Mumbai University had taken action against several such colleges last year as well Mumbai: The University of Mumbai has withdrawn its decision to bar admissions at 68 law and BEd colleges that failed to appoint university-approved principals and teachers.The colleges will now be allowed to admit students to 50% of their sanctioned intake during the…
The DRI told the court that investigations are continuing to identify other members of the syndicate, trace the source of the gold Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai Zonal Unit, has arrested five persons, including a Dubai-bound passenger and two airport cleaning staff, after busting an alleged gold smuggling syndicate at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati…
The accident site at Gautam Nagar, Balkum, where a contract worker died after a tin roof collapsed and a tree trunk fell on him during a tree removal operation on Thursday. Thane: A 42-year-old contract worker engaged by the Thane Municipal Corporation’s tree authority was killed while clearing a fallen tree in Balkum on Thursday…
Mumbai: Eleven years after a 35-year-old Mankhurd resident repeatedly stabbed the fiance of the woman for whom he had one sided feelings, a sessions court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced him to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for attempt to murder. The accused, Vijay Shegokar, was also fined Rs 15,000.The defence sought leniency, saying he had…
Mumbai: Three persons suffered fractures after a car collided with an autorickshaw and a two-wheeler in Andheri (E) on Thursday afternoon, police said.The accident occurred in the afternoon near J.B. Nagar Metro Station in Chakala. Police detained the driver and seized the car, and a case was being registered against him.According to the police, the…
Mumbai: A 38-year-old homemaker from Sakinaka, the wife of an auto-rickshaw driver, lost Rs 38,000 after she fell for a social media post and was later threatened and blackmailed with arrest and jail by scammers, Sakinaka police said.The FIR was registered on Wednesday after the woman was duped between July 4 and 6. Police said…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation general body on Wednesday passed a resolution and took action against the assistant director of town planning, Somnath Kekan, over his administrative decisions. Kekan had allegedly issued construction commencement certificate and no-objection certificate for fire on the same day without following the due procedure. Kekan allegedly granted permissions…
Kalyan: A brother and sister allegedly attempted suicide by slitting their wrists at a lodge near Kalyan railway station on Thursday. Both were rescued in time and are currently undergoing treatment. Their condition is reported to be stable.The injured have been identified as Sunil Belshekar (56) and Padmaja Belshekar (53).According to the police, the siblings,…
Vasai: Water supply across Vasai-Virar remained completely suspended on Thursday after heavy rain and gusty winds disrupted power supply to all three major water supply schemes serving the city.The disruption was caused by widespread power failures at key water treatment and pumping facilities following incessant rainfall over the past two days. The civic body said…
People sign a large banner during a signature campaign at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai, on Thursday, in support of the ongoing youth-led protests Mumbai: Youngsters used art to voice their opinions at a cultural event ‘Voices of Resistance’ organised in solidarity with the Gen Z movement at Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Fort, on Thursday…
