Fire brigade personnel and emergency responders conduct a rescue operation after a tree fell on a school van in Chembur on June 30. The incident claimed the life of an 11-year-old student and left several others injured Mumbai: Even as the Municipal Engineers Association and Brihanmumbai Municipal Engineers Union have sought the revocation of the…
Minister for Marathi language Uday Samant Thane: Industries minister Uday Samant on Thursday said the govt will hold stakeholder meetings to clarify public concerns over the proposed 29-km Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail project after legislators questioned its viability and impact in the Legislative Council.Samant said the Thane District Collector would convene the meetings within…
Thane/Kalyan: A 17-year-old Mumbra girl and a 42-year-old Dombivli woman were electrocuted in separate incidents in Thane district on Wednesday after coming into contact with live electric current in waterlogged areas near their respective residences.The Mumbra incident took place around 8.30pm, when Aliya Chandiwala stepped out of Yasmin Apartment on Maulana Hasrat Mohani Road in…
Minister for Marathi language Uday Samant Mumbai: The state govt has asked the Union govt to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for the Marathi language, which has been given the status of a classical language, said minister for Marathi language Uday Samant on Thursday.Replying to a discussion on what measures the state govt…
Vasai-Virar: State approved enhanced compensation of approximately Rs 25.4 lakh per hectare for those affected by the Deharji Medium Irrigation Project in Vikramgad Taluka in Palghar.The Deharji Medium Project will create a water storage capacity of 95.60 million cubic meters (255 MLD). According to the collector, about 85% of the dam’s construction is complete. The…
Mumbai: BMC’s executive health officer Daksha Shah has directed the Medical Officers of Health (MOH) of all wards to cancel birth correction entries that were carried out without receipt of the prescribed applications and/or without adequate supporting documents.The order stated that such correction entries are required to be cancelled in accordance with the provisions of…
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus GRP have started a manhunt for the man Mumbai: A week after the horrific murder of a passenger in a local train between Goregaon and Malad stations, a viral video on a Central Railway (CR) local has captured a shabbily dressed man threatening a co-passenger following an altercation in a local train…
Mumbai: Social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday told the Legislative Assembly that work on the statue to be erected at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar at Indu Mills was stuck due to the increased rate of bronze.Shirsat admitted when work on the statue was commissioned in 2018, the price of bronze was Rs 8 per inch,…
A 60-year-old man tragically lost his life after falling into an open manhole during drain maintenance in Sakinaka. MUMBAI: BMC on Thursday suspended four officials pending an inquiry after a 60-year-old man was swept to his death after falling into an open manhole during drain maintenance work in Sakinaka, an incident that triggered widespread outrage…
Maharashtra’s controversial RTI rule changes have been completely halted following chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s (L) directive for consultations with Anna Hazare (R). MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday put a complete hold on the controversial changes to the state’s Right to Information (RTI) Rules, with the state chief information commissioner suspending all the amended provisions…
