Mumbai: An MLA was absent at a meeting of Shiv Sena (UBT) legislators called by party chief Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree on Tuesday.Parbhani MLA Rahul Patil was absent and had reportedly told the party that he was not able to make it to the meeting due to a family function. The remaining 19 Shiv Sena…
Mumbai: The state legislative council on Tuesday passed the Public Universities (fourth amendment) Bill, 2026 for the appointment of an ombudsman to resolve grievances and to replace the grievance committee.Opposition members asked if universities would be brought under the purview of the Lokpal as the Bill mentioned the appointment of Lokpal. Higher and Technical Education…
Navi Mumbai: Debris cleaning operation continued for the second day on the Mumbai corridor of the Mumbai-Goa highway in the Kashedi Ghat section, Ratnagiri. A collapsed hillock fell on the highway on Monday, resulting in complete closure of the highway for 12 hours on Monday. The Mumbai-bound traffic was diverted to the Goa-bound carriageway since…
Navi Mumbai: The body of a Nalasopara resident, Chandrakant Chavhan, 55, was retrieved off the railway tracks near Monkey Hill on the Lonavla-Karjat section on Tuesday evening. Under the guidance of Khopoli police inspector Sachin Hire, the volunteers of local NGO Help Foundation brought the body amid inclement weather conditions, including incessant rain, by trekking…
Ashwini Bhide said strong winds over the past two days has caused extensive damage to the city’s green cover Mumbai: It would be a “sweeping statement” to attribute tree-fall incidents solely to concretisation, BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide said on Tuesday even as she announced that the civic body would engage expert institutions and arborists to…
Navi Mumbai: The Ransai Dam in Uran, operated by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), began overflowing, and the water cut for Uran township residents was withdrawn with immediate effect.The dam catered around 35 million litres per day (MLD) of water to Uran town, ONGC, defence facilities, JNPT, Nhava Sheva, and 22 gram panchayats in…
opposition legislators claimed forged identity documents had been used to create bogus beneficiaries, including profiles in the names of chief minister (L) and deputy chief minister (R). MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered a closer examination of alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Ramai Awas Yojana in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after opposition legislators claimed…
Mohammed Mobshir Mohammed Shahid had sneaked into Kharghar’s Pandavkada waterfall with four friends Navi Mumbai: Four days after a 20-year-old Taloja resident went missing at Kharghar’s Pandavkada waterfall, his body was found in a downstream channel on Tuesday.Mohammed Mobshir Mohammed Shahid, a garage worker, had sneaked into the waterfall area, along with four friends, in…
Mumbai: Faced with the proliferation of unauthorised bike-taxis in the state, the govt has decided to introduce rules to regulate this form of transport which require drivers of bike taxis and aggregator cabs to get a state-issued badge from Aug 1. For this, a domicile certificate and knowledge of Marathi will be mandatory. The proposal…
The 21-member committee has been asked to give recommendations by the end of the ongoing monsoon session of the legislature Mumbai: The state Legislative Assembly unanimously referred the Maharashtra Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2026, to a joint select committee of both Houses of the state legislature. The 21-member committee has been asked to…
