Mumbai: Bombay high court on Saturday dismissed a petition filed by Dharavi Koli Jamat Trust, which sought proper demarcation of the traditional Koli land by a fisheries department survey before proceeding with any redevelopment of nearly 50-acre plot in Dharavi.The HC division bench of Justices M S Karnik and S M Modak said a 2016…
MUMBAI: Raigad police apprehended absconding accused Ayush Vicky Sahitya (24), a resident of Ulhasnagar, while he was allegedly fleeing to Goa with two friends in a car on Friday night. The Vanrai police had alerted Raigad police after receiving information that Sahitya was escaping via the Mumbai-Goa highway. Acting on the tip-off, a Poladpur police…
Image used for representative purpose only BY-Rachel erghese& Meghna RewachandMUMBAI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the Class 10 results for 2026, marking a pivotal shift in India’s assessment landscape with the debut of the dual board examination policy. While the national pass percentage saw a marginal increase to 93.7% from…
MUMBAI: For many Class 10 students, this year’s CBSE results have fallen short of expectations, with a difficult mathematics paper pushing a significant number towards the board’s first-ever “second exam” in May.Across schools, principals report that between 20% and 35% of students are opting for the betterment round-largely to recover lost marks in maths and…
Thane: A 34-year-old woman suffering from depression allegedly died by suicide at her house in Dombivli (W), police said on Friday. Neighbours alerted the local police, following which a team rushed to the spot, he said.Preliminary investigations revealed that the Sawant had been struggling with severe mental distress following the deaths of her parents and…
A team from Nashik crime branch on Friday reached Mumbra in Thane in search of a 26-year-old TCS employee accused of subjecting a co-worker to religious harassment at the workplace. MUMBAI/NASHIK: A team from Nashik crime branch on Friday reached Mumbra in Thane in search of a 26-year-old TCS employee accused of subjecting a co-worker…
Thane: The Thane municipal commissioner Saurabh Rao has ordered that the entire Ghodbunder Highway stretch and adjoining arterial roads be made hawker-free, mandating sustained daily drives against unauthorised vendors who are causing hindrance to free traffic movement on the stretches. Officials said enforcement will begin immediately, with a focus on Majiwada, Manpada and Vartak Nagar…
Thane: State agriculture department has intensified surveillance and enforcement measures across the Konkan region to curb alleged diversion and black marketing of subsidised urea meant for farmers, officials said on Friday. The move comes amid concerns that neem-coated urea, supplied at subsidised rates for agricultural use, is being diverted for industrial purposes due to a…
MUMBAI: Marathi instruction in schools is set to come under stricter scrutiny, with state govt warning of penalties of up to Rs 1 lakh for institutions that fail to comply with teaching requirements for the language.A government resolution (GR) issued on Friday flags that “in many schools, especially private English-medium institutions, Marathi is not being…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Friday directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to reply to a petition that seeks financial assistance for the treatment and care of patients of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a rare neurodegenerative disease that is caused by mutated measles virus.Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Shyam Chandak were…
