BEST employees continue their indefinite strike for a second day (File photo, Image enhanced with AI) MUMBAI: Despite appeals from the Maharashtra transport minister and the invocation of the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA), employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking continued their indefinite strike for the second consecutive day on…
MUMBAI: An adult leopard was seen on CCTV footage attacking a dog inside the IIT-Bombay campus in Powai in the wee hours of Friday.A resident lecturer informed that the leopard came inside a staff hostel at around 2.30 am and attacked a local community dog, and later dragged it away towards the bushes.No humans were…
Mumbai: The city police’s Crime Branch Unit 10 on Wednesday arrested Hyderabad-based EduVio Learning Solution Pvt Ltd directors Aditya Kumar Arogonda and Arvind Rao in connection with an alleged MBBS admission racket in which parents were promised guaranteed seats through the NEET counselling process but neither got admissions nor refunds, police said.A local court remanded…
Navi Mumbai: A 55-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing his 16-year-old daughter since 2016, when she was seven. Police said the girl gathered courage to lodge a complaint against her accused father as she claimed that she was unable to bear the repeated sexual abuse and threats for several years at…
15,000 trees are reportedly already on site Mumbai: Over 75,000 trees have been planned for Coastal Road’s 130-acre gardens, which will create a vast new green lung for Mumbai, said Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani on Friday. She said work on the project has commenced, with a team of landscape architects, ecologists and engineers working…
Mumbai: In the wake of surge in electricity demand driven by new Metro corridors and data centres in the city, Tata Power on Friday unveiled a 400 kV ring network inside Mumbai, aimed at enhancing reliability and ensuring uninterrupted supply across the city. Power demand in Mumbai is expected to rise by nearly 40% over…
15,000 trees are reportedly already on site Mumbai: Over 75,000 trees have been planned for Coastal Road’s 130-acre gardens, which will create a vast new green lung for Mumbai, said Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani on Friday. She said work on the project has commenced, with a team of landscape architects, ecologists and engineers working…
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde Mumbai: Though the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs who are expected to switch over to the Shiv Sena stayed away from the event marking the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the party at the Nesco ground in Goregaon on Friday, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde could not stay…
Mumbai: The bus strike in Mumbai is likely to continue for yet another day as the unions’ talks with govt and senior BEST officials ended in a deadlock on Friday evening.The city’s public transport system was thrown into disarray on Friday morning after an indefinite strike by BEST employees brought bus services to a near-complete…
Mumbai: Non-Marathi auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers in Maharashtra who fail to obtain a Marathi language proficiency certificate by Aug 15 will face action, the state transport department said on Friday.The department has made it mandatory for all non-Marathi auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers to complete a four-hour ‘Marathi Bhasha Samvad Pathyakram’ (Marathi communication course) between June…
