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Six individuals, including three MPSC officials, were arrested for the Drug Inspector exam paper leak (File photo) MUMBAI: Police on Wednesday arrested six persons, including three Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) officials, in connection with the alleged leak of the 2026 Drug Inspector (Group-B) screening examination question paper, following which the recruitment process was cancelled.The…

Mumbai: Aghast at Slum Rehabilitation Authority’s (SRA) “false” assurances to it that a special cell was hearing complaints regarding rehabilitation flats in two projects in Sion-Koliwada, Bombay HC has initiated contempt proceedings against its CEO and two other officers.“…what has really shocked the conscience of the court is that the court was persistently misled to…

File pic of the excavation of the first tunnel for the Mumbai Coastal Road Project completed with the help of TBM ‘Mawla’ in 2022 Mumbai: Components of the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Mumbai Coastal Road (North) project are expected to arrive in December 2026, with the BMC planning to begin excavation of…

Maharashtra State Contractors Federation and State Engineers Association threatened to stage a statewide protest Mumbai/Navi Mumbai: A 37-year-old public works department (PWD) contractor died by suicide at his Navi Mumbai residence on Tuesday. According to Maharashtra State Contractors Federation and State Engineers Association, PWD had failed to clear his dues of Rs 2 crore for…

Palghar: A 30-year-old woman was found dead in a decomposed state inside her flat in Palghar after her brother, who had travelled from Surat following two days of failed attempts to contact her, alerted police. The woman’s husband, who is currently untraceable, has come under suspicion, although police are yet to establish the cause of…

Mumbai: Sixteen years after a heavy monsoon rainstorm disrupted payday at Mandhana Industries Ltd and led to a Rs 20 lakh cash heist, a magistrate’s court finally convicted the company’s former driver, sentencing him to three months in prison. However, the victim of the theft, 72-year-old businessman Purushottam Mandhana, former chairperson and managing director of…

Mumbai: Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) on Wednesday announced that it has secured a Rs 4,700-crore transmission project in Maharashtra aimed at evacuating 4,500 MW of renewable energy generated in Karnataka and supplying it to major consumption centres in Maharashtra.The project, awarded through the tariff-based competitive bidding route, will also support the rapidly expanding pumped…

Mumbai: People travelling by autorickshaws and kaali-peeli taxis across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will asked to pay revised fares with the help of RTO-approved tariff cards from September 1 as the government has granted vehicle owners a three-month grace period, until November 30, to recalibrate their electronic meters in line with the new fare…

The deceased, Sainath Chavan, worked as an ambulance driver at Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Hospital in Bhayander Mira Road: A 45-year-old biker was killed after being pushed under a moving container truck following a dispute over wrong-side driving in Bhayander in the wee hours of Monday. Naya Nagar police have arrested the three men who assaulted…

In an effort to ensure food safety during the festivities, Mumbai FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has introduced updated guidelines MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s food regulator is preparing a state-wide food safety plan ahead of the festive season, with FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe warning against excessive consumption of high-fat, salty and sugary (HFSS) products and promising strict enforcement…