Students at the The Times of India ‘Leaders on Campus’ initiative held at MGM Institute of Health Sciences in Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai: What does a rookie reporter’s insensitive query to a grieving family member have to do with mastering the art of professional communication? For Uma Prabhu, chairperson of Manav Sadhan Vikas Sanstha and…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has asked state govt whether it has a scheme to assist girls who are survivors of sexual assault and are required to undergo medical termination of pregnancy to become self-reliant.“In our view, financial assistance alone may not provide a sustainable solution in the long run. However, if such a girl is…
Mumbai: Continuing its push for developing religious sites in the state as tourist centres, the Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved the construction of a pilgrimage site at Shegaon in Buldhana district.The Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan had submitted a proposal to develop a pilgrimage site on three hectares of the 19 hectares of land given…
An amendment to the Maharashtra Public Universities Act is likely to be proposed in the Winter session of the assembly Mumbai: Campus elections are likely to be held across state universities and colleges in Jan, said govt sources.At a meeting chaired by state higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday, the committee to…
Mumbai: One year after approving the disbursement of small, unusable, inaccessible govt plots, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved major amendments to the provisions of the Maharashtra Land Revenue (Disposal of Govt Land) Rules, 1971.The cabinet approved increasing the plot area of govt land that can be considered as small-sized, unusable, inaccessible or land-locked. Such…
Mumbai: BMC is considering a monthly charge on each residential flat in bulk waste generator (BWG) housing societies that obtain an exemption from processing wet waste on their premises and hand it to the civic body, even as it seeks to enforce the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026.The monthly charge would cover processing costs under…
Ulhasnagar: An accused in a murder case, Haresh Gajwani (54) alias Gajya, was stabbed and shot dead by unidentified assailants outside Ulhasnagar railway station on Wednesday night.The attackers allegedly first assaulted Gajwani with a chopper before firing two rounds at him, one of which hit him, while the other misfired, Vitthalwadi police said. Gajwani was…
The state witnessed protets against alleged MPSC paper leaks Mumbai: Hours after NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar alleged that MPSC was trying to dispose of and destroy old documents through a tender for shredding and processing ‘waste documents’, MPSC put the tender process on hold. The documents to be shredded included answer sheets, answer booklets,…
Mumbai: The Bombay Bar Association on Wednesday condemned and expressed its unequivocal outrage at “police excesses, physical assault, manhandling, brutality and detention of peaceful protestors in New Delhi on Oct 10, 2026, as also the detention of lawyers in Mumbai and other cities.”The resolution said, “The Association is deeply disturbed by the deplorable treatment meted…
Maximum temperature recorded on Wednesday by the IMD Santacruz observatory was 37.8 deg C, which was 4.1 deg C above normal, while the IMD Colaba observatory recorded 36.4 deg C, which was 3.2 deg C above normal Mumbai: The city was under a heatwave warning for the third consecutive day on Wednesday with a yellow…
