Mumbai: A magistrate’s court granted bail to Rashmi Saluja, former executive chairperson of Religare Enterprises, in connection with a cheating and criminal conspiracy case registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) involving allegations of irregularities related to Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).The court noted that while the accused was not arrested during the investigation, her…
Mumbai: Calling it a “miracle” that lakhs of residents continue to live in structurally unsafe buildings, a committee appointed by Bombay high court has raised alarm over the condition of the city’s ageing cessed structures, highlighting delays in redevelopment and acute shortage of rehabilitation housing.The panel’s report estimates that nearly four lakh tenants are currently…
Pune: Over 1.7 lakh candidates in Maharashtra are vying for over 10,000 teaching posts in state govt schools. A fresh round of recruitment is set to begin across the state, with the school education department directing institutions to publish vacancy advertisements by May 31 on ‘Pavitra’, a dedicated portal for teacher recruitments.The recruitment will cover…
Thane: At least four people from Ahilyanagar district were killed, and four others sustained injuries after a Maharashtra State Transport (ST) bus collided head-on with a Scorpio on National Highway 61 near Malshej Ghat in Murbad taluka on Tuesday afternoon.This is the second major accident on this highway in a month, which occurred on a…
MUMBAI: A 23-year-old was arrested by Charkop police for stealing two-wheelers in the western suburbs and five stolen motorcycles worth Rs 2 lakh were recovered from him. With his arrests, the police solved five offences registered at Charkop police station.The accused have been identified as Mohd Raees Shah, 23. Police said he is a resident…
Mumbai: A magistrate court on Monday sent two accused in the suspected drug overdose deaths case from judicial custody back to police custody till May 8.Vanrai police had requested the custody of Ayush Sahitya and Vineet Gerelani to quiz them jointly with key accused Mahesh Khemlani, who was arrested on May 1. Police suspect Khemlani…
Vasai: Chaos erupted at Virar railway station on Friday morning after angry commuters stopped the 8:28am Virar–Churchgate local train in protest against its conversion from a regular service into an air-conditioned (AC) local. The protest began after Western Railway implemented a decision, announced on April 29, 2026, stating that the 8:28am regular local would operate…
Mumbai: Admissions to degree colleges affiliated to Mumbai University will start from Wednesday, May 6. While the first merit list for seat allotment is scheduled on May 26, according to the schedule released by the university, colleges can commence their academic session for undergraduate courses from June 13.Two days after the HSC results were announced,…
Air India Ahmedabad plane crash (File photo) MUMBAI: In a development that could impact the probe into the June 12, 2025 Air India crash at Ahmedabad that killed 241 people, India’s largest pilots’ body has placed before the govt a specific, documented electrical failure mechanism that can cut off fuel to both engines of a…
Mumbai: Mangala Popat Thoke (68), fondly called “Aaji” by her classmates, has cleared her Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination with 60% marks—turning a lifelong aspiration into reality. A resident of Vikhroli, Thoke says returning to school was not a sudden decision, but the culmination of a dream that had lingered for decades.“It was always at…
