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Mumbai: Municipal commissoner Ashwini Bhide, who carried out a surprise early morning inspection of the city and the eastern suburbs for sanitation work on Wednesday, directed the administration to implement innovative ideas of citizens associations, service-oriented organisations and housing societies, besides seeking guidance from institutions like Tata Institute of Social Sciences for keeping the city…

Mumbai: The state urban development department (UDD) on Wednesday authorised Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) to undertake heavy engineering, infrastructure, consultancy and turnkey works within India and abroad. Such work cannot have any monetary or scope limitation.In a govt resolution (GR), UDD said it considers it expedient to leverage MMRC’s technical expertise, institutional capability and…

Mumbai: A 45-year-old man was arrested by the Malwani Police for sexually abusing a stray dog on a pavement at Malad West recently. The incident occurred outside a veterinarian’s clinic and the clinic staff alerted the police.According to the statement of an animal handler at the clinic, the incident occurred late on April 26. The…

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Faheem Ansari, who was acquitted in the 26/11 terror attacks case, seeking a police clearance certificate to drive an autorickshaw for his livelihood.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale, while dismissing the plea, said the certificate was rightly refused by…

Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: A day after posting to the year 2046, a decade-old Rs 20 crore defamation suit filed by a SoBo senior citizen after she insisted on pursuing it and was disinclined to accept an apology from defendants, Bombay high court recalled that part of its order and posted the…

A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale held that the refusal of the PCC by authorities was justified. The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Faheem Ansari, who had sought a police clearance certificate (PCC) to work as an autorickshaw driver, as per a report by PTI news…

MUMBAI: Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition by L&T, bringing to a close a long-running legal battle over a prime residential property on Pali Hill Road, Bandra where the company’s former chairman and present chairman emeritus A M Naik has been living for over 20 years.The company, which claimed to be a close…

MUMBAI: Undeterred by the lack of formal classrooms, a social enterprise called Rangeet has launched a 15-day summer camp for underprivileged children in Jogeshwari East.This daily hour-long programme aims to bring fun learning coupled with life skills to the doorstep of underserved communities. The camp is under way from April 25 to May 12 and…

A police constable tragically lost his life after a heavy piling rig collapsed onto him at an under-construction flyover site in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area. The incident occurred Tuesday night as the officer was returning home on his motorcycle. Authorities are investigating potential negligence by the contractor and reviewing safety protocols at the site. MUMBAI: A…

MUMBAI: A 45-year-old man was arrested by the Malwani Police for sexually abusing a dog on a pavement at Malad West recently. The incident occurred outside a veterinarian’s clinic and the clinic staff alerted the police.According to the statement of an animal handler at the clinic, the incident occurred late on April 26. The clinic…