Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh has urged Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar to establish a study group for a long-stalled socio-economic and educational survey of the Muslim community. MUMBAI: Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh, on Monday urged DCM Sunetra Pawar, who is also minister for minority development, to establish a study group to facilitate the…
Mumbai: The State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) is reviving the forgotten practice of auditing blood banks across the state, but with a twist: instead of transfusion officers, the ultimate responsibility for the quarterly audits will now lie with the institution heads, such as the deans of state-run medical colleges, the director of BMC hospitals, and…
Mumbai: A 68-year-old retired bank manager was duped of Rs 1.5 crore in a cyber investment scam after clicking on a fake Facebook advertisement featuring Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.The fraudsters claimed the ongoing Iran-US conflict had created lucrative opportunities in foreign crude oil trading and persuaded the victim to invest through a platform called…
Education minister Dada Bhuse Mumbai: State education minister Dada Bhuse announced in the assembly on Monday that the government would undertake a special inspection drive to enforce the teaching of Marathi in all boards in the state from Standards 1 to 10. This includes central boards and international boards like the IB and IGCSE.“If any…
A nationwide Jail Bharo campaign involving farmers, workers and agricultural labourers has been planned on August 10 at district headquarters across the country, AIKS leaders said. MUMBAI: Raising concerns over growing agrarian distress, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Monday announced a series of nationwide agitations, including participation in a countrywide Jail Bharo movement…
Pradeep GuptaBhiwandi: The probe into the state Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak has revealed that the papers may have been leaked while being transported from a printing press in Uttar Pradesh to exam centres in Maharashtra, prompting Thane police to launch a multi-state hunt for the alleged mastermind Bjiender Gupta and his associates. Police…
Mumbai: In a bid to ensure power failures do not disrupt Mumbai’s water supply, the BMC has proposed setting up a backup power transformer at its Bhandup water treatment complex, which supplies nearly 80% of the city’s drinking water.The proposal, to be tabled before the Standing Committee on Wednesday, seeks approval to spend Rs 14.67…
Babu Samir Das and his wife Sapna stay on P D’Mello Road In Bandra East, Shabbir Khan (33) has stacked a month’s worth of dry firewood beneath the plastic-sheet shelter that eight members of his family call home. Once monsoon arrives, dry wood becomes nearly impossible to find.“We need it to cook whatever we have….
Thane: Four minors, including three girls aged between 15 and 17 and a 13-year-old boy, who went missing from Mumbra after leaving home on the pretext of attending classes and a friend’s birthday celebration, were traced within 24 hours by the Mumbra police from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Police also detained their 20-year-old friend for…
Mumbai: Four pedestrian bridges over railway tracks in south and central Mumbai, flagged as unsafe by the railways, will undergo structural audits by IIT Bombay, with the BMC set to seek approval from the civic standing committee to pay the IIT-Bombay institute Rs 12 lakh in advance for the exercise.The proposal, which will be placed…
