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Prakash Ambedkar reaches out to Cong after MVA snub, offers support on 7 seats
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 04:33 PM IST
The MVA previously offered to spare four of Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha seats for Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi
Bombay HC convicts retired cop Pradeep Sharma in 2006 ‘fake encounter’ case
The division bench sentenced him to life imprisonment for kidnapping the victim from Vashi in Navi Mumbai and killing him at the Nana Nani Park in Versova in November 2006
Published on Mar 19, 2024 04:31 PM IST
Bombay HC protects woman’s right to Juhu matrimonial home
The court observed that the machinery under 2007 Act cannot be used to defeat right to residence in matrimonial home of women under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (DV) Act, 2005
Published on Mar 19, 2024 03:16 PM IST
4 suspected Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Gadchiroli: Police
The encounter which lasted for around two hours, took place in the Kolamarka mountains, bordering Telangana, some 400 kms from Gadchiroli district
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 11:21 AM IST
Mankhurd-Vashi arm of third Thane creek bridge to be ready by June
Work on the third Thane creek bridge, connecting Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, nears completion. The bridge aims to ease traffic congestion with additional lanes.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:56 AM IST
G Mohiuddin Jeddy, Navi Mumbai
HC seeks conditional assurance from Sadanand Kadam to raze Sai Resorts
Bombay HC directs Shiv Sena aide to submit additional undertaking for complete demolition of Sai Resorts in Dapoli within a month if plea fails.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:52 AM IST
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Sahyaja MSNirbhay Bano campaigns counter saffron mobilisation, highlight faulty govt policies
Public meetings organized by activists group 'Nirbhay Bano' in Maharashtra criticize central government policies, mobilization by right-wing groups.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:38 AM IST
With 22-16-10, MVA close to resolving seat-sharing pact
Tussle between Sena (UBT) and Congress over 2 Mumbai seats and districts in MVA seat-sharing pact. Talks ongoing for resolution.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 09:35 AM IST
Taloja project fraud: Builder Lalit Tekchandani remanded to ED custody
Mumbai builder Lalit Tekchandani remanded to ED custody till March 26 for allegedly duping 1,700 flat buyers in Taloja, Navi Mumbai of ₹423 crore.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:34 AM IST
Inter-state car sale gang busted; 5 held, 12 vehicles worth ₹2.84 crore seized
Police in Vasai arrested 5 men for using forged documents to buy vehicles on loans, changing reg. numbers, and selling them. Vehicles worth ₹2.84 crore recovered.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:32 AM IST
Permanency for sanitation workers: SC summons BMC chief, officials
In 2017, the SC directed the civic body to make 2,700 contractual sanitation workers permanent. The BMC has made only 1,600 workers permanent, while the remaining 1,100 continue to work on contractual basis; they are paid approximately ₹17,000 per month and are not entitled to gratuity, provident fund, pension and other social security benefits.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:28 AM IST
Senior Citizens Act can’t be misused to frustrate women’s rights under the DV Act: HC
Bombay HC strikes down Maintenance Tribunal order evicting woman from in-laws' home, balancing rights of senior citizens and women under DV Act.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:26 AM IST
BJP may add MNS in state’s ruling alliance
BJP extends hand to MNS for alliance in Maharashtra, eyeing seats in Mumbai. Leaders meet Amit Shah to discuss strategy for upcoming elections.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 09:38 AM IST
Colaba residents, plagued by Sassoon Docks stink for years, gear up for 3rd hearing of PIL
Residents of Colaba filed a PIL against MBPA for improper fish waste treatment at Sassoon Docks. Stench affects health, violating waste management rules.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:22 AM IST
Four, including two minors, arrested for killing ST driver in Nandurbar
The arrested accused – identified as Nilesh Bachchu Patil, 25, Lucky Kishore Birare, 19, and two minor boys aged 16 years and 17 years – told the police that Govind Suresh Sonar, 35, son-in-law of the deceased Rajendra Marathe, had paid them ₹3 lakh to kill him, said police officials
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:16 AM IST
