MUMBAI: The political journey of S Ward, which covers Bhandup, Kanjurmarg and Vikhroli, reflects a dramatic left-toright swing over the past four decades. Once a bastion of Communist influence in the late 1970s, the constituency gradually moved towards the Congress in the 1980s before decisively tilting to the right with the rise of Shiv Sena…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Jaykumar Gore urged women voters reaping the benefits of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme to remain loyal to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the upcoming civic body polls, saying even their husbands don’t give them Rs 100.Addressing a poll rally in Solapur district on Saturday, the state rural…
MUMBAI: A 51-year-old businesswoman from Mumbai has lodged a police complaint, alleging that senior officials of a pharmaceutical company held her at gunpoint, stripped her, and threatened to make private videos and photographs of her public.The incident reportedly took place on January 18, 2023, at the company’s office in Mahalaxmi, according to news agency ANI.Mumbai…
Pune/Thane/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Three days before the scheduled polling for 288 nagar panchayats and parishads, state election commission (SEC) postponed elections in several of these local bodies across the state to Dec 20 after finding that returning officers had illegally allotted poll symbols to candidates whose appeals against nomination scrutiny were either pending, decided late or…
Mumbai: Over 1 lakh animal lovers from Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and other cities and towns across India simultaneously sent speed post letters to the Supreme Court in an urgent, coordinated appeal to save the stray dogs from “cruel and unscientific relocations” to shelters.The signed letters sent to the apex court on Saturday morning from GPOs…
Mumbai: Bombay high court refused to entertain a petition challenging Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission’s order that had dismissed a woman’s complaint that her son was sexually assaulted at a drug rehabilitation centre in Thane district.Justices Bharati Dangre and Shyam Chandak on Wednesday passed the direction on the mother’s petition filed in 2020 challenging SHRC’s…
Mumbai: A 75-year-old resident of the western suburbs was duped of Rs 6 crore in a share market investment fraud after he was convinced by fraudsters to invest in the market for high returns. An FIR was registered under BNS and the IT Act. A woman added the victim to a VIP WhatsApp group, and…
Mumbai: In a first, the MSRTC has launched a dedicated helpline for thousands of students in Maharashtra – 1800221251. Officials said this helpline will provide assistance to school and college students if they face any difficulties during state bus travel while going to school or returning from school, or if buses do not arrive on…
Mumbai: On Sunday, the city woke up to its coldest Nov morning in 13 years as IMD’s Santacruz observatory, representative of Mumbai, recorded a minimum temperature of 15.7°C, marking a sharp drop of 6.1° in a single day. Previously, the lowest minimum temperature for Nov was in 2012, when the mercury dipped to 14.6°C.In its…
Mumbai: BMC has floated a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) tender for the construction of a 45m-wide elevated road connecting Dahisar West in its jurisdiction to Bhayander West in Mira-Bhayander civic body’s limits, marking the final leg of the Mumbai Coastal Road corridor. The PMC’s mandate will cover procurement, supply, construction supervision, commissioning, testing, and performance…
