Padma Shri Param Pujya Acharya Chandanaji MUMBAI: Padma Shri Param Pujya Acharya Chandanaji did not just live a spiritual life; she expanded its meaning. In a tradition that often equates devotion with withdrawal, she chose engagement, with suffering, with society, with service. As the founder of Veerayatan Group of Institutions, she built more than an…
2006 Malegaon blast case (File Photo) MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Wednesday discharged four accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case and set aside a trial court order framing charges, including terror offences, against them.In their appeal, the quartet had sought the setting aside of a 2025 special NIA court order that framed 19 charges…
MUMBAI: The Mazgaon metropolitan magistrate’s court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of three accused, including Khaliq Khan, father-in-law of cricketer Yusuf Pathan, in a road rage assault case.Defence advocate Dayanand Dere had argued that both parties have equally assaulted each other and a cross-FIR has also been registered against the complainant and others. He…
Mumbai: Initial findings in the BCom paper leak case at the University of Mumbai point to a breach within its own campus, with question papers allegedly accessed at the Institute of Open and Distance Learning by temporary staff. Even as an internal inquiry gathers pace, a university-appointed committee is now overseeing the remaining examinations to…
Mumbai: An anxious mother’s outburst over Tuesday’s roadblock caused by BJP rallyists in Worli struck a chord with thousands of ordinary motorists and pedestrians. On Wednesday, minister Girish Mahajan’s statement saying a certain inconvenience was bound to occur during political rallies further added fuel to fire. Viren Shah, founder member and convenor of the Worli…
Mumbai: A petty argument in a slum pocket at Shivaji Nagar led to a murder in the early hours of Wednesday. Mohammed Arif was killed when five to six persons attacked him with sharp weapons. According to police, the complaint was filed by the deceased’s neighbour, Siraj Shabbir Jamadar, an AC technician. Arif was rushed…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Tuesday issued an eviction notice to the residents of Haji Noorani Chawl in Prabhadevi, the last structure obstructing the alignment of the 4.5km double-decker Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor project near the Elphinstone bridge area, directing them to vacate their premises by Friday. The notice further stated that…
Mumbai: A day after two contractors were appointed for desilting Mithi River in three phases, BMC’s standing committee on Wednesday approved the contract of around Rs 30 crore.Following concerns raised by the opposition members over the ongoing works across the city, standing committee chairperson Prabhakar Shinde directed the BMC administration to provide weekly reports on…
Mumbai: The Sessions court which on March 27 had acquitted all seven accused in the alleged ‘fake encounter’ case in 2016 of Haryana-based gangster Sandeep Gadoli, on Wednesday in its reasoned 542-page judgment said five of the accused, all police officers from Haryana, had acted in self or “private defence.” The five had exercised “their…
Mumbai: Eight in 10 students in Mumbai’s civic schools are aware of artificial intelligence tools, but their use is increasingly centred around homework, translation and problem-solving rather than conceptual learning, a joint study by Salaam Bombay Foundation and NMIMS School of Business Management has found. The study, which surveyed 1,050 Class IX students across 20…
