Mumbai: Concerns over India’s nursing shortage and the need to strengthen the workforce dominated discussions at ANEICON 2026, the annual two-day conference of the Association of Nurse Executives India (ANEI), that began in Mumbai on Friday.Speakers highlighted that India has only 1.9 to 2.2 nurses per 1,000 population–lower than the World Health Organisation-recommended ratio of…
VijayV.SinghMumbai: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday reached a consensus on seat-sharing for 15 of the 17 legislative council seats going to polls on June 18. The Congress is set to contest eight seats, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) four, and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) three seats.Senior MVA politicians, including state Congress…
Navi Mumbai: Rabale police have arrested a youth residing in a slum pocket in Kalwa (E), Thane, on the fringes of the Airoli MIDC area for molesting young women on moving scooters in Airoli node. After two victim women lodged police complaints against the molester on May 27, the detection branch team of Rabale police…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that the disabled sister of the deceased victim of a May 1991 road accident is also entitled to receive compensation along with his widow and children.It recognised Sridhar Shetty’s sister as a ‘legal representative’, citing Supreme Court’s Oct 2021 judgment that the term under the Motor Vehicles Act…
Mumbai: The Mumbai-Pune Deccan Express suffered an engine failure on Tuesday, forcing the train to halt between Kalyan and Neral for over 1.5 hours and triggering delays across Central Railway’s busy corridor. Railway officials said the locomotive developed a technical snag en route, leaving the express stranded on the main line and disrupting both long-distance…
B B NayakNavi Mumbai: The Supreme Court stated in an order given on Wednesday that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is the competent authority to collect property tax in the Thane Trans Creek-MIDC area, known as the Thane-Belapur industrial corridor.The verdict, which came in a case filed by the Small Scale Entrepreneurs Association (SSEA),…
Kalyan: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya on Friday alleged a massive fake birth certificate racket in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation areas, claiming that thousands of bogus birth certificates were issued illegally.Addressing the media, Somaiya, after meeting chiefs of both civic bodies, alleged that more than 2,000 fake birth certificates had been issued…
MGL gas pipeline leaks in Mumbai’s Dadar (Image credit-Social Media) MUMBAI: A leakage from a pipeline of Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) was reported in Mumbai’s Dadar area on Friday evening, a civic official said. No fire or injuries were reported in the incident, according to news agency PTI.Following the alert, teams from the fire brigade,…
Mumbai gears up for the 17th KASHISH Pride Film Festival, a five-day celebration of queer lives from June 3-7. Showcasing 153 films from 43 countries, the festival aims to foster visibility and inclusive storytelling. Filmmakers and industry leaders will gather to discuss representation and spark conversations around LGBTQ+ experiences, marking Pride Month with a global…
The dean of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial Hospital said that they have set up an inquiry committee to probe into the allegations Thane: The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial Hospital (CSMMH) in Kalwa has once again come under scrutiny following allegations of negligence after the wife of a local Congress functionary allegedly died on the way…