‘Sachche din’ after BJP goes out of power: Uddhav
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray calls BJP a termite damaging the country, urges people to prevent it from coming to power again for 'sachche din'.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:18 AM IST
Saurabha Kulshreshtha, Mumbai
47.5 acres of prime rly land in Matunga and Mahim handed over for Dharavi project
Railway land in Matunga and Mahim transferred to Adani-led Dharavi Redevelopment Project for slum rehabilitation, sparking concerns over future use and residents' relocation.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:06 AM IST
HC directs MPCB to present hiring plan for pollution audit
Bombay High Court directs MPCB to hire 1,310 personnel for pollution audit in Mumbai. Urges audit of "red" industries. Expert committee to report on source apportionment by June 20.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Two brothers, aged 4 and 5, drown in BMC garden water tank
Their bodies were discovered in the civic garden in Wadala, in a water tank which did not have any lid, and police officials are in the process of booking the concerned Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) staff for causing death by negligence
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:58 AM IST
Self-diagnosis through social media
Increased awareness about mental health is leading to a dangerous trend of self-diagnosis, causing overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis, while underdiagnosis remains a concern. Accessible counseling and awareness programs are needed to address these issues.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:02 AM IST
ECI puts its foot down, orders BMC chief Chahal’s transfer
BMC Commissioner I S Chahal to be transferred to ECI after rejection by Maharashtra govt, ECI seeks compliance report. New appointments to be sent for approval.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:46 AM IST
Yogesh Naik, Mumbai
60-year-old woman dies, as car crashes into truck at Charoti toll plaza
Police officials said that the car with five passengers travelling from Rajasthan to Navi Mumbai crashed into the truck a few meters ahead of the toll plaza on Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway (NH) at Charoti in Dahanu tehsil around 5am on Monday
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:38 AM IST
Woman cop spends 45 days in disguise to bust drug factory
A female assistant police inspector of the crime branch, Thane, changed her identity and spent nights in a cow shed in Varanasi to hunt down a drug kingpin. After arresting the kingpin’s helpers, she and the police team confiscated ₹27 crore worth of material that went into the making of the drug MDMA
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:30 AM IST
Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, 105 houses surveyed
The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited (DRPPL), a joint venture between the state government and Adani Realty, began its survey on Monday to collect data from lakhs of slum dwellers in Dharavi. On the first day, it surveyed around 105 tenements
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 08:44 AM IST
CBI seizes ₹30.5L from CGST officer’s premises
CBI seizes ₹30.5 lakh cash from arrested CGST official & inspector in bribery case. Property documents also recovered for income verification.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:20 AM IST
After six years, arrests made in Jayesh Khude’s murder case
After a 6-year investigation, Mumbai's LCB arrests 2 men for the 2018 murder of Jayesh Khude over a ₹100 dispute. Police skeptical of their motives.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:16 AM IST
Shop owner loses ₹6.1 lakh while attempting to book hotel rooms in Andaman
Shop owner in Mumbai loses ₹6.1 lakh to cyber fraud while booking Andaman hotel. Fraudsters posed as hotel reps, obtained card details, and siphoned money.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 07:02 AM IST
Mumbai to face 15% water supply cut today, announces BMC. Here's why
Last week, the BMC announced a five per cent water cut from March 15 to April 24 in Mumbai.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 05:30 AM IST
Remove BMC commissioner Iqbal Chahal, Election Commission orders Maharashtra
The Election Commission’s directive comes more than a fortnight after the commission rejected the Maharashtra government’s request to allow Chahal and other municipal commissioners to continue
Published on Mar 18, 2024 05:28 PM IST
DRPPL begins survey in Dharavi to make Mumbai ‘slum-free’
The survey in Dharavi is said to be the largest urban rejuvenation projects in the world and the first step towards making Mumbai slum-free
Published on Mar 18, 2024 03:43 PM IST