Mumbai: The city crime branch Unit 7, with the BMC Medical Officer, raided seven clinics across Mumbai and identified 10 persons allegedly practising medicine without valid medical degrees or registration with the Maharashtra Medical Council.The raids were conducted at Santosh Health Clinic and Vinayak Health Clinic in Bhandup; Hamdam Hospital and Kohinoor Hospital in Jogeshwari;…
Schools give a 5-day break for Ganeshotsav, as per rules Mumbai: A private school in Wadala has run into controversy after Yuva Sena, the student wing of Shiv Sena (UBT), complained to education authorities that the institution is illegally penalising students Rs 1,000 for each day of absence during Ganeshotsav after the five-day holiday.Yuva Sena’s…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has called for a transformation in the governing landscape of Mumbai MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday called for a change in the “complacent” mindset within the administration, referring to those who believe they have “run Mumbai for so many years” and question how someone “coming from outside”…
The cause of death has been kept ‘pending chemical analysis.’ MUMBAI: The decomposed body of a woman was found inside a house at Malwani on Monday evening. Police have recorded an accidental death case and are trying to establish the woman’s identity.The body was found in a house at Plot no. 3 in Malwani. Police…
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration chief Tukaram Mundhe is recognized for his rigorous food safety enforcement measures NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration chief Tukaram Mundhe has been dubbed a “rockstar” by The New York Times for his aggressive crackdown on food safety violations, with the American newspaper featuring the IAS officer on its…
Several voters are complaining that the booth level officers (BLOs) appointed by the state election commission (EC) are not visiting their homes. (Representative image) MUMBAI: Though the Election Commission gave an assurance in a statement issued in the last week of Sept that booth-level officers (BLOs) would visit homes of those served with notices under…
IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Madras (pic) accounted for 97 of the top 100 JEE-Advanced rankers in 2026 NEW DELHI: IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras continued to dominate the choices of the country’s top JEE-Advanced rankers in 2026, with 97 of the top 100 rankers allotted seats at these three institutes. IIT…
Stakeholders including admissions counsellors and parents gathered in Azad Maidan to protest against the MHT-CET 2026 exam schedule. MUMBAI: MHT-CET 2027 should be held offline, with each of its two attempts conducted for all candidates on a single day, and the first scheduled after students have had time to prepare, an admissions counsellor and a…
On Sunday morning, hundreds of dead and dying fish were found floating on the Kalu river. MUMBAI: The sun rose on the Kalu as it did every other day. But on Sunday, along with it rose fish – hundreds, stippling the waters in grisly pointillism. Avinash Harad, an environmental activist who had led a group…
BMC plans to create ten artificial ponds around Banganga tank to address fish death concerns. MUMBAI: The BMC will set up 10 artificial ponds around Banganga tank at Walkeshwar and increase the number of oxygenation pumps at the site after a large number of fish were found dead in the water body, civic officials said…
