Mumbai: The legislative assembly on Wednesday proposed the Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Bill, 2026, seeking to formally recognise women engaged in agriculture as farmers and provide them with official ‘woman farmer certificates,’ a move expected to improve their access to govt welfare schemes, institutional credit and other agriculture-related benefits.The bill acknowledges the growing role of…
Mumbai: BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday claimed state school education minister Dada Bhuse privately told him he was not aware that the exam papers of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), which was postponed after an alleged paper leak, were printed in Agra. He said the minister’s admission exposed serious lapses in the functioning of…
File pic of a concrete road. Shiv Sena MLC Manisha Kayande noted that Maharashtra has examples of asphalt roads that have remained durable for years with proper maintenance Mumbai: Shiv Sena MLC Manisha Kayande on Wednesday urged the state government to constitute an expert committee to study whether asphalt roads can be built and maintained…
Under the Viksit Bharat-G RAM G (Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission) Act, 2025, every eligible rural household will be entitled to a statutory guarantee of 125 days of unskilled wage employment annually Mumbai: The state legislative council on Wednesday passed a bill to implement the Viksit Bharat-G RAM G (Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika…
The next hearing is on Aug 5 Mumbai: Bombay HC, in an interim order, protected 13 commercial tenants—all shops—challenging eviction orders passed in 2008 by National Textile Corporation’s (NTC) Jam Manufacturing Mills at Lalbaug under provisions of Public Premises Act.Justice MM Sathaye gave the interim relief on June 10 in an “ad hoc arrangement’’ by…
A video from a Central Railway local shows a man in shabby attire threatening a fellow passenger MUMBAI: A week after a horrific murder of a passenger in a local train between Goregaon and Malad stations, a viral video captured on a Central Railway local has captured a shabbily dressed man threatening a co-passenger following…
HC posted the matter after four weeks Mumbai: Bombay HC on Tuesday asked the petitioner and the intervenor in a PIL that sought judicial intervention to prevent tree falls and any consequential injuries to submit to BMC their claim that 321 trees have yet not been de-concretised. Activist Sagar Ugale disputed BMC’s claim that only…
A university official clarified that the issue would be taken up in the next meeting of the council Mumbai: The Mumbai University’s management council, in a meeting held this week, decided not to seek a CID probe in the alleged BCom paper leak, days after the higher education minister, Chandrakant Patil, announced the decision in…
Mumbai: “Asato ma sad gamaya, tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, mrityor ma amritam gamaya—lead me from untruth to truth, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.” The ancient Sanskrit mantra for enlightenment and peace echoed as 11-year-old Vihan Srivastav, who died when a roadside tree fell on his school bus on Chembur’s Road No 11,…
Mumbai: Heavy rain continued to lash Mumbai on Wednesday, inundating several low-lying areas, triggering tree fall incidents and pushing rainfall in parts of the eastern suburbs well past the 150 mm mark within 12 hours.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red nowcast warning for Mumbai around 12.30 pm on Wednesday, warning of intense spells…
