Mumbai: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the license of a mid-day meal supplier providing rice-based items to schools in Ghatkopar and Vikhroli, covering an estimated 3,000 students. The suspension was over severe hygiene and food safety violations.The incident had come to light after an opposition corporator had flagged the presence of small…
The 3-month deadline ended on July 30 Mumbai: Bombay HC recently frowned at the state govt after noticing that only nine grievance redressal committees for hawkers were set up within the three-month deadline set by the urban development department (UDD) for civic bodies, which ended on July 30.“We did not ask the state govt to…
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Navi Mumbai: Three officials of a credit co-operative society for Mathadi workers, having office in the premises of APMC fruit market, Turbhe, along with their five accomplices, have been named in an FIR for siphoning off Rs 6.7 crore by forging documents and signatures of several Mathadi worker for fraudulently registering their membership account and…
Mumbai: Mobile phone theft is rarely associated with efficiency manuals or assembly lines. But a seven-member ‘Dhakka Gang’ arrested by MIDC police appears to have turned pickpocketing into a carefully choreographed operation, complete with specialised job titles, role assignments and a well-rehearsed drama.The ‘Dhakka Gang’, arrested on July 30, targeted commuters travelling on crowded BEST…
Newly appointed ward committee chairpersons at the Thane Municipal Corporation after Tuesday’s election process Thane: Nearly six months after the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) elections, the chairpersons to its nine ward committees were appointed on Tuesday, ending a prolonged delay that had apparently impacted administrative decision-making at the micro level.Eight of the nine ward committee…
Mumbai: The 17-year-old boy accused of fatally ramming his SUV into a scooter in Ghatkopar, killing a man and seriously injuring his wife, has gone missing days after a sessions court directed the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to secure his custody.Police sources said a team went to the boy’s residence to serve the JJB’s notice,…
Thane: The family of 31-year-old NDRF jawan Vikas Gore, who died after his motorcycle hit a pothole on Mumbai-Nashik Highway, has accused local police of making an “insensitive remark” when they sought action against those responsible for the road’s condition.The family alleged that after the accident, they approached Shahapur police station demanding that a case…
Mumbai: A traffic study commissioned by the BMC amid growing demand from groups of residents living in areas around Breach Candy, Malabar Hill, Nepean Sea Road and adjoining lanes for an additional exit from the Coastal Road at Nepean Sea Road has proposed a different solution: a two-way, grade-separated flyover along Bhulabhai Desai Road instead…
The student, Harshita Agarwal (19), was on a two-month vacation and travelled to Mumbai to visit her maternal uncle’s home in Jalna. Mumbai: A first-year MBBS student and Irish citizen, whose baggage containing clothes, cosmetics and other items went missing at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in June, was left depressed after the bag was…
