The bill seeks to end a practice that allows dance bars to operate by obtaining orchestra licences instead of permissions under the state’s Dance Bar Act, according to minister Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai:The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed the Maharashtra Police Act and Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity…
Mumbai: The state legislative council on Tuesday passed the Public Universities (fourth amendment) Bill, 2026 for the appointment of an ombudsman to resolve grievances and to replace the grievance committee.Opposition members asked if universities would be brought under the purview of the Lokpal as the Bill mentioned the appointment of Lokpal. Higher and Technical Education…
Navi Mumbai: The body of a Nalasopara resident, Chandrakant Chavhan, 55, was retrieved off the railway tracks near Monkey Hill on the Lonavla-Karjat section on Tuesday evening. Under the guidance of Khopoli police inspector Sachin Hire, the volunteers of local NGO Help Foundation brought the body amid inclement weather conditions, including incessant rain, by trekking…
Navi Mumbai: Debris cleaning operation continued for the second day on the Mumbai corridor of the Mumbai-Goa highway in the Kashedi Ghat section, Ratnagiri. A collapsed hillock fell on the highway on Monday, resulting in complete closure of the highway for 12 hours on Monday. The Mumbai-bound traffic was diverted to the Goa-bound carriageway since…
Mumbai: An MLA was absent at a meeting of Shiv Sena (UBT) legislators called by party chief Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree on Tuesday.Parbhani MLA Rahul Patil was absent and had reportedly told the party that he was not able to make it to the meeting due to a family function. The remaining 19 Shiv Sena…
Mumbai: The cost of an ongoing Mithi river project may increase by over Rs 21 crore as the civic administration has sought the standing committee’s approval to revise the contract value from Rs 604.3 crore to Rs 625.34 crore.According to the proposal, which is to be tabled before the committee on Wednesday, the cost escalation…
A man drowned in a nullah and a teenager in a pond Mumbai: Two separate drowning incidents have been reported in Malad in the last three days.In the first incident reported on Sunday, a 38-year-old Malad East resident, Yogesh Verma, drowned after falling into a nullah at Dominic Compound in Kurar village. Police said Verma’s…
Mumbai: The ongoing wet spell has led to the single-biggest jump in water stocks this monsoon in the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai.As of 6 am on Tuesday, July 7, the total water stocks stood at 4.2 lakh million litres, or 28.9% of the lakes’ total live storage capacity. Just 24 hours…
Mumbai customs officials arrested Sreekant Sreedhan, a marketing manager, and a customs broker. MUMBAI: The customs department arrested Sreekant Sreedhan, marketing manager of Supriya Lifescience ltd, and a customs broker for allegedly attempting to export 200 kg of Ketamine Hydrochloride, a psychotropic substance illegally to South Korea.Export of the substance requires a prior No Objection…
RTI activist Jeetendra Ghadge criticized the decision, alleging it shields information on prosecution approvals (Photo credit: X) MUMBAI: A recent order of the Maharashtra State Information Commission (SIC) upholding the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) response to an RTI application seeking details of prosecution sanctions in corruption cases has triggered fresh debate over transparency in anti-corruption investigations.Mumbai-based…
