MUMBAI: With Maharashtra aiming to create over 1.5 lakh artificial intelligence-linked jobs and attract ₹10,000 crore in investments by 2031, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday positioned the state as a frontrunner in India’s technology-driven growth story at the inaugural edition of ImagiNxt 2026 in Mumbai.Addressing the two-day technology and innovation festival at the Jio…
MUMBAI: “A clash of civilisations never occurs between truly cultured societies and civilised minds. Where there is culture, conflict cannot exist,” international policy expert and author Sandeep Waslekar said at the ‘Devarshi Narad Patrakar Samman 2026’ ceremony held in Mumbai on Saturday.Addressing the event organised by Vishwa Samvad Kendra at the National Stock Exchange amphitheatre…
MUMBAI/PUNE: In a first for India’s private residential real estate sector, Pune’s upcoming 105-acre integrated township project at North Hinjewadi is set to function like a live environmental laboratory, with scientists and sustainability experts continuously tracking everything from air quality and dust emissions to water efficiency, waste handling and residents’ long-term livability.The initiative has emerged…
MUMBAI: A curious case of alleged “unscientific” certification has muddied the city’s groundwater scenario.The Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency (GSDA) has come under sharp scrutiny as official records have revealed a major contradiction — even as the authorities classify Mumbai’s aquifers under the ‘Safe’ category, they admit they do not possess data on commercial groundwater…
MUMBAI: Wedding celebrations and banquet events in Mumbai and Maharashtra could become less complicated and potentially less expensive after the Centre clarified that no music licensing charges would apply to marriage-related functions and initiated steps towards a single-window music copyright licensing system.The development emerged from a stakeholder meeting convened by Union commerce and industry minister…
MUMBAI: Glitches plagued the first-year junior college (FYJC) centralised admission process (CAP) portal for the second consecutive day on Friday, forcing the state education department to once again extend the deadline, till 6pm on Monday, to fill and lock parts 1 and 2 of the online admission form for regular round 1.Day 1’s snags had…
The fee on CBSE’s photocopy verification re-evaluation service portal first dropped from Rs 100 to just Re 1 late on Thursday and then rose to Rs 69.67. By Friday morning, the number zoomed to Rs 8,000. Closer to noon, it surged to Rs 69,420 Mumbai: Class 12 students applying for photocopies of their answer booklets…
Priyanka KakodkarMumbai: Citizens in the state who have been successfully mapped (from the 2002 voter list to the latest voter list) ahead of the special intensive revision (SIR) in Maharashtra will not be required to furnish documents when the enumerators visit. However, those whose mapping showed anomalies or citizens who did not participate in this…
MUMBAI: BMC has begun soil investigation ahead of the proposed 52-MLD (million litres per day) reservoir project at Malabar Hill, marking the next step in its plan to create an alternative to the ageing underground water reservoir while attempting to preserve the iconic Hanging Gardens above it.Civic officials said the geotechnical investigation will help determine…
CBI has named firm directors Kishor Gupta and Vijay Agarwal, along with an unknown public servant, in the case Mumbai: The CBI conducted searches at the premises of the promoters of Shri Hari Extrusion Pvt Ltd in connection with the alleged defrauding Punjab National Bank (PNB) of Rs 62 crore. CBI has named company directors…
