Mumbai: To improve safety inside detention facilities, Mumbai Police has introduced a standardised clothing for accused persons lodged in central lockups across the city. Now, male suspects taken into custody and sent to central lockups are being provided with maroon T-shirts and shorts. According to police sources, the initiative has been implemented in response to…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and BJP neta Girish Mahajan got a taste of an angry Mumbaikar’s ‘akrosh’ during the BJP’s Jan Aakrosh rally from Jamboori Maidan to the NSCI Dome, Worli.Videos of the woman venting her anger on Mahajan, the police and women in the rally went viral. The woman was screaming that she was stuck…
Mumbai: The state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has set April 30 as the deadline for restaurants, hotels, caterers and fast food vendors to clearly disclose on menu cards and electronic display boards if dishes are prepared using cheese analogue.The directive, issued by food safety commissioner Shridhar Dubey-Patil, said the enforcement would begin on May…
Mumbai: Citing a 73-year-old judgment, the Bombay high court said there is a need for a uniform policy by the Centre in tax matters to prevent ‘judicial chaos’. The Centre needs to address the issue in a “National Litigation Policy, so that uniform policy in respect of such issues is followed in proceedings before different…
Mumbai: Over two months after the BMC first issued a stop-work notice to a transit camp in Worli after finding that it was coming up on a civic land parcel reserved for a sewage treatment plant (STP), the municipal commissioner has now written to the state government seeking a revision in land allocation for the…
Mumbai: The opposition’s anti-constitutional face has been exposed as they opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill, driven by a mindset to eliminate women’s power, alleged chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. The fight for women’s reservation will end the day 33% are seated in Parliament and state assemblies, he added. On Tuesday, the BJP organised a Jan Akrosh…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday frowned at the Centre over its delay in replying to a petition by the mother of Agniveer Murali Naik (25), who was killed during Operation Sindoor in Poonch district, Jammu & Kashmir.A bench led by Justice Ravindra Ghuge was hearing a petition filed by Jyothibai Naik seeking equal…
Kalyan: In a major step towards improving healthcare facilities in civic-run hospitals, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a government medical college in Ambernath. The agreement was formalised in the presence of senior civic officials and elected representatives, including KDMC municipal commissioner Abhinav Goel, mayor Harshali Chaudhari and…
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed Mumbai Mile, an NGO, to restore a site in Worli to its original condition after it carried out unauthorised construction activity in a Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area.The action follows violations during beautification work as part of CSR project along Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road near Mahatma…
Thane: An 8-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack on Tuesday morning in the forested hills of Kasara in Thane district, triggering protests by villagers who alleged forest dept inaction despite repeated warnings about the animal’s movement.The deceased was identified as Krishna Bhaga Agiwale, a resident of Kalbhonde village in the Kasara range. Police…
