Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday slammed BMC’s move to privatise its open school plots for a 30-year period, saying most of the private players would be builders. He said the civic body should, instead, take back schools and plots “that have been captured by private institutes”. BJP corporator Rohan Rathod had…
Mumbai: They do the same work, clear the same exams, but earn only Rs 5,000 a month. For at least 15 years, 13 BMC schoolteachers on contract have remained on a fixed honorarium with no benefits, even as junior colleagues have been regularised and now draw monthly salaries of up to Rs 1 lakh.Although contracted…
Mumbai: In a move that has surprised many in political circles, culture minister Ashish Shelar has been kept out of the committee formed to recommend the names of distinguished individuals who have excelled in various fields for the 2027 Padma awards. In recent years, the culture minister has either headed the panel or has been…
Mumbai: A day after the Bombay high court warned the BMC that if methane emissions caused by mismanagement of Kanjurmarg dumping site and their ill-effects are not curtailed soon, it would be restrained to stop all “activities” there and would require authorities to look for an alternative site, Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe visited…
Mumbai: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy in 2021 during a festival. Delivering the verdict five years after the incident, the special judge relied on the consistent testimony of the child and medical evidence that confirmed that…
Mumbai: In just 30 days amid the ongoing West Asia crisis and fears of LPG shortage, cyber fraudsters targeted Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) piped gas consumers and applicants in Mumbai and duped more than 100 individuals of Rs 2.7 crore by tricking them into downloading malicious APK files that enabled remote access to their phones…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has asked the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) to begin inspection of the Metro Line 2B extension up to Chembur metro station on the Sion-Trombay Road, as it moves to operationalise a crucial interchange with the monorail network, which has remained shut since Nov 2023 following…
MUMBAI: Central Railway’s Mumbai Division will operate a megablock on its Harbour Line between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Chunabhatti/Bandra sections to carry out various engineering and maintenance works today. There will be no megablock on the Main Line between CSMT and Karjat/Kasara, which will be a relief for several commuters travelling by local…
MUMBAI: If you have been waiting months for a building approval, facing irregular water supply, or dealing with delays in a housing project despite paying EMIs, relief may come through a new push for urban governance reforms. NITI Aayog on Saturday released a roadmap aimed at addressing everyday issues faced by urban residents and homebuyers…
MUMBAI: Western Railway carried out two major blocks on its suburban section during the night between Saturday and Sunday for infrastructure work, including the launching of steel girders for Metro Line-6 between Ram Mandir and Jogeshwari, and the installation of girders for two foot overbridges at Dahisar. WR Chief Spokesperson Vineet Abhishek said a block…
