“The RPF constable, who was on…
Mumbai: The state is exploring ways to revive an old government policy which would allow them to take greater control over government and government-funded institutions. The primary idea is to keep the academic and administrative autonomy of these institutions intact, but safeguard government property and assets, said sources.While these institutions will continue to be managed…
