Mumbai: A day after the Election Commission (EC) announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra, Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh on Friday urged Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders to immediately constitute a state-level task force to monitor the process and prevent a repeat of the large-scale voter exclusion witnessed in West…
Navi Mumbai: A 37-year-old man working as a seafarer in Merchant Navy, while racing on his sports bike competing with his friends on the Palm Beach Road, was severely injured as he crashed into a cab at the junction of Moraj Circle at Sanpada on Thursday early morning around 3.20 am. The sports bike and…
Navi Mumbai: CIDCO and the Africa India Economic Foundation (AIEF) signed and exchanged an agreement on Thursday at Mantralaya to enable the formation of an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) for creating Africa India International Development Zone (AIIDZ) and the proposed Africa India Business Centre (AIBC) in Navi Mumbai. The agreement was signed in the presence…
Mumbai: Post-SSC polytechnic courses in the state will undergo changes, in line with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, with the inclusion of subjects such as soft skills, social and life skills, yoga, entrepreneurship, Indian knowledge systems, environment and sustainability, management, startup studies, among others. The state govt is planning to start admissions to post-SSC polytechnic…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet has approved a policy that candidates from reserved categories, who avail concessions in competitive examinations such as age relaxation and educational qualification, will not be eligible to claim appointment against open category posts.The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday, a statement issued…
Students register for FYJC admissions Mumbai: 9.54 lakh students have already registered for FYJC admissions for the 2026-27 academic year. Students must complete and submit Part 1 of the online application form, along with the required documents, by May 18. The provisional merit list will be declared on May 21 at 11 am. Students will…
Thane: Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday said former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Anand Paranjpe was inducted into the Shiv Sena to stop him from the Opposition and added that the Sunetra Pawar-led party was kept in the loop about his induction to avoid any misunderstanding.Paranjpe had resigned from the NCP headed by Deputy…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday made the use of Marathi mandatory in hearings as well as in all orders passed by authorities in quasi-judicial proceedings in the revenue department.Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced a new standard operating procedure (SoP) for these proceedings.Authorities issued a 29-page government resolution laying down procedures for handling quasi-judicial cases…
Mumbai: The BMC has shut down its internal SAP-based birth and death registration system after an internal probe found massive “irregularities” in birth certificate enrolment. It has now shifted to the central government’s Civil Registration System (CRS) portal for new birth and death registrations and corrections in existing certificates.The SAP-based system, which was in use…
Mumbai: Crucial civic documents, such as birth and death certificates and marriage registration records, will now be made available instantly at BMC’s E Ward office, thanks to a state-of-the-art digital preservation system called Vision AI Vault. Under the new initiative, old civic records will be classified, scanned, and digitally archived using AI technology.The move is…
