Mumbai: A conversation between a court clerk and a man in a court washroom is alleged to be the genesis of a case that led to the naming of an additional sessions judge as an accused and the arrest of the court clerk in a Rs 15 lakh bribery case. The clerk, Chandrakant Vasudev, allegedly…
Mumbai: State governor and chancellor of public universities, Acharya Devvrat, has directed vice-chancellors to set up a taskforce to improve their universities’ rankings nationally and globally. The taskforce should submit progress reports every fortnight he said, adding the universities need to remain constantly proactive to improve their ranking standards.Meanwhile, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, while addressing…
Mumbai: Less than 24 hours after it welcomed former NCP (SP) functionary Kashinath Choudhary, whom it had accused of being involved in the 2020 mob lynching of two sadhus in Palghar, BJP did a U-turn and suspended his entry.Deputy CM Eknath Shinde had once cited Choudhary’s alleged involvement in the lynching to explain why he…
Mumbai: The Supreme Court has issued a notice in a special leave petition filed by a woman against whom her estranged husband invoked the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, accusing her of sexually assaulting their son aged 5. She moved SC after Bombay High Court disposed of her quashing petition in July,…
Mumbai: Having refrained all this while from openly criticising MNS while its president Raj Thackeray and Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray met multiple times, Congress on Monday slammed the party for its “politics of hatred”. Two days after it decided to go solo in the BMC election, Congress cited MNS’s attacks on taxi drivers, railway…
Mumbai: City scientists have solved a long-standing mystery of how an embryo attaches itself to the wall of the womb: with a “genetic switch”.For a pregnancy to begin, the embryo must first attach and embed itself in the wall of the mother’s womb. Scientists from ICMR–NIRRCH in Parel, Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, and the…
Mumbai: Between Jan 1 and Nov 17 this year, police registered 401 criminal cases against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants staying in the city and deported 1,001 Bangladeshis. The special branch (SB) of the Mumbai police also played an active role in collecting intelligence about the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. Source link
Mumbai: In yet another fatal accident on the Dahisar–Mira-Bhayander Metro-9 corridor, a 42-year-old supervisor died after falling nearly 65 feet during construction work at Mira Road’s Sai Baba Nagar on Saturday. Taking serious note of safety lapses, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) imposed a Rs 50-lakh penalty on the project contractor and a…
Thane: A delivery boy was held for allegedly setting nine two-wheelers on fire at an open ground in Kopri after his friend refused to give him a bike to ride, police said on Monday. A case has been registered at the Kopri police station. The incident came to light around 4 am on Monday when…
Vasai: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has debarred Nirmal BuildiInfra Pvt Ltd — the contractor that bagged project for white-topping on NH48 (Mumbai Ahmedabad National Highway) — for its sub-standard works. This means the contractor will no longer be able to participate in any of the NHAI projects till the time its debarment…
