MUMBAI: Many men at the packed hall in Mira Road heard Indian-British Islamic scholar Mohammad Akram Nadwi with amazement. Citing instances from early Islam, Nadwi said that stopping women from visiting mosques and offering namaz there is against Prophet Muhammad’s traditions.Contrary to what the Prophet and many of his companions did, most mosques in the…
Maharashtra’s transport department will mandate Marathi language proficiency for autorickshaw and taxi drivers from May 1 MUMBAI: From May 1, licensed autorickshaw and taxi drivers in state will have to demonstrate knowledge of Marathi, with the transport department set to launch a verification drive across 59 regional and sub-regional transport offices.Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said…
Mumbai: Mumbai’s Coastal Road-South, has seen a steep surge in traffic, with usage multiplying nearly sevenfold since its launch in March 2024, almost two years ago. Monthwise data which TOI analysed since the road was started shows that while in the first month an average of 8,787 vehicles used the road, the number has gone…
Mumbai: The DRI on Monday arrested Khalil Surve, kingpin of the gold smuggling racket who was operating from Saudi Arabia using Umrah pilgrims as unwitting carriers. His name had cropped up in February, when the DRI busted a gold smuggling syndicate and seized 4kgs of gold worth Rs 3.47 crore.Surve was arrested on Monday, and…
Mumbai: A spat broke out after Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora targeted the state Congress for not sending its representation at singer Asha Bhosle’s funeral on Monday. Without naming Congress, Deora said in a post on X that every other political party ensured senior representation at the funeral. “One exception stood out, reflecting its disconnect…
MUMBAI: This admission season, three more IIT campuses – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad and Indian Institute of Technology Mandi – will welcome students not merely for their prowess with numbers, but for their command over shuttlecocks, sticks and mats.The idea, first articulated by IIT Madras, stems from a long-term…
MUMBAI: Senior bureaucrat Manisha Patankar Mhaiskar caused a stir on Saturday saying a minister in Mahayuti govt did not want a woman officer to head his department, leading to her being passed over for the post. Mhaiskar, currently additional chief secretary (home), referred to the 2023 incident in an interview published in a souvenir for…
Mumbai: The crime branch unit-1 recovered the motorcycle used in the Airoli firing in which RTI activist Amit Maurya, 40, sustained a bullet injury near his neck on Monday night. The bike was found on the roadside in Mumbra, reports George Mendonca.On Monday, at around 11.45 pm, Maurya and his friend Sandeep Gavas, 44, were…
MUMBAI: Around 15 lakh cancer cases are detected in India every year, adding a patient load equal to the population of a city such as Nashik. Yet several states are excluding hundreds of experienced, fellowship-trained oncologists in the private sector from treating (PMJAY) patients.Their exclusion is not due to inadequate training or lack of experience,…
Palghar: The four-year-old boy, who was brutally assaulted by an autorickshaw driver in Vasai earlier this week, is out of danger and is recovering at a hospital, police said on Thursday.The accused in the case, Sandeep Pawar, was on Thursday produced in a local court, which extended his police custody till April 4.The incident took…
