Vishakha Raut has alleged political vendetta Mumbai: The BMC general body meeting on Monday began with mayor Ritu Tawde announcing that former mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Vishakha Raut’s membership of the civic House stood cancelled with effect from Aug 20. The development comes after the Palghar Caste Scrutiny Committee invalidated the OBC certificate…
Navi Mumbai: A 35-year-old Uber cab driver was detained by Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) police for allegedly outraging the modesty of a 23-year-old woman passenger after stopping the cab on the airport service road at Chinchpada in Ulwe node, while ferrying her from Chembur to her residence in Panvel past midnight on Sunday at…
Mumbai: The apex body of Ganpati mandals in Mumbai has appealed to organisers to refrain from playing vulgar or inappropriate songs during Ganeshotsav, which begins next Monday.Naresh Dahibhavkar, president of the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvay Samiti (BSGSS), said the appeal was not aimed at any particular political party or mandal, but was about maintaining a…
Mumbai: A 49-year-old woman from Gujarat has been arrested for allegedly stealing jewellery worth Rs 6.3 lakh from a shop at the Oberoi Hotel in Nariman Point after posing as a customer and trying on several ornaments. After she left, the jeweller checked and found one pair of earrings worth Rs 2 lakh missing and…
Churches of all denominations will celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, on Tuesday Sept 8. MUMBAI: The parish priest of Velankanni Church in Irla was beset by orthopaedic and cardiac ailments when he took charge. He finds he can now climb three storeys of the church dedicated to…
Mumbai: Citing three recent cases in which resident doctors either attempted suicide or sought to leave postgraduate training, the state Indian Medical Association (IMA) has raised concerns over long duty hours, alleged harassment and weak grievance-redressal systems for PG residents and interns.Quoting data from the Maharashtra department of medical education, the IMA said 85 PG…
Mumbai: The Mumbai bench of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that two residential flats on different floors of the same building can qualify as ‘one residential house’ for claiming deduction under Section 54F of the Income-Tax Act.Section 54F provides for exemption from long-term capital gains arising from the transfer of a long-term capital…
The alleged frauds took place between April 2021 and March 2025 Mumbai: The MRA Marg police are probing two separate FIRs against 43 companies and some of their directors as well as five chartered accountants (CAs) in alleged international remittance frauds totalling Rs 7,380 crore between April 2021 and March 2025.The FIRs were lodged on…
Kalyan: Dombivli police have registered a case against investment firm Progain Rental Marketing Services Ltd and its director Prashant Angane and others for allegedly duping at least 68 investors of around Rs 7 crore by promising lucrative returns through different investment schemes.The case was registered on Sunday after at least 68 investors approached Dombivli police…
The inclusion of these four private colleges in the counselling process will add around 700 seats. Mumbai: With the second round of Maharashtra’s medical and dental admission process set to begin on Tuesday, uncertainty continues over the inclusion of seats from at least four private colleges — three medical and one dental.While the status of…
