Thane: Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has tweaked its proposal for a two-lane rail overbridge (ROB) at the Mothagaon level crossing in Dombivli by adding two more lanes. The ROB is expected to cut down travel time between Dombivli and Thane via Mankoli flyover from 1 hour to about 25 minutes. The ROB’s construction is likely…
Two Nobel laureates — one decoding the chemistry of life, the other the economics of nations — came together in Mumbai on Wednesday to talk about the world we’re building and the one we might lose. David MacMillan, who won the 2021 Nobel in Chemistry for pioneering asymmetric organocatalysis, and James A Robinson, the 2024…
Mumbai: BEST Workers’ Union leader Shashank Rao announced that he will go on an indefinite hunger strike from Monday to highlight the demands of BEST drivers and other employees. If the BEST management still fails to implement the demands, the next line of action will be a strike by staffers, he warned.Rao said that his…
Mumbai: Uber on Wednesday launched metro ticketing for the first time in Mumbai, with Metro Line 1 tickets now available on the Uber app, an official from the aggregator firm announced. This follows recent launches in Delhi and Chennai announced earlier this year.“Now, commuters on Mumbai’s Versova–Andheri–Ghatkopar corridor will be able to discover, purchase, and…
Navi Mumbai: The Centre asked the Maharashtra State Wetland Authority (SWA) to take necessary action on priority and submit an action-taken report after environmentalists urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare Powai Lake wetland in Mumbai a Ramsar Site. Following a complaint to the Prime Minister from NatConnect Foundation over the fast-deteriorating state of the…
Mumbai: The Fee Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued notices to 450 colleges across Maharashtra for failing to publish their approved fee structure on their official websites. Action will now be initiated against these institutions.Every professional college in the state is required to display its approved fee structure on its website — in Marathi, English, and,…
Mumbai: The BEST Workers’ Union and Sangharsh Kamgar Karmachari union have announced massive agitation by staffers in Mumbai this month, including stir by contractual drivers over various pending demands including ‘equal work, equal pay’ for wet lease drivers, and the date of protest will be announced by unions on Wednesday afternoon.Said union leader Shashank Rao…
Mumbai: The Kurar police on Tuesday at 08.00 am rescued a 60-year-old security guard from jumping from the 22nd floor of a highrise in Malad. On receiving the alert, the Kurar police and the Dindoshi Fire Department officials rushed to the spot and stop the man from taking the extreme step.Police said with the help…
63 tonnes of waste collected during five days of Women’s Cricket World Cup in Navi Mumbai stadium MUMBAI: Over 63 metric tonnes of waste were collected and processed at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai during the five days of the Women’s Cricket World Cup event last week.Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd. (AWHCL), a municipal…
No bidders for Dawood-linked properties, first time in 10 yrs MUMBAI: For the first time in nearly a decade, not a single bidder came forward to buy any of the four properties allegedly owned by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s late sister, Haseena Parkar, during an auction held in Mumbai on Tuesday.The four agricultural land parcels,…
