Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday directed special monitoring of examination centres at Pune and Latur for the NEET re-exam to be held on June 21.Latur and Pune have been at the epicentre of the NEET paper leaks, leading to the cancellation of the NEET 2026 exams. At a review meeting of security measures…
Umesh K Parida Navi Mumbai: Ten members of two teams rescued Pune-based real estate broker Sandesh Hadvale (47), who accidentally slipped 200ft down a valley in the Tamhini ghat stretch under Mangaon taluka, Raigad, around 2am on Friday.Hadvale got down from his car to attend nature’s call and slipped into the valley due to darkness….
Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has raided a Palghar-based manufacturer for supplying unsterilised surgical gloves falsely labeled as ‘sterile’ to state-run medical colleges, including JJ Hospital and St George. Following the raid, authorities froze Rs 1.26 crore worth of stock pending investigation.The stock was imported from Malaysia by Saachi Medic, which has…
A Mumbai Metro train travels along an elevated viaduct through the city skyline, highlighting modern public transport infrastructure and urban commuting in Mumbai, India. Thane: A citizens’ group comprising transport experts and urban planners on Saturday urged the govt to put the proposed ₹12,200-crore Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail (TIRMR) project under fresh scrutiny, citing…
Navi Mumbai: Mandwa coastal police in Raigad have discovered the body of the missing 85-year-old tribal woman from Alibaug taluka from about 70 feet in the gorge at Ambenali ghat near Poladpur after detaining two suspects who confessed that they strangled her for robbing her gold ornaments and threw her body in the Ambenali ghat…
Navi Mumbai: The SUV driver whose vehicle crashed into the traffic island at Nerul signal on the Palm beach road on May 22, after which police recovered 69 kgs of opium worth Rs 70 lakh and a country-made pistol with six bullets from the SUV, was remanded to jail custody, a police officer privy to…
Mumbai: A teen who had ventured out to Juhu beach with a group of friends on Friday drowned. Police said Sarfaraz Khan, 16, did not know how to swim but continued venturing deeper into the water, despite his friends’ warnings.Sarfaraz lived in Andheri East. On Friday, he ventured to Juhu beach for an outing with…
MUMBAI: An IndiGo flight from Bengaluru to Mumbai returned to the bay after suffering a bird hit during take-off on Friday evening, said sources.Flight 6E6283, scheduled to depart Bengaluru at 7.05 pm, turned back as a precaution after the crew reported a bird strike shortly after departure.Confirming the incident, IndiGo said the aircraft experienced a…
NAAC executive committee chairman Nageshwar Rao Mumbai: Access and quality in higher education are no longer parallel concerns; they are now deeply intertwined, shaping the direction of policy and reform. It is this lens that Nageshwar Rao brings to his new role of executive committee chairman at the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), at…
Mumbai: With the start of rainbow month, the 17th edition of KASHISH Pride Film Festival kicked off on June 3 and will be on till June 7. The festival is one of Asia’s most prominent LGBTQ+ film screening events that brings queer films and documentaries from across the world into the spotlight. This year, KASHISH…
