Mumbai: The state Transport Department on Wednesday renamed the welfare board for autorickshaw and taxi drivers as “Dharmveer Anand Dighe Saheb Maharashtra Passenger Transport Drivers Welfare Board”.Earlier it was called the Dharmveer Anand Dighe Saheb Maharashtra Auto-Rickshaw and Mitred Taxi Drivers Welfare Board.After the change in name, drivers of all passenger transport vehicles will be…
ED officials produce Ashok Kharat before a Special PMLA Court in connection with a Rs 70 crore money laundering case Mumbai: Seeking custody of Ashok Kharat, a Nashik-based astrologer accused of running a money laundering operation by exploiting spiritual faith, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday submitted how through repeated meetings and rituals presented as…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday quashed a first information report (FIR) and proceedings against former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey and other accused of trying to get the informant, Sanjay Punamiya, to falsely implicate chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, and retired IPS officer and former Mumbai police chief Parambir…
The mishap took place on Marol Maroshi Road at Bhavani Nagar in Andheri (East) on Tuesday night Mumbai: A 26-year-old pillion rider, Ayesha Salmani, was killed when her office colleague suddenly applied the brake to avoid hitting a pedestrian, causing her to fall off the bike and come under the rear tyre of a BEST…
Mumbai: Charkop Police registered an FIR against a woman and her male accomplice for assaulting a real estate agent following a dispute on the street in Kandivli (W) recently.The complainant was heading home with his friend on a motorcycle on May 16. At Ekta Nagar, they noticed a woman and a few of her male…
Clara LewisMumbai: City environmentalists and activists have taken strong objection to the proposal by a BJP worker to rename Sanjay Gandhi National Park as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Park (ABVP) by dropping the word “national” and to build an integrated township and a university inside the park.Activists alleged there is a pattern to the development-led destruction…
Mumbai: The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday approved appointment as permanent Judges, six Additional Judges of the Bombay high court. The six who become permanent HC Judges are Justices Nivedita Mehta, Prafulla Khubalkar, Ashwin Bhobe, Rohit Joshi, Advait Sethna and Pravin Patil. The HC has an approved strength of 94 Judges and a vacancy of…
The strike is against unregulated surge of online pharma-delivery platforms MUMBAI: Across the country, medical shops could face disruptions today as the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) has announced a nationwide, one-day closure of pharmacies. In Maharashtra, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said they asked sellers, hospital-attached pharmacies and 24-hour medical stores…
A former American football coach who now scouts startups thinks India’s sports tech moment is real — if it can connect the grassroots to the gridIt was neither a crepe nor a burrito. What was it again? The flaky thing stuffed with cheese and onions that he had eaten in Delhi?“Paratha?” someone suggested.“Oh yes. Paratha….
BMC and UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in association with Neelaya Collective is organising ‘A Toon Club Animation Workshop for children’ at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) The BMC and UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), in association with Neelaya Collective, are organising ‘A Toon Club Animation Workshop for Children’ at the National Gallery…
