BMC officials said two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be deployed simultaneously to expedite construction Mumbai: BMC’s ambitious plan to connect Mumbai’s first seawater desalination plant at Manori with the city’s water distribution network through a 7.2-km underground tunnel came under scrutiny in the civic standing committee on Thursday, with corporators raising concerns over water…
The fishermen’s unions met state fisheries minister Nitesh Rane over the issue on Thursday evening Mumbai: Maharashtra’s fishermen unions expressed anger over the state govt’s announcement that the monsoon ban on deep-sea fishing will end on Aug 1, not Aug 15 as stipulated earlier. Koli fishers say this sudden reversal will mainly benefit commercial operators…
Four passengers who sustained minor injuries were treated and discharged, while the four seriously injured were given primary treatment before being taken by their relatives to Jalgaon for further medical care Bhiwandi: Eight members of a family from Chalisgaon in Jalgaon district were injured, four of them seriously, after the Tempo Traveller they were travelling…
The advisory says admission should be based on “medical need rather than fever alone”. Patients with uncomplicated fever can usually be on an outpatient basis, it says, while prescribing admission criteria for viral fever, pneumonia and acute gastroenteritis Mumbai: In a move aimed at curbing “unnecessary hospitalisation” and rising health insurance claims, General Insurance Council…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) in a plea filed by a student who said, based on the OMR sheet downloaded from the agency’s website, her score for NEET-UG 2026 should have been 410 when compared with the official answer key but it…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s fishermen’s unions expressed disappointment on Thursday after learning that the government’s monsoon ban on deep-sea fishing will end on August 1, instead of August 15 as announced earlier. Koli fishermen said the sudden reversal would mainly benefit large commercial operators whose trawlers are better equipped to venture into deep waters than traditional fishing…
MUMBAI: The canteen run by the Bombay Bar Association (BBA) inside the Bombay high court temporarily suspended its services on Thursday, a day after the high court directed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inspect government and semi-government canteens for compliance with food safety norms, according to news agency PTI.Earlier in the day,…
After weeks of uncertainty caused by a delayed monsoon, continuous rainfall has revived farming activity across rural Pune with paddy transplantation gaining pace in water-filled fields. “We thought we would not be able to cultivate our fields, but the good rains have finally arrived,” said Dipesh Chande, a farmer from Mulshi. “We started sowing late…
MUMBAI: A special court on Thursday acquitted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab and 10 others in a 2023 case related to the alleged assault and intimidation of a BMC official.Special Judge Mahesh Jadhav, who hear cases involving MPs and MLAs, ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove the allegations against the accused beyond…
Mumbai: Weeks after a pushback from the drone industry, BJP MP Dhananjay Mahadik has urged IT minister Ashish Shelar to put the state’s drone policy on immediate hold until an inclusive and transparent review is conducted.Mahadik demanded that the state government initiate an inquiry into the conflict of interest of consultants involved in drafting the…
