MUMBAI: The IMD issued a red alert for Mumbai on Saturday, warning of extremely heavy rainfall across the city.As per precaution, all schools and colleges in Mumbai have been directed to remain closed for the afternoon session on July 4 to ensure the safety of students.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also appealed to residents…
MUMBAI: Mumbai BJP president and MLA Ameet Satam is facing backlash after a video surfaced showing him smiling while discussing recent monsoon-related deaths in the city.The video was recorded on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan, where Satam was seen speaking with NCP (SP) MLA Jayant Patil.In the video, Satam says, “Yesterday, it was because…
MUMBAI: Union Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday that the first section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, connecting Surat and Bilimora, will be inaugurated in 2027. He added that nearly 80 per cent of India’s first high-speed rail corridor has already been completed, with the remaining sections set to open in phases.Speaking to…
Tree uprooted near Dadar flower market, traffic restored after clearance MUMBAI: A tree fell on the road near Meenatai Thackeray Flower Market in Dadar (West) in the early hours of Saturday. The incident was reported around 2.31 am.The Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, and the BMC’s Garden Department were mobilised to the spot to clear the…
Navi Mumbai: The Dehrang dam owned by the Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) started overflowing from Thursday morning.The dam, supplying 16 million litres of water per day (MLD) to the Panvel township, gave major relief to the residents. Excessive rainfall in the dam catchment area located below the foothills of Matheran led to its overflow.Meanwhile,…
Navi Mumbai: After the falling of around a hundred trees in the last 3-4 days with the advent of monsoon, tree-pruning work continued on a war footing on a daily basis through the garden department of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, as dangerous trees were inspected and the removal of such trees remained in progress….
Orchids International School in Sion was declared illegal last month over lack of OC and govt recognition Mumbai: A month after being declared unauthorised by the education department, Orchids International School in Sion has resumed physical classes under a new name—The Institute of Learning and Education—leaving more than 400 students caught in a legal and…
Delay is also affecting the supply of medicines, medical devices, surgical consumables and to government hospitals Mumbai: The All Food and Drug Licence Holders Foundation (AFDLHF) has warned that medical suppliers across the state will be on an indefinite hunger strike outside the Maharashtra Medical Goods Procurement Authority on Monday to protest long-overdue payments.In a…
Mumbai: A desalination plant at Manori, which can supply 200 million litres per day (MLD) of water, is expected to be ready in four years, said industries minister Uday Samant in the assembly on Friday. Once it is ready, 1,000 litres of water is expected to cost around Rs 35, that is, 17p per litre,…
The platform is expected to reduce the administrative burden on medical staff and enable doctors to focus more on patient care Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fractal Analytics Limited to pilot an artificial intelligence (AI)-based healthcare platform, Vaidya AI, across select civic hospitals and dispensaries…
