Mumbai: Aarey and Mahanand Dairy brands will be relaunched soon, Meenesh Shah, chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), informed CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday. He also said that the NDDB has developed a test strip to check for adulteration of dairy products. Fadnavis then suggested that NDDB, along with the Indian Institute of Technology, develop…
Mumbai: Residents of chawls and buildings that have been included in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project will get a minimum of 500 sq ft carpet area rehabilitation flats to a maximum of 754 sq ft free of cost. This will benefit around 8,700 households in Dharavi that have been included in the Dharavi Notified Area. This…
Thane: A 19-year-old woman died after falling into the gap between a moving train and the platform at Bhiwandi Road railway station in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred at 7.25 pm on Tuesday on platform no. 4 as the train slowed down, they said.The victim, identified as Jinisha Khandelwal from…
Mumbai: A train manager was allegedly assaulted by a home guard after he objected to blocking of a ladies compartment’s entry gate on a Western Railway suburban local. A raliway staff union has demanded that an FIR be registered.The incident occurred on April 21, when train manager Chetan Malvade was on duty on Churchgate-bound train…
Mumbai: The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has initiated plans to develop a 374-hectare Integrated Logistics Park in Navi Mumbai by inviting expressions of interest (EOI) for the first phase covering 72 hectares.The project will come up near Chirle village in Pushpak node, leveraging proximity to key infrastructure such as Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority,…
2006 Malegaon blast case (File Photo) MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Wednesday discharged four accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case and set aside a trial court order framing charges, including terror offences, against them.In their appeal, the quartet had sought the setting aside of a 2025 special NIA court order that framed 19 charges…
MUMBAI: The Mazgaon metropolitan magistrate’s court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of three accused, including Khaliq Khan, father-in-law of cricketer Yusuf Pathan, in a road rage assault case.Defence advocate Dayanand Dere had argued that both parties have equally assaulted each other and a cross-FIR has also been registered against the complainant and others. He…
Mumbai: The BMC Standing Committee on Wednesday approved three-year contracts worth Rs 23 crore to nine NGOs for sterilising stray dogs under the animal birth control programme even as committee members raised concerns over identification of sterilised dogs and the need for more shelters.The dog census conducted in Jan 2024 showed that of the 90,757…
Padma Shri Param Pujya Acharya Chandanaji MUMBAI: Padma Shri Param Pujya Acharya Chandanaji did not just live a spiritual life; she expanded its meaning. In a tradition that often equates devotion with withdrawal, she chose engagement, with suffering, with society, with service. As the founder of Veerayatan Group of Institutions, she built more than an…
Mumbai: Initial findings in the BCom paper leak case at the University of Mumbai point to a breach within its own campus, with question papers allegedly accessed at the Institute of Open and Distance Learning by temporary staff. Even as an internal inquiry gathers pace, a university-appointed committee is now overseeing the remaining examinations to…
