Mumbai: Unauthorised absence from work by a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) official would be detrimental to the public interest and amount to grave misconduct, the Bombay High Court said, refusing relief to an employee who was removed from service.The petitioner, Animesh Bakuli, was a senior assistant with the RBI and would undoubtedly be occupying…
Mumbai: BJP Corporator, Makarand Narwekar, appealed to BMC to launch a pilot project transforming Colaba Causeway into a regulated, Singapore-style hawker zone.In a letter addressed to the BMC commissioner, Narwekar said that the civic body should design, own and rent out uniform street vending stalls to eligible vendors, on the lines of Singapore’s highly successful…
Mumbai: Bandra police took into custody two people for allegedly attacking a BMC supervisor when he went to check a complaint about an unauthorised tin shed said to have been put up on the terrace of a house in the Chibard Jetty area. The supervisor dialled the police helpline after the pair abused and assaulted…
The MAT also observed that authorities are free to proceed with a departmental inquiry in accordance with law Mumbai: The Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) has quashed and set aside the dismissal order of police sub-inspector Kashinath Ubhe and directed the Pune Police Commissionerate to reinstate him within two weeks, while observing that the authorities are…
Police are examining the sequence of events, financial transactions, and communication records between the woman and the cabbie Kalyan: Police probe has found that days before a cab driver, Ganesh Shinde (30), and a 27-year-old woman were found dead with sharp weapon injuries inside a parked car in Badlapur, he allegedly confided in a friend…
Mumbai: The Sion Road Over Bridge (ROB) moved a step closer to completion over the weekend, with Central Railway (CR) undertaking night blocks to launch girders for one carriageway of the structure. The work is part of the project to lay the 5th and 6th lines between CSMT and Kurla, a corridor upgrade aimed at…
Mumbai : City MLA Sanjay Upadhyay has written to railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav, demanding that the process of reconstruction of Borivli railway station be started soon. He also demanded an increase in the number of AC local trains between Borivli and Churchgate, and demanded that new local trains be introduced in place of the MEMU…
Mumbai: More than 1,400 clerical staff of all RTOs and border check posts across the state will be on an indefinite pen-down strike from June 16 for their list of demands, including pending promotions, which have been denied to them for the past four years. This could impact RTO-related work in Mumbai and the rest…
Navi Mumbai: Two youths were killed in a bike collision at around 1 am on Sunday. The accident was reported on Panvel-Karjat Road. The victims were identified as Siddharth Jadhav, 31, a resident of Neral, and Sujit Borade, 26, a resident of Bhise gaon.Jadhav was riding towards Karjat from Chowk (Panvel side). Borade was riding…
Mumbai: A ruling by the income tax appellate tribunal’s (ITAT) Mumbai bench has underscored the importance of understanding tax deduction at source (TDS) obligations when purchasing property.The case involved a Mumbai resident who jointly purchased a flat in Haji Ali worth Rs 1.9 crore with her husband. She held a 15% share in the property…
