A government press release stated the interest rate will be 1% higher than the interest rate at which the Reserve Bank of India provides loans to commercial banks. Mumbai: In a major decision, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to pay an additional 1% interest if there is a delay in payment of…
Thane: A 27-year-old railway commuter from Ambernath died after allegedly jumping from a moving local train into Mumbra Creek between Diva and Mumbra stations in the early hours of Tuesday, civic rescue officials said.The deceased, identified as a resident of Krishna Nagar, was travelling in a slow Karjat-bound local train. According to the police, preliminary…
Thane: The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), on Tuesday, constituted a committee to probe allegations by the family of a minor girl that three pregnancy tests conducted at the Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli without their consent tested positive, while subsequent tests outside the hospital were negative, thereby pushing them and their daughter to immense trauma.The…
Mumbai: Amid the controversy over the proposed restoration of reservation of Bandra’s Neville D’souza Football Ground from a playground to a convention centre, minister and Bandra West MLA Ashish Shelar told TOI that while he was in favour of the sport, the plot’s original reservation could not be altered merely to suit a particular use.He…
Mumbai: Minister Ashish Shelar’s assertion that a land’s original reservation cannot be altered to only suit a particular use appears to be at odds with BMC’s actions. Proposals for changes in land use have been made for multiple sites in the city and a 1,005sm plot housing the now defunct century-old Alexandra Theatre in Byculla…
National Cooperative Development Corporation loan proposals are routed through the state, which provides a guarantee for the sum Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet has cleared a proposal for a loan of Rs 18 crore from the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for Shree Nilkantheshwar Shetkari Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana in Latur, whose chairman is BJP MLA Abhimanyu…
Mumbai: The city crime branch, while seeking further custody of arrested TISS student Abhirup Ashim Paul, told a court that it was probing visits to several sensitive locations that he undertook citing field work and research, alleging that his activities bore similarities to those of TISS alumnus Mahesh Raut, who was later accused in the…
The Bombay High Court urged the Maharashtra FDA to act judiciously concerning Cadila Pharmaceuticals’ medicine ban. MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to act “judiciously” after Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd challenged orders stopping the sale of some of its medicines.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge…
Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed that action should be taken against food adulterators, including adulterators of milk and cheese, under organised crime laws like MCOCA.Shinde said milk and dairy product adulterators played with the health of citizens, and especially the lives of young children.“Children drink large amounts of milk. Fake cheese…
Vasai-Virar: Crime Branch 2 officials seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of Rs 1 crore from a vehicle at Shirsad Phata in Virar on Monday night and detained a man.Acting on a tip-off, a team laid a trap at the phata on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. The team intercepted a suspicious four-wheeler and found…
