Mumbai: Several data centres have been planned in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Fresh allotment data from the Maharashtra Industries Development Corporation (MIDC) points to a cumulative investment commitment of over Rs 1.43 lakh crore, one of the highest in recent years. Several chemical engineering firms and banks have also submitted plans to set up…
Mumbai: The state women and child welfare dept on Sunday prevented 13 child marriages across the state on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, said minister of state for women and child welfare Meghana Bordikar. These include five in Ahilyanagar, two each in Yavatmal and Dharashiv, and one each in Raigad, Buldhana, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Parbhani….
Mumbai: To improve safety inside detention facilities, Mumbai Police has introduced a standardised clothing for accused persons lodged in central lockups across the city. Now, male suspects taken into custody and sent to central lockups are being provided with maroon T-shirts and shorts. According to police sources, the initiative has been implemented in response to…
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister and BJP neta Girish Mahajan got a taste of an angry Mumbaikar’s ‘akrosh’ during the BJP’s Jan Aakrosh rally from Jamboori Maidan to the NSCI Dome, Worli.Videos of the woman venting her anger on Mahajan, the police and women in the rally went viral. The woman was screaming that she was stuck…
Mumbai: The state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has set April 30 as the deadline for restaurants, hotels, caterers and fast food vendors to clearly disclose on menu cards and electronic display boards if dishes are prepared using cheese analogue.The directive, issued by food safety commissioner Shridhar Dubey-Patil, said the enforcement would begin on May…
Mumbai: Citing a 73-year-old judgment, the Bombay high court said there is a need for a uniform policy by the Centre in tax matters to prevent ‘judicial chaos’. The Centre needs to address the issue in a “National Litigation Policy, so that uniform policy in respect of such issues is followed in proceedings before different…
Mumbai: Over two months after the BMC first issued a stop-work notice to a transit camp in Worli after finding that it was coming up on a civic land parcel reserved for a sewage treatment plant (STP), the municipal commissioner has now written to the state government seeking a revision in land allocation for the…
Mumbai: The opposition’s anti-constitutional face has been exposed as they opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill, driven by a mindset to eliminate women’s power, alleged chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. The fight for women’s reservation will end the day 33% are seated in Parliament and state assemblies, he added. On Tuesday, the BJP organised a Jan Akrosh…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority decided to retain the general consultant (GC) for Metro Line 4 despite a recent construction incident, after an inquiry concluded that the failure was caused by a welder’s error and not due to any systemic flaw in design or supervision.The incident occurred on Feb 14 on LBS Road…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday frowned at the Centre over its delay in replying to a petition by the mother of Agniveer Murali Naik (25), who was killed during Operation Sindoor in Poonch district, Jammu & Kashmir.A bench led by Justice Ravindra Ghuge was hearing a petition filed by Jyothibai Naik seeking equal…
