A viral image of a portion of a hoarding that hangs precariously near the busy Cadbury Junction on Friday before the Thane Municipal Corporation removed it following complaints from commuters Thane: A portion of a hoarding came loose and was seen dangling precariously over the busy Cadbury Junction signal on Friday evening, triggering safety concerns.Images…
Mumbai: At least 18 law colleges affiliated with Mumbai University have moved the Bombay High Court, challenging the university’s decision to substantially reduce their student intake for this year’s admissions, while also imposing penalties of up to Rs 10 lakh.The university’s management council decided to act against 50 of the 110 affiliated colleges for not…
A group of lawyers said it had got hundreds of calls in three days Mumbai: Amid student protests seeking the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan across the city, Instagram has become a vital tool for disseminating information. This includes pamphlets with legal aid and medical contacts as well as basic details such as…
Maharashtra Police have arrested alleged TET paper leak mastermind Bijendra Gupta (File Photo). BHIWANDI: The Thane police probing the alleged Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak case achieved a major breakthrough on Saturday by arresting the alleged mastermind, Bijendra Gupta, after a three-week manhunt. Gupta was apprehended in Bihar along with his associate, Indrajit Singh,…
Mumbai’s public open space access shows sharp disparities across its administrative wards. While satellite images paint Mumbai as a green city, the reality on the ground is stark: public open space ranges from 9.4 sq m per resident in A Ward to just 0.5 sq m in B Ward, exposing sharp disparities in access to…
The IMA Maharashtra warning came a day after medical education minister Hasan Mushrif chaired a meeting at Mantralaya where officials and representatives of integrated medicine associations approved the commencement of the CCMP registration process from July 27 Mumbai: The state Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday threatened a shutdown of medical services if the govt…
Mumbai, July 22, 2026: More than 1,000 students and demonstrators gathered at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Wednesday, braving heavy monsoon rain as part of a protest led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement. Protesters carrying placards and the Indian national flag raised slogans demanding accountability over alleged irregularities in the NEET…
People from all walks of life participated in the protest Mumbai: Under a heavy overcast sky and oppressive mid-monsoon humidity, Shivaji Park in Dadar witnessed a massive crowd—of roughly 3,000 protesters by police’s estimate—on the sixth day of student-led demonstrations in the city on Friday.Police lodged an FIR against five persons for participating in demonstrations…
CJP members at a press conference in Kalyan on Friday Kalyan: A controversy erupted after KDMC allowed a cricket tournament to be held on a sports ground in Kalyan on Saturday amid a students-led group’s plan for a peaceful protest backed by CJP there the same day. Late on Friday, the tournament’s organiser, Vishal Gaikar,…
The BMC plans to issue the bonds this financial year, mostly by December 2026 Mumbai: The BMC, Asia’s richest municipal body, is planning to raise around Rs 9,500 crore through municipal bonds, a move that is set to become the largest municipal bond issued by any urban local body in India.The BMC plans to issue…
