MUMBAI: Just days before a critical district sports competition, the playground of MPS Sakharam Tare Marg Municipal School in Dahisar has been dug up to construct an artificial Ganesh visarjan tank, leaving student-athletes without a place to train.The timing could not be worse for the school’s 2,500 students. The upcoming event serves as a gateway…
The Bombay High Court has refused to quash summons issued to Rahul Gandhi. MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi challenging summons issued by a magistrate on a defamation complaint against him over his alleged 2018 statements against PM Narendra Modi related to…
Shiv Sena suspended seven party functionaries following an attack at Palghar’s Relief Hospital PALGHAR: The Shiv Sena has suspended six more functionaries in connection with the attack at Relief Hospital in Palghar, taking the total number of party functionaries suspended in the case to seven. The party officially announced the suspensions on Tuesday.The action comes…
Mumbai: Jain homes across the world will adopt a quieter, inward-looking rhythm from Tuesday as Paryushan Maha Parva begins. The eight-day festival focuses on fasting, self-reflection and forgiveness. This year, 1,065 Jains in Mulund have begun a month-long atthai fast, which will end on the festival’s final day. The festival assumes added significance as the…
Marine Drive police have filed a case against several unidentified drivers. MUMBAI: Marine Drive police have registered a case against the unidentified drivers of six to seven high-end cars for allegedly racing and overspeeding inside the Coastal Road tunnel on the night of September 3.The incident took place around 11.15pm in the southbound tunnel near…
The K-West ward of the BMC has initiated the demolition of illegal structures on Chitrakoot Grounds, freeing up crucial space reserved for a fire station MUMBAI: BMC’s K-West ward on Monday demolished an unauthorised garage and marriage hall operating from Chitrakoot Grounds on Link Road, Andheri. The action followed complaints that the premises had encroached…
(AI image used) Across ten states, schools are struggling with significant teacher shortages in vital areas such as math and science MUMBAI: Schools surveyed across 10 states – Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Odisha and Mizoram – report acute teacher shortages in fundamental subjects such as mathematics and science (35%), English…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday set aside death penalty awarded to a man (then 29) for the rape and murder of a 24-year-old physiotherapist in December 2016.“The finding of conviction and resultantly the imposition of death sentence upon respondent Debashish Dhara, imposed by judgement dated Oct 4, 2019, by the additional sessions judge…
Mumbai: An adjudicating authority under Information Technology Act, 2000, has directed Bank of India to pay Pune-based audit firm G D Apte & Co Rs 64.44 lakh with 12% annual interest–around Rs 1.5 crore–for losses from unauthorised electronic transactions in a 2015 cyber fraud.Idea Cellular Ltd, now Vodafone Idea Ltd, was ordered to pay Rs…
Vishakha Raut has alleged political vendetta Mumbai: The BMC general body meeting on Monday began with mayor Ritu Tawde announcing that former mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Vishakha Raut’s membership of the civic House stood cancelled with effect from Aug 20. The development comes after the Palghar Caste Scrutiny Committee invalidated the OBC certificate…
