Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to provide six months of paid maternity leave to around 5,000 women working as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) or Community Health Volunteers (CHVs), a benefit they currently do not receive.BMC would be the first civic body in Maharashtra to approve of the long-standing demand of ASHAs, trained…
Mumbai: Getting to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) from western suburbs is set to become cheaper and easier with the airport operator announcing a slew of cheaper ground transport solutions on Monday. Among them are MSRTC electric buses starting at Rs 170 and a free hourly shuttle between Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) and Mumbai’s…
Mumbai: IIT Bombay is preparing a broad revamp of its student wellness programmes, alongside changes to hostel facilities, flexible mess services and relaxed exam schedules, according to an update it sent to students. The move comes amid criticism of IIT’s handling of suicides involving SC/ST students.It also announced the introduction of an associate dean for…
Kalyan GRP have filed a case against the deputy station master Kalyan: MNS workers allegedly assaulted a deputy station master at Kalyan station on Monday after a junior woman staffer accused him of repeatedly sending her obscene messages and harassing her for nearly six months.Kalyan GRP later took the man into custody, registered a case…
A BEST committee member alleged that the staff didn’t react promptly Mumbai: A major fire broke out at BEST’s Anik bus depot in Sion on Monday evening, gutting 10 parked CNG buses and damaging two others and triggering a large-scale emergency response. No one was injured. The cause of the fire was yet to be…
Mumbai: Amid protesting aspirants’ demand for MPSC chairperson Vivek Bhimanwar’s ouster over alleged exam irregularities and question paper leaks, CM Devendra Fadnavis has recommended to governor Vishnu Dev Varma that an investigation headed by a retired HC judge be initiated into the functioning of current and former chiefs as well as members of the state…
BMC seeks CSR funds for 70 parks Mumbai: Amid allegations that it is handing over the city’s open spaces to private players, BMC is seeking corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to upgrade around 70 parks, gardens and lakes. An open spaces policy for the city has been in limbo for 10 years.Opposition parties and urban…
A high-level probe panel recommended the cancellation Mumbai: BMC has scrapped the allotment of five plots reserved for civic schools to private players under its public-private partnership (PPP) policy. The move came four months after city BJP chief Ameet Satam wrote a letter to BMC chief Ashwini Bhide and mayor Ritu Tawde demanding its cancellation….
The doctors had to switch from natural birth to C-section owing to complications Navi Mumbai: A 23-year-old woman had a stillbirth after doctors switched from natural birth to a C-section at a hospital run by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation in Vashi on Sunday. Family members alleged medical negligence and protested outside the hospital. The hospital’s…
The controversy over the appointment of nominated corporators in Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) returned to Bombay high court on Monday, with the court staying the notification to be issued by the civic administration following the appointment of seven nominated corporators. Ulhasnagar: The controversy over the appointment of nominated corporators in Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) returned…
