Kalyan: Alleging lack of even basic facilities at Kalyan’s sole civic-run auditorium—Atre Rang Mandir—Marathi theatre artistes said their poor condition is affecting performances and keeping reputable artistes away.They claimed that rats kept running around during a play on Saturday and the power went off six times. “Not only did these repeatedly disrupt the show, but…
Mumbai: Civic-run Sion Hospital has expanded its bone marrow transplant services at the Chota Sion Urban Health Centre, boosting annual transplant capacity from 20 to 80 cases. The upgraded facility boasts of a 26-bed ward, with five bone marrow transplant beds, a high-risk unit and a day-care centre.Dr Sujata Sharma, additional professor from the bone…
Thane: Thane district secured the top rank in Maharashtra by resolving 29,392 cases during the National Lok Adalat, awarding Rs 63.42 crore in settlements and disposing of several decades-old disputes.As many as 12,186 pending cases and 17,206 pre-litigation disputes were settled during the Lok Adalat held on Saturday, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) secretary Ravindra…
Mumbai: The Central govt has told the Bombay high court that Agniveers are not similarly placed as regular soldiers and hence cannot be given posthumous pensionary benefits.The Centre’s affidavit in reply was filed to a petition by Jyothibai Naik, mother of Agniveer Murali Naik, who was killed on May 9, 2025, during Operation Sindoor. She…
Mumbai: The BMC is set to implement a 10% water cut in Mumbai from May 15 as a precaution, taking into account the India Meteorological Department’s forecast of below average monsoon due to the El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole conditions. Besides Mumbai, BMC’s water cut will also impact certain areas in Thane and Bhiwandi-Nizampur…
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Mumbai: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday urged institutions such as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to take the lead in researching the social consequences of artificial intelligence, saying technology must be guided by human values and ethical understanding.Addressing a global colloquium organised by TISS to mark…
The court refused to extend the benefit of probation Mumbai: Rejecting the argument of the accused that kissing hands was a routine gesture in the hospitality industry and did not constitute a criminal offence, a magistrate’s court recently convicted and sentenced a 35-year-old taxi driver to two years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for outraging the modesty…
The name of an establishment in Marathi (Devnagari script) must be in a bigger or equal font size to the name written in English (Roman alphabet) Mumbai: The issue of Marathi name boards is back in focus, with corporators raking up the matter by pointing out that the civic administration has been lax in implementing…
Now, local officials to be held accountable for the anti-liquor drive Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt reconstituted taluka-level committees to strengthen the crackdown on the manufacture and sale of illicit liquor, while fixing direct accountability on the officer-in-charge of the local police station and the state excise inspector of respective jurisdiction for any illegal liquor activity…
Airfares are expectedly high this summer, but some routes are more in demand than others Mumbai: Airfares on several domestic and international routes from Mumbai have expectedly surged sharply for summer vacation travel, even as the govt’s recent call for restraint in non-essential foreign travel might temper outbound leisure sentiment in the near term, said…
