Why Hindi becomes a flashpoint on Mumbai locals Last month, a 19-year-old youth ended his life allegedly after an altercation involving Marathi language during his commute. While the financial capital remains a melting pot, it’s the nature of travel on the local train that’s under lens for sparking discord over lingoWhat was once routine jostling…
Maharashtra’s ambitious plan to send 10,000 skilled workers to Germany, two years after signing an MoU, remains stalled (Representative AI image) MUMBAI: Almost two years after Maharashtra signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg for providing 10,000 people as skilled manpower, the state’s German dream is yet to take off….
Mumbai: Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday said that he directed the transport department to file cases against app-based bike taxi companies like Rapido and Uber. There have been instances where passengers’ lives were put at risk due to the “illegal operations of transport services such as bike taxis in violation of govt regulation.”He referred…
Mumbai: As the rupee keeps sliding, Indian parents and students in the US find themselves living a story they never meant to write, one in which carefully assembled financial plans begin to fray at the edges. What was once a disciplined spreadsheet of tuition timelines and living costs turned into a source of quiet dread.With…
Mumbai: Khar police on Wednesday registered a case of impersonation and identity theft against an unknown person who created a fake Instagram account of film director Vikas Bahl, used it lure many women with the promise of work in films, misbehaved with them and pushed them into sharing their photos under the pretext of auditions.Police…
Mumbai: Observingthat the jail authority even fears a law and order problem on a communal aspect, which is more serious in this case, a special NIA court recently rejected a plea by terror accused Shamil Nachan seeking transfer back to Taloja Central Prison from Nagpur, following a violent altercation within the jail premises.“…there are a…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday criticised the BJP-led Centre, saying the Sanchar Saathi app is another version of Pegasus spyware. Uddhav said the BJP is trying to spy on the people who voted it to power. “Instead of putting people under surveillance, the govt must focus on how the Pahalgam attack…
Thane: The ongoing survey of the ambitious and delayed elevated Airoli–Kalwa railway corridor is likely to face a red signal after the Thane unit of the NCP–Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) warned to stall the process unless a written rehabilitation agreement is provided for all project-affected slum dwellers.The issue, lying dormant for the last several years, was…
Mumbai: A day after Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told Parliament that he had not received a memorandum from the state govt seeking central funding for extensive crop damage caused by the excessive rain, he amended his statement on Wednesday, saying he received the memorandum on Nov 27.However, this episode left the Mahayuti govt…
Mumbai: A review of duplicate voter records has revealed anomalies, with 28,648 names appearing once and more than 3 lakh names appearing twice. The analysis further shows that 60,012 names appear three times, 22,505 names four times, 10,713 names five times, 5,962 names six times, 3,428 names seven times, 2,061 names eight times, 1,484 names…
