MUMBAI: Uber on Wednesday launched 50 new e-bike taxis in Mumbai and announced the expansion of its partnership with Loadshare to speed up the deployment of electric bike taxis in the city.The new fleet was flagged off by Additional Transport Commissioner Bharat Kalaskar.An official said there are plans to scale up the fleet in the…
MUMBAI: Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s general elections scheduled for January 15, 2026, the election department has directed junior colleges in Andheri West to provide student volunteers at polling stations to assist voters.As per an official order issued by the election officer of K-West ward, junior college students will be deployed as volunteers at…
Actor Jeetendra, son Tusshar sell property to NTT for Rs 559 cr MUMBAI: Yesteryear Bollywood actor Jeetendra and his son Tusshar Kapoor have sold a commercial property in suburban Mumbai to an arm of Japan’s NTT Group for Rs 559 crore, documents shared by a realty consultant on Tuesday showed. According to news agency PTI,…
MUMBAI: Unlike the 2017 civic elections, counting of votes in the city this time will not be held simultaneously across all 227 electoral wards, but in phases.While the 23 returning officers are responsible for nearly 10 wards each, at a time votes from only 2 will be counted — or maximum 46 across the city….
MUMBAI: A band plays as NCP candidate Kaptan Malik and his party workers hit the congested new mill road and its bylanes including Gandhi nagar at Kurla (West) on Friday evening.Addressing a gathering in a bylane near Mehboob Subhani Masjid, two-time corporator Malik lists the issues faced by the constituents of BMC Ward No. 165,…
MUMBAI: The BJP on Tuesday called MNS chief Raj Thackeray anti-industry, anti-investment and anti-youth. Earlier in the day, at a press conference, Thackeray clarified that he was not against investments but was questioning the meteoric rise of Adani post-2014.BJP election in-charge for BMC Ashish Shelar said, “We are not supporters of any particular industrial group….
MUMBAI: Ahead of the high-stakes poll battle to capture municipal corporations in Maharashtra, he and his party Shiv Sena have been targets of BJP‘s criticism in Navi Mumbai and were even faced with the Mahayuti ally’s plan to gain office in Ambernath in alliance with Congress in Maharashtra. But, deputy CM Eknath Shinde told TOI…
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, in a pre-poll interview to TOI on Tuesday, admitted that bitterness between both groups of NCP has subsided after the alliance was forged for the elections to the Pune municipal corporation and Pimpri-Chinchwad civic body. He said the tie-up had made contest against BJP “tighter”. Ajit indicated at a possible reunion…
Mumbai: Three lion cubs were born on the night of January 13 at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). All are healthy, said a press release from the national park authorities. The cubs were born to lioness Bharati and lion Manas. Both of them were brought from the Sakharbaug Zoo, Junagadh, Gujarat, as part of…
Navi Mumbai: NMMC commissioner and chief electoral officer Dr Kailas Shinde took legal action by registering an FIR against Cidco’s Assistant Executive Engineer Mayur Angone, who was appointed as zonal officer for the Nerul node, for continuously remaining absent from election duty. Angone was booked under Section 134 of the Representation of the People Act,…
