The proposal was cleared by the BEST committee on Tuesday Mumbai: BEST general manager Sonia Sethi on Tuesday announced a massive Rs 28,000 crore BEST Kayapalat (transformation) project aimed at restoring the utility’s financial health and making it self-reliant. One of the key points in the plan is increasing FSI of BEST depot land from…
The Bombay High Court granted bail to a man accused of carrying cocaine. MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man accused of carrying nearly 1.5 kg of cocaine, observing that authorities had committed a “gross violation” of procedure by failing to produce him before the trial court on most dates for…
Maharashtra has banned unstandardised paneer statewide for one year. MUMBAI: Maharashtra has imposed an immediate one-year statewide ban on the manufacture, distribution and sale of all unstandardised analogue and non-dairy paneer, citing serious public health concerns and widespread consumer deception.The ban also applies to hotels, caterers, restaurants and other eateries, making it illegal to manufacture,…
A civil contractor and a vegetable vendor were injured in knife attacks near the BMC F-North Ward office. MUMBAI: A dispute allegedly linked to a BMC contract tender turned violent in Matunga on Monday, with two separate complaints registered after a civil contractor and a vegetable vendor were injured in knife attacks near the rear…
The Nationalist Congress Party (SP) dissolved all spokesperson appointments immediately. MUMBAI: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party on Tuesday dissolved all existing appointments to the post of party spokesperson with immediate effect and designated former MLA Vidya Chavan and Mahesh Tapase as the only authorised spokespersons until further orders.In a statement posted on X, the…
A car fell about twenty-five feet down a parking lift shaft. MUMBAI: A car, with the valet attendant seated inside, tum-bled about 25 feet down a parking lift shaft at a housing society in Charkop Sector 3, Kandivli West, around 9.30 pm on Monday. The incident occurred at the ground-plus-21-storey Horizon Gold building near Ganesh…
The Bombay high court accepted a closure report in a builder conspiracy case (File Photo). MUMBAI: Nearly 20 years after a criminal case was filed alleging a conspiracy to kill a builder in a redevelopment dispute, the Bombay high court has accepted the State CID’s ‘B-Summary’ closure report in the matter involving Shreepati builder managing…
A number of heritage schools have set up base in India. But the central question is rarely asked: How much of the British school will actually travel? The Indian branch may carry the same name but without reproducing the same institution MUMBAI: In Gurgaon, a school carrying the name of Queen Elizabeth is preparing to…
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has also given a call for a strike, with 12,000 doctors set to boycott emergency services starting Thursday and OPD services from Wednesday. (Representational image) MUMBAI: A government resolution (GR) on Monday paved the way for homeopaths to be registered, enabling them to prescribe modern medicines. The GR had…
The state government has reduced its Transport Department headquarters plan from sixteen stories (Image used for representational purpose only) MUMBAI: The state govt has cut down its grand plans of a 16 storey high-rise to house the Transport Department’s head quarters due to height restrictions imposed by the Navy.Instead, the state govt has approved Rs…
