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Thane: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde earlier this week directed Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MahaMetro) to launch a citywide public awareness campaign and hold consultations with residents in Thane to address concerns and dispel misconceptions amid mounting public opposition to the Rs 12,200 crore Thane Integral Ring Metro Rail project.The directive came during…

KDMC has decided not to accept the resignations of the two doctors Dombivli: The two doctors of Shastri Nagar Municipal Hospital in Dombivli, who were allegedly assaulted by Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his three associates on July 6, have refused to resume duty despite the Bombay High Court urging the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation…

Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis said the state govt will comply with the Bombay high court order on the registration of homeopaths.Speaking to the media in Mumbai on Thursday, Fadnavis said the govt considers “all pathy equally”. He said it was not proper for doctors to go on strike.“The orders of the high court are binding…

The new rules explicitly target legal ambiguities used in the past by liquor traders. MUMBAI: In a major win for urban residents across Maharashtra, the state government has officially handed cooperative housing societies the power to veto liquor shops from moving into their premises. Under a fresh notification issued by the Home Department, liquor vendors…

File pic for representational purpose only Mumbai: In a major win for urban residents across Maharashtra, the state government has officially handed cooperative housing societies the power to veto liquor shops from moving into their premises. Under a fresh notification issued by the state home department, liquor vendors looking to relocate their outlets to residential…

Palghar: Heavy rain during the first and third weeks of July damaged crops on 1,205.4 hectares in Palghar district, affecting 4,636 farmers across 349 villages, according to a preliminary report by the agriculture department.Heavy rain that lashed the district between July 1 and 8, and again from July 22 to 24, claimed 23 lives and…

MIDC police apprehended Mehtab Alam Ajimatullah Khan in Goa nine years after his escape MUMBAI: MIDC police arrested a man from Goa and brought him to Mumbai on Tuesday nine years after he went absconding from the city after killing a scrapdealer in Bangarwadi at Subhash Nagar in Andheri (east) alongwith six others who were arrested…

After high court’s suo-motu hearing on doctor’s strike case, Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) said the routine services at hospital will begin tomorrow. MUMBAI: Patients in Mumbai and across Maharashtra can breathe easy as the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday withdrew it after Bombay high court suo motu (on its own) took up…

Railway officials said Level Crossing Gate No. 29, which is normally opened for only three to five minutes to allow road traffic to pass between the two sides of the suburb, remained open from 11.49 am for nearly 25 minutes Thane: Central Railway services beyond Thane were severely disrupted on Wednesday afternoon after the Diva…

Food safety drive targets analogue paneer across states. For years, analogue paneer has been quietly making its way into restaurant kitchens, catering units and roadside eateries as a cheaper substitute to traditional milk-based paneer. Most consumers never knew the difference, because it looked similar, cooked similar and was often sold under the same name. But…