Mumbai went full anime mode recently, with nearly 50,000 fans showing up as their favourite characters, comparing costumes, swapping recommendations and finding fellow fans. The fourth edition of Anime India Mumbai brought cosplay, gaming, music and fan art together, showing just how far anime has travelled from niche fandom to mainstream youth culture.‘Cosplay lets me…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Maharashtra’s law and judiciary department secretary and senior legal adviser as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for his “outrageous”, “unpardonable” and “unwarranted outburst” in a packed courtroom, blaming the court administration for not filling up vacant judicial posts.A division bench…
A ferry boat named Anvari broke down mid-sea near Gateway of India. MUMBAI: A mishap was averted at the Gateway of India on Thursday night after a ferry boat broke down mid-sea. It was towed by another ferry boat and all 38 people onboard were brought to shore safely. No untoward incident took place.The incident…
BMC said junior engineers, sub-engineers and assistant engineers eligible for transfer can submit their preferences through online applications between September 5 and 20 Mumbai: Transfers, promotions and postings in the BMC engineering cadre will now be carried out online in a transparent manner, taking into consideration administrative requirements, vacant posts, request applications, and recommendations received,…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has set aside a family court’s order that directed a woman to hand over interim custody of her 10-year-old son to his father in Singapore, noting there was no independent assessment of the child’s welfare.“It is rather perturbing that the judge proceeded to sermonise and set out the so-called duties of…
Mumbai: Several policemen resided in a BMC school in Bhuleshwar’s Gulalwadi for five years while students from standards one to seven attended classes on the premises.When contacted, deputy municipal commissioner Prachi Jambhekar said, “These rooms were given to the police force during the Covid pandemic and we are giving them a notice to clear it.”…
Mumbai: It is not uncommon for property owners, be they flat owners or owners of commercial premises who have entered into a redevelopment agreement, to find themselves embroiled in tax litigation.At times, income-tax (I-T) authorities seek to tax the value of the alternate (new) property they would receive. And, to take it a step further,…
The Hyderabad-based Hira Group and its promoters are accused of defrauding lakhs of investors across the country through an alleged Ponzi scheme Mumbai: Maharashtra govt has ordered the attachment of 10 flats belonging to Heera Group’s Novera Sheikh in a building in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai, under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday stayed further demolition action initiated by the BMC against allegedly illegally extended areas in Rustomjee Crown after residents of the luxury residential project at Prabhadevi questioned the validity of the civic drive.A batch of over 240 owners of 151 flats — some being joint owners — had filed…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Thursday directed BMC commissioner to decide on granting permission to two political groups seeking to organise Dahi Handi celebrations at Ashok Kedare Chowk in Bhandup West on September 5.Justice Sandeep Marne heard a petition by Shiv Sena’s Sandip Jalgaonkar, who was earlier with MNS. He claimed he had been organising…
