Mumbai: Former leader of the opposition in the legislative council, Ambadas Danve, received death threats over the phone recently, with the caller saying, “kapun taku.. marun taku.. bayka porana marun taku” (will kill you and family members), said Sena UBT MLC Anil Parab in the legislative council on Monday. Danve received the calls on March…
Mumbai: NCP (SP) corporator Ajit Raorane, through a notice of motion, sought an increase in the number of animal birth control (ABC) centres in the city. Citing the large stray dog population in Mumbai, Raorane said the number of ABC centres was insufficient to accelerate the sterilisation process, so the BMC should establish at least…
MUMBAI: A 17-year-old Dubai resident on a visit to Mumbai allegedly hit a scooter with a rental SUV in Chandivli on Sunday night, killing a 15-year-old boy on the pillion, and fled. He was tracked down within hours, apprehended, produced before Juvenile Justice Board and sent to a correctional home till March 27.Sakinaka police said…
Mumbai: A special court for MP/MLA cases that last month accepted the economic offences wing’s closure report in the Rs 25,000-crore Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam case involving the late Ajit Pawar, deputy CM Sunetra Pawar and their nephew Rohit Pawar held in many instances that “no loss was caused to the bank due…
MUMBAI: A delegation of UK MPs, led by Liam Byrne, MP from Birmingham in UK met CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday. CM Fadnavis said Maharashtra is the country’s economic powerhouse and the nation’s ‘Startup Capital’ and urged investors from the UK to invest in Maharashtra, which has an excellent ecosystem for investment. On this occasion….
Mumbai: Maharashtra has not received central funds for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) since Sept 2024, which has caused a delay in implementing projects, state water supply minister Gulabrao Patil said on Monday.JJM is the Modi govt’s flagship scheme to provide tap water supply to rural households. In a written reply in the assembly, Patil said,…
MUMBAI: A lawyer has approached the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) seeking an immediate ban on the song “Sarke Chunar Teri Sarke”, alleging that its lyrics and visuals are obscene and harmful, particularly to minors, news agency ANI reported. A formal complaint was filed by advocate Vineet Jindal requesting urgent legal action against the…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: The legislative assembly late Monday passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 tabled by Mahayuti govt. While Sena (UBT) supported it, Congress, NCP (SP), Samajwadi Party and CPI (M) opposed it and demanded that it be sent to a joint select committee for review, inviting suggestions/objections from the…
Animal welfare in India received a strategic boost this week with the launch of the India Karuna Collaborative (IKC), a network of more than 50 organisations and 70 leaders from civil society, science, business and public health. The initiative aims to bring animal welfare—particularly industrial animal farming—to the centre of climate, public health and development…
MUMBAI: More than a year after a teenage collegian died by suicide over being cheated by cyber scammers, Govt Railway Police (GRP) arrested one of the accused from Madhya Pradesh. Harish Meghwal, the 27-year-old accused, had been booked by the MP police in a separate case of vehicle theft. He is a native of Rajasthan…
