Capt. Smit Machchhar was at the controls of a flydubai flight that was diverted to Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia for an emergency landing on Sept 30 Mumbai: Harmony Foundation, a Mumbai-based NGO, announced on Sunday that Capt Smit Machchhar has been selected for their Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice 2026 in recognition…
MUMBAI: Veteran ghazal singer Talat Aziz, his wife and two sons were among five persons hospitalised for suffocation after a fire gutted their duplex apartment in Juhu late Friday night. They were treated at Bharatiya Arogya Nidhi Hospital and discharged Saturday, said civic officials.The fire was reported at 10.56 pm Friday and spread to electrical…
A cab driver from Thane jumped off Takmak Tok cliff of Raigad Fort in Mahad on Saturday morning. His body was retrieved almost 24 hours after the incident Navi Mumbai: A cab driver from Thane jumped off Takmak Tok cliff of Raigad Fort in Mahad on Saturday morning. His body was retrieved almost 24 hours…
Navi Mumbai international airport New Delhi: Union civil aviation secretary Samir Sinha has called a meeting of airlines and Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) on Tuesday to find an amicable solution to the impasse over shifting some flights to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) and beginning phase-wise redevelopment of Mumbai airport terminal 1 (T1).T1 has…
The biennial MLC elections are being conducted for five seats whose current members will retire on December 6 Mumbai: BJP central leadership on Sunday announced the names of three candidates for the biennial MLC polls: Smita Jadhav for Pune Division Graduates’ constituency, Sudhakar Kohle for Nagpur Division Graduates’ constituency, and Kaustubh Gawde for Pune Division…
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday indicated that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance could opt for ‘friendly fights’ in the MLC elections scheduled for Oct 23 if the constituent parties fail to reach a consensus on seat-sharing.“We held a meeting with NCP (SP)’s Shashikant Shinde four…
“I am heading out to support the MPSC students’ movement in Pune,” Dipke said in a post on X. MUMBAI: CJP national convener Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday said he was heading to Pune to support the ongoing movement by Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) aspirants, as students continued to protest over demands related to examination…
At Mumbai University, students are raising alarms over the challenges posed by the National Education Policy 2020 MUMBAI: Inadequate hours for mandatory training, withheld completion certificates and hurdles in transferring academic credits are among the concerns students have raised about the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, questioning whether its promise of flexibility…
ULHASNAGAR: The BJP-Sena feud in Ulhasnagar has taken a sharp and personal turn, with the BJP alleging that the entry of people associated with the Kalani group — whom it described as having a “criminal DNA” — into the Shiv Sena was deliberately damaging the BJP-Sena alliance.All BJP’s 37 corporators also unanimously declared that they…
By 4pm on Gandhi Jayanti, Mumbai’s Shivaji Park had become a cross-section of the city, with college students alongside senior citizens, Gen Z protesters alongside activists and families, and cultural veterans joining CJP’s protest seeking the CEC’s resignation. Among them were Bollywood names, including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Vishal Bhardwaj, Rekha Bhardwaj, Hansal Mehta, Vishal…
