Mumbai: Bombay high court has directed the state govt to extend the benefit of Rs 50 lakh compensation to the family of a zilla parishad frontline worker from Kolhapur who died of Covid in July 2021, saying the cutoff date under such a welfare scheme cannot be sacrosanct.A bench of Justices M S Karnik and Ajit B Kadethankar, while allowing a writ petition filed by the legal heirs of Yashwant Khandu...
Navi Mumbai: A 50-year-old man appearing 'disoriented' boarded the ladies' coach of a Panvel-CSMT train and pushed an 18-year-old college girl from the moving train after the women commuters told him to get down. He was arrested by the Panvel govt railway police (GRP) for attempted murder.Vijay Tayade, senior inspector, Panvel GRP, said that the arrested accused has been identified as Shaikh Akhtar...
Ecologists warn of gaps as Mithi engineering push ramps up MUMBAI: Even as municipal authorities invest thousands of crores to revive the long-polluted Mithi river, the core question continues to be whether these projects finally stop the sewage, flooding and stink that have defined the river for decades. Experts say that while the current works are substantial, smaller localised measures, such as...
Mumbai: Mumbai University has recorded a sharp increase in its PhD output this year, with the number of doctoral degrees set to be awarded increasing 43% from 401 last year to 577 this year so far. University officials said the figure is likely to cross 600 by the time the annual convocation is conducted on Jan 17, 2026—making it the highest number of PhD graduates in the past nine years. The rise...
Mumbai/Nagpur: Threat emails warning of bomb explosions were received by the Bombay high court, several local courts, and banks across Mumbai and Nagpur on Thursday morning, causing panic and paralysing legal proceedings. Police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS) conducted extensive sweeps at all the locations, before declaring the threats as hoax as no explosives were found.As per...
Andheri-E crumbles as complaints gounheard since 2022 leadership vacuum MUMBAI: K East ward, made of the eastern parts of the Vile Parle, Andheri and Jogeshwari belt, stands today as one of Mumbai's most blighted administrative zones, a place where civic dysfunction has spiralled so wildly out of control that it feels like a genie long uncorked and now impossible to contain. From Andheri (E)'s...
Woman lodges sex assault plaint after 16 yrs, accused held (Representative image) MUMBAI: Sixteen years after a deaf and mute woman was drugged and sexually assaulted, she registered a police complaint after getting support from her husband. Kurar police arrested the accused and transferred the case to Vakola police as it occurred in their jurisdiction.The victim was a minor when the incident occurred...
Ambernath: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday addressed a massive BJP rally in Ambernath, a stronghold of Shiv Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, sending out a strong political message ahead of the December 20 municipal council polls. The election has turned into a prestige battle, particularly between BJP and Sena, which are contesting separately despite being allies at...
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every...
World Hindu Economic Forum in Mumbai on December 19-20 MUMBAI: The World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) symposium will convene at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Vakola, on Dec 19-20 with the theme 'Innovation, Self-Reliance and Prosperity'. State chief ministers, industrialists, policymakers, entrepreneurs and global investors from India as well as abroad will converge to discuss strategies for growth, enterprise...
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