Mumbai: Autonomous colleges affiliated to Mumbai University will have to ‘mandatorily’ seek approval for all their programmes and courses from the university’s academic council. Till date, colleges were only expected to ‘inform’ the university of the new courses they planned to offer. Additionally, these colleges will have to submit their examination committee minutes and status…
Kalyan: A 42-year-old businessman cycling on an incomplete stretch of Kalyan’s Ring Road was killed after a speeding car allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy hit him, briefly flinging him in the air, on Tuesday night. The boy fled from the spot, went into hiding and was apprehended the next evening.An FIR has been lodged…
Kalyan: In a case of negligence, officials of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation allegedly sealed a house from outside for property tax recovery while an ailing woman was asleep inside, trapping her for nearly six hours.The incident occurred at Dattaprasad Apartment on Ambedkar Road in Kalyan. Safina Patel, a tenant, was unwell and resting at…
Mumbai: Mayor Ritu Tawde on Wednesday directed the BMC to submit the concept for all four planned grand entrances to the city and surrounding area development and beautification within the next 15 days. Tawde said priority will be given to the construction of the Airoli gateway, and the other three projects will be pursued on…
Navi Mumbai: Nerul police booked four engineering college students for performing a ‘dangerous’ stunt in a moving car along the Nerul railway station road on March 18 around 5.30 pm.After the stunt video went viral on Tuesday, the police took suo motu cognisance of the offence and traced the car driver from the registration number,…
Mumbai: More than a month after the city’s first melody road was inaugurated, the BMC has decided to barricade it for now. This comes after residents from Breach Candy wrote to the municipal commissioner, raising strong objections to the music being played along the northbound stretch of the city’s coastal road, which cuts through residential…
Mumbai: The BJP in the BMC opposed the civic administration’s proposal to construct a town hall at the gymkhana grounds near Azad Maidan during the civic standing committee meeting held on Wednesday, and demanded that the site be used to build a new, larger civic hall to address space constraints faced by 232 corporators. This…
Navi Mumbai: Acting on a complaint to the PMO on three flamingo wetlands turning toxic, the Centre invoked the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, and asked the Maharashtra govt to act and submit an action taken report. The complaint, filed by environmental watchdog NatConnect Foundation on Sunday, World Water Day, flagged the rapid ecological…
Thane: The Thane transport administration wants a review of ticket fares and restructuring of sops provided to senior citizens in a bid to help improve its fiscal condition. No formal fare hike proposal has been made in the budget, but the administration has pushed the request, citing the rising fuel prices.The undertaking says it expects…
Mumbai: Sewage and floating waste get mixed with nullah water and are discharged directly into the sea from Gazdhar Bandh pumping station in Khar Danda, resulting in severe water pollution and adversely affecting marine life, alleged Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Chinatamani Niwate, while raising the issue in the BMC House on Tuesday.Niwate further claimed that…
