Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced a one-year transition period for traders selling loose edible oil to shift to packaged edible oil as per existing rules. He said action against loose oil’s sale will be suspended for a year.At a meeting with edible oil traders, it was decided that a joint committee of FDA…
Mumbai: The BMC’s Tree Authority on Tuesday approved the cutting of 251 trees and transplantation of 48 trees for Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Old Mandala to New Mandala Road connectivity project by the Department of Atomic Energy .An advertisement regarding the proposal was published in newspapers inviting suggestions and objections, but none were received….
Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde Mumbai: DCM chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday skipped the state cabinet meeting and went to Delhi ahead of the resumption of the Supreme Court hearing on the Shiv Sena party name and ‘bow and arrow’ symbol case this week.Shinde criticised Shiv Sena (UBT)’s demand to freeze Shiv Sena’s election…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a petition filed to highlight the concerns and safety of tribal students into a public interest litigation. Last week, students in Pune went on hunger strike after a student of an ashram school elsewhere had died from food poisoning and three others also died due to snake…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has set aside an order of a fine of over Rs 15 lakh sought to be recovered by a cooperative housing society as penal charges for parking of a bicycle worth Rs 11,000 on the staircase for allegedly 11 years. It is a “rather bizarre situation’’, Justice Sandeep Marne said in…
Anna Hazare has been kept in a special ward room and does not require intensive care, the doctor said. MUMBAI: Social activist Anna Hazare has been admitted to Bombay Hospital in Mumbai after his health deteriorated following a month-long bout of viral fever and recurring loose stools, a doctor told news agency ANI.Dr Gautam Bhansali,…
There were two hikes of Rs 2 each in May and a rupee hike in April MUMBAI: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) will be costlier by Rs 2 per kg across Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) from today, while piped cooking gas will be expensive by a rupee per unit.The fresh revision takes the CNG rate from…
Tejal Mehta was injured in the crash on Aug 12 and died in a hospital on Aug 16 Mumbai: Two weeks after a homemaker died in a road crash at Borivali, her family approached the police to lodge a complaint and an FIR was registered against two people for rash driving and negligence.The victim, Tejal…
2cr(approx) fewer electors than the earlier voter list in Maharashtra’s SIR draft electoral roll (AI Image) MUMBAI: The draft voter list of Maharashtra’s special intensive revision, published on Monday, has 2 crore fewer voters than the previous electoral roll. Mumbai is down by 36 lakh voters — a 35% fall.The electoral roll used till June…
Mumbai residents face increased costs for CNG and piped cooking gas MUMBAI: September began with a fresh blow to household budgets in Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), with prices of CNG, piped cooking gas and buffalo milk going up, while commuters will also pay higher fares for autorickshaws and black-and-yellow taxis from…
