Mumbai: A nationwide shortage of LPG cylinders has begun impacting catering operations of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, prompting the railways to consider temporarily suspending cooked meal services on trains and issuing refunds to passengers who had pre-booked meals while reserving tickets.Railway officials said the shortage is affecting IRCTC’s base kitchens where meals…
Mumbai: A sessions court recently rejected the bail plea of a 41-year-old businessman, who is accused of fatally injuring a four-year-old boy, by ramming his speeding SUV into him in the basement of his housing society in Malad East last month. Jatrara allegedly left the scene without providing medical assistance to the child.The court observed…
MUMBAI: Amid shifting global capital flows driven by geopolitical turbulence, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis used the IGF Mumbai 2026 Leaders Dinner to make a strong pitch for the city’s future, saying Mumbai is in the midst of a transformation with its most significant changes still to come.Speaking at the IGF Mumbai 2026 Leaders Dinner…
International Women’s Day in Dharavi is being marked with a series of self-defence and health awareness workshops for adolescent girls across local schools. More than 1,500 girls from seven schools have already taken part in the programme, which focuses on helping students understand personal safety, physical well-being and confidence building. The organisers, NMDPL, said the…
Mumbai: The Economic Survey 2025-26 shows Maharashtra’s milk production increased from 101.52 lakh metric tonnes (MT) in 2015-16 to 166.26 lakh MT in 2024-25, registering a growth of 63.8% over 10 years. During the same period, per capita availability of milk increased from 239 grams per day to 358 grams per day, reflecting 49.8% growth…
Pune: Mounting fiscal pressure combined with a sharp rise in the state’s debt burden may drive govt to revise the ready reckoner (RR) rates from April. An average increase of over 5% across the state can be expected, senior govt officials said on Thursday.“Considering the widening revenue deficit and the surge in supplementary demands, a…
MUMBAI: Transporters across Maharashtra staged a statewide “chakka jam” on Thursday to protest against what they called “arbitrary and excessive” e-challans and other issues affecting the sector. They also warned of an indefinite strike starting at midnight.The Transport Commissioner’s office has directed all Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) to set up separate control rooms to monitor…
Rohit Pawar, Eknath Shinde MUMBAI: Rohit Pawar has claimed that a VSR flight with then CM Eknath Shinde was forced to turn back from Iraq to Bahrain as it did not have prior permission to fly over Iraq airspace during his trip to the Davos summit in 2023.“The aircraft was treated as an unidentified aircraft…
Mumbai: The incidence of breast cancer in India more than doubled between 1990 and 2023, according to an 204-country study that estimates another huge increase in cases by 2050 if “six modifiable risk factors” are not tackled.The Global Burden of Disease Study Breast Cancer Collaborators, published in ‘The Lancet Oncology’, said the incidence rate in…
Mumbai: Govt will expand drone surveillance and strengthen joint enforcement teams to curb illegal excavation activities across the state, said revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday.A special task force has been formed to carry out large-scale operations, he said. Drone mapping of affected villages will be undertaken, and illegal excavation spots will be identified using…
