Thane: As preparations gather pace for the Thane Municipal Corporation elections, the civic administration has issued a strict warning to polling officials and staff against skipping mandatory election training, even as the nomination process got underway across the city. Municipal Commissioner and Election Officer Saurabh Rao said training sessions for polling personnel will be held…
Mumbai: Former Corporator Changez Multani from Jogeshwari (West) joined the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday. With Multani joining, Sena (UBT) is looking to give tickets to Muslim candidates after Congress decided to fight the BMC polls alone. Multani was eyeing a Congress ticket but joined Sena (UBT) after speculation that his ticket would be cut…
Mumbai: The filing of nomination papers for the BMC 2026 elections continued at a measured pace on Saturday, with 35 nominations filed across the city even as 1,294 nomination forms were distributed from 23 Returning Officer (RO) offices. With this, the total number of nominations filed so far stands at 44, while over 10,343 forms…
Mumbai: In an announcement on Saturday evening, Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) officials said there will be 584 and 165 additional services respectively on the suburban network in the next four to five years once all the infrastructure upgrade projects are completed in phases. In the WR, there will be 65 more long-distance…
Mumbai: Treatment of cancer, one of the most feared diseases that claims 2,500 lives every day across India, is emerging as the fastest growing healthcare sector in Mumbai, with annual revenues from oncology services in many five-star hospitals now surpassing that from cardiac care.Mumbai’s leading private hospitals have increased CapEx to build entire floors, wings…
Raigad: Raigad police have arrested eight accused in the murder case of former Khopoli councillor Mangesh Kalokhe (45), husband of the newly elected Shiv Sena Khopoli councillor Manasi Kalokhe. The arrested accused include Manasi Kalokhe’s rival from the NCP, Urmila Devkar, who lost the Khopoli municipal council election by around 700 votes, her husband Ravindra,…
Mumbai: Highlighting the crucial location of a rural hospital at Mehkar, along the crash-prone spots of Samruddhi Mahamarg, a non-profit working on road safety, SaveLIFE Foundation, announced on Saturday that it strengthened the trauma stabalisation capacity of the hospital. This was achieved by handing over a comprehensive list of essential emergency care equipment to improve…
Mumbai: The latest year-end report from the online ticketing platform redBus highlights key trends in intercity bus travel in Maharashtra for 2025. Women constituted 32% of passengers, aligning with the national average. Age-wise, Gen Z (25 years and below) accounted for 31% of passengers, while millennials (26-40 years) made up nearly half.RedBus CEO Prakash Sangam…
Mumbai: The Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, will address 7 to 8 joint rallies for the Municipal Corporation elections in a blitz campaign from Jan 2 to 13. Sena (UBT) functionaries said at least 3 rallies will be held in Mumbai for the BMC polls in the last phase of the campaign to end the…
Mumbai: A 43-year-old real estate broker was arrested on charges of rape and exploiting his business partner with the false promise of marriage, besides threatening and stalking her.The Amboli police on Saturday arrested the broker and was produced before the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate court which remanded him to police custody.His lawyer Prabhakar Tripathi alleged that…
