The role of the reactor was multipurpose—training scientists, doing experiments in what is known as neutron physics, the production of radioisotopes and studies in shielding of nuclear radiation Mumbai: Saturday. Aug 4 1956. 3.45 p.m.Seventy years ago on this very day, as the monsoon was unleashing its full fury, India was rocketing into a new…
An old and dilapidated building in Bhiwandi crashed, claiming 10 lives Mumbai: Following the collapse of an old and dilapidated building in Bhiwandi claiming 10 lives and injuring several others, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the municipal commissioner had been issued orders to use force to get people to vacate such buildings. He also directed…
Navi Mumbai: After five months of meticulous probe in the FIR of cheating and forgery registered at Panvel City police station against eight men for allegedly duping a Kharghar builder of nearly Rs 2.3 crore by fraudulently selling him a 47 guntha (approximately 4,755 sq m) parcel of land in Karanjade, which belonged to the…
Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation residents were repeatedly warned about the condition of the building Bhiwandi: Residents of the ill-fated building were repeatedly warned about the condition of the building, which was tagged “very dangerous”, according to Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC).The civic body said it sent a notice in 2020 directing the housing…
Many of the victims were residents, others labourers working at the site and at least one was a visitor Bhiwandi: Ten persons were killed and three injured after half a wing of a five-storey building tagged “very dangerous” collapsed amid illegal emergency repairs to a tilting pillar and rain late on Thursday in Bhiwandi. Locals…
Police have arrested the adult accused, while the two juveniles, aged 16 and 17, have been sent to an observation home in Bhiwandi Kalyan: Police have arrested a 21-year-old man and detained two juveniles for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Dombivli after luring her on the pretext of providing her a job and accommodation.The…
MUMBAI: Escalating their stand-off with the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA), three of the country’s leading hospitality industry associations have jointly petitioned the Prime Minister, the Maharashtra chief minister and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), alleging that recent enforcement measures are bypassing statutory safeguards and hurting businesses. They have sought…
Maharashtra’s Home Department has stopped issuing new orchestra licenses MUMBAI: In a significant move that could reshape Maharashtra’s nightlife and live entertainment industry, the state government has ordered police authorities not to grant any fresh licences or renew existing licences for live music performances (orchestra) in hotels, restaurants and permit rooms, saying such permissions were…
Mumbai: The cash-strapped Maharashtra govt which faces a debt of Rs 11 lakh crore has yet not paid farmers two instalments of its Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi (NSMSN ) stipend amounting to almost Rs 3,700 crore as it was trying to prioritise the use of funds for its loan waiver programme.Minister of state for finance…
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences has abruptly postponed its 86th annual convocation, scheduled to be held on August 2 Mumbai: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) abruptly postponed its 86th annual convocation, scheduled to be held on Sunday, August 2. In an email sent to students after around 12.50am Friday, TISS said that…
