Mumbai: The property cell of the city crime branch has arrested a Borivli businessman, who, along with others, allegedly forged documents and attempted to usurp a 2.5-acre land in Kandivli surrendered to BMC in exchange for additional floor space index. The suspect, Rinkesh Shah, was produced in court and remanded in police custody till Friday.The…
Mumbai: Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle (W) has appointed yet another acting dean, its second in recent months, to oversee day-to-day operations after a series of incidents that cast BMC health administration in a poor light.Dr Dev Shetty, previously the hospital’s medical superintendent, took charge as acting dean on Wednesday. “We are hopeful this will…
Mumbai is in the headlines for its worsening air. But “publicity for the wrong reasons can be a motivator,” says Douglas Worsnop, noting that bad press over Beijing’s smog before the 2008 Olympics pushed China to clean up its air. Worsnop—a leading atmospheric chemist who helped develop key instruments to study pollution particles—has also worked…
Mumbai: The BMC’s additional commissioner Abhijit Bangar has directed the administration to complete remaining Hancock bridge reconstruction works in a planned manner. The bridge was demolished in Jan 2016, and thereafter its reconstruction was taken up. One of its sides was opened for traffic in Aug 2022. Remaining works are stalled due to technical and…
Mumbai: In the wake of a surge in complaints about bogus disability certificates, including high-profile cases such as that of Pooja Khedkar, the Maharashtra govt ordered a fresh round of disability verification for all govt and semi-govt employees who received disability-based reservations, promotions, or concessions.The govt resolution (GR) issued in Oct mandates that every department…
Navi Mumbai: The Supreme Court-appointed high‐powered committee (HPC) has advised against relocating the conflict‐linked male elephant, Omkar, from Konkan region and directed that he remain in the Sahyadri range pending a detailed scientific review.The Kolhapur bench of Bombay HC had earlier permitted a temporary move to the Vantara Elephant Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in Gujarat,…
Supreme Court (File Photo) MUMBAI: The Supreme Court while granting bail to a man who had been in the jail for more than four years in a 2021 murder case of Thane, came down heavily on the Maharashtra prison authorities for not producing the accused during the trial and directed to conduct a inquiry and…
MUMBAI: Nearly a month after a 43-year-old man lost his life after losing control of his motorcycle on a flyover at Malad West, the Bangur Nagar Police have registered an FIR against him. With his death, the case will be closed subsequently.The deceased, Khetaram Chaudhary, lived at Malad East with his wife and two teenage…
MUMBAI: Mumbai’s ongoing concretisation drive may unintentionally worsen the city’s environmental stress, said dean of Kotak School of Sustainability at IIT-Kanpur and one of the leading climate scientists of the country, Professor Sachchida Nand Tripathi, who was in the city to attend a workshop.While poor-quality roads are a major contributor to road dust pollution —…
MUMBAI: Observing that the SEBI plays only a supervisory role and primary responsibility on making adequate disclosures rest on a company’s ‘lead manager’, the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed two petitions that challenged a no-objection nod of the markets regulator for WeWork India’s initial public offering (IPO). The court also imposed Rs 1 lakh…
