Mumbai: The Powai police booked an Andheri resident after his 17-year-old nephew, driving a car, lost control and met with an accident in Powai on Friday night. The car belonged to the uncle of the minor boy who had rammed it into a parked scooter and then collided with a nearby building’s gate in Powai.A…
Pune: The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has announced sweeping changes to its objective examination answer sheets and evaluation process from March 1, 2026, aiming to enhance transparency, standardisation and accountability in its competitive exams in a move set to impact thousands of aspirants across the state.The notification said revised answer sheets will continue to…
Kalyan: Internal discontent within BJP has come to the fore following the near-finalisation of seat sharing with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections. For the 122-member KDMC, Shiv Sena is expected to contest 68 seats, while BJP is likely to get 54 seats.Soon after this formula became clear, resentment…
Thane: A deadlock over nearly 10 seats in Thane city has apparently kept Mahayuti’s seat-sharing negotiations between BJP and Shiv Sena inconclusive till late Sunday evening, party insiders said. It is learnt that the BJP was offered 40 seats, a number that triggered discontent among party workers, who are demanding an additional 10 seats from…
Thane: As many as 16,574 voters from Thane were marked as ‘duplicate’ after their names and photographs appeared more than once in the electoral rolls, following a scrutiny by the Thane election department, officials informed on Sunday.The administration started a review of around 83,645 potential duplicate voters in the rolls. The examination revealed that in…
Mumbai: The Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi will contest 62 of the 227 seats in BMC polls as part of the Congress-led alliance, the two parties announced on Sunday. Congress, meanwhile, continued discussing seat-sharing with NCP (SP) until late Sunday.Congress is reportedly keen to contest 150 seats, leaving only 15 for NCP (SP) and other…
Mumbai: The Ajit Pawar led NCP declared its list of 37 candidates for the BMC polls on Sunday even as its MahaYuti partners Shiv Sena and BJP are yet to declare their candidates. Among the candidates there are three relatives of NCP neta Nawab Malik on the list. Nawab Malik’s brother Kaptan Malik will contest…
Mumbai: An FIR has been registered after a BMC official and an election videographer were allegedly assaulted and obstructed while performing election-related duties ahead of the BMC elections. According to complaint filed by Suresh Janu Rathod (37), a BMC’s junior inspector, the incident occurred on the night of Dec 27 where Rathod was deployed as…
Mumbai: To mark the birth anniversary of Ratan Tata, the Tata Trusts Small Animal Hospital in Mahalaxmi organised a professional engagement seminar on Sunday on the theme ‘Bridging gaps for advancing services together’. The event brought together 32 private veterinary practitioners from Mumbai and nearby areas.The seminar reflected Tata’s vision of ensuring that every cat…
Mumbai: A fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday at Engeen Chambers, a commercial building located opposite Bharat Bank on CST Road in Kalina, Santacruz East. The incident was reported at 2.37 am, following which multiple fire brigade units were rushed to the spot. The fire was spread to a closed office on…
