Mumbai: Maharashtra took a major step towards clean energy expansion on Tuesday as the state govt signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) with four leading companies for 25,400 MW nuclear power generation projects with investments of Rs 6.5 lakh crore.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the companies will conduct a survey of the project sites for which…
Two minors were sexually harassed in separate instances at Kurla railway station and Dadar railway station. Police arrested the accused within 24 hours Mumbai: In two separate cases, two minor girls, a 10-year-old and a college teen, were groped at Kurla railway station and Dadar railway station on Monday. In both cases, Govt Railway Police…
The strike is against unregulated surge of online pharma-delivery platforms MUMBAI: Across the country, medical shops could face disruptions today as the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) has announced a nationwide, one-day closure of pharmacies. In Maharashtra, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said they asked sellers, hospital-attached pharmacies and 24-hour medical stores…
Mumbai: Prominent political strategist Prashant Kishor held a meeting with NCP MP Parth Pawar and his family on Sunday, fuelling speculation about whether he will take on the party. The NCP recently parted ways with Design Box, which had crafted its campaign for the 2024 assembly polls.In a statement on X, Parth confirmed the meeting…
Navi Mumbai: A 66-year-old woman residing in the slum colony along KKR road in Turbhe store area was murdered by strangulation and her body stuffed in a gunny sack was found dumped below the streetlight about 300 metres away from her house on Tuesday early morning. Turbhe police have registered an FIR of murder against…
With Deva’s death, Byculla zoo is now left with three hippopotamuses Mumbai: Thirty-five-year-old hippopotamus Deva died at Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan on May 13, due to age-related complications. Deva was among the few exotic animals born at the Byculla zoo; he was born there in 1991.With Deva’s death, the zoo is now left with three…
Mumbai: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry continued to dominate as the most opted and highest-performing subjects across Cambridge International’s IGCSE and International AS (11 grade) & A (12 grade) Level examinations in India’s March 2026 session, reflecting sustained student preference for science and quantitative disciplines across secondary and senior secondary education. As many as 2000 Cambridge…
Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the allotment of 15 acres in Panvel to Ritanand Balved Education Foundation, the parent institution of Amity University.According to a govt press release, various educational courses are taught in 18 branches at Amity University. Currently more than 5,000 students are studying there and the institution had requested land…
Priyanka KakodkarMumbai: The state cabinet sub-committee for OBCs, which met on Monday, has recommended raising the non-creamy layer limit from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 15 lakh and directed that a meeting be held with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on the issue.Incidentally, in Oct 2024, when assembly polls were due in Maharashtra, the state cabinet…
Mumbai: A 77-year-old Ghatkopar resident was duped of Rs 50 lakh by cyber fraudsters posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in a digital arrest scam, according to an FIR registered at East Region Cyber Police Station.The complainant, a labour law advisor residing in Garodia Nagar, told police that between May 12 and 14, he received…
