Mumbai: Deeming the arrest illegal, a special MPID court recently granted bail to Pravin Obhan, a businessman accused of masterminding a massive investment fraud. After finding that the accused was produced before the court only beyond the mandatory period of 24 hours, the judge said, “Even though the applicant is involved in a serious economic…
Palghar: Residents of a building in Palghar district were allegedly locked inside their flats by the deputy sarpanch and two other office-bearers of a local panchayat in a dispute over a drainage project, police said on Saturday. One of the occupants of the building alleged that the residents were locked inside on Monday. Other neighbours…
Mumbai: Bus crew operating sleeper coaches will now be required to inform passengers about all emergency exit routes and safety tools before every journey. The move is part of a new public awareness campaign launched by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) titled “Sleeper Bus Passenger Safety Guidelines” under the message “Alert Passenger, Safe…
Mumbai: The BMC’s ‘Fit Saturday’ campaign under the ‘Fit Mumbai’ initiative was launched at the Bandra Fort garden by civic chief Bhushan Gagrani on Saturday. The campaign’s slogan, ‘Fitness Dil Se,’ aims to inspire citizens to exercise regularly A BMC official said the city has created excellent facilities, such as world-class cycling track and a…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court recently observed that an arbitral award of nearly Rs 250 crore in favour of L&T-STEC JV Mumbai and against Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) did not warrant an unconditional stay. In an Oct 10 order, it directed that, subject to MMRCL depositing the amount with interest till date with…
Mumbai: A sweet shop owner in Bandra (West) was defrauded of Rs 20,000 after a man entered his shop on Thursday, claimed to be a BMC employee, and said he wanted to exchange 2,000 coins of Rs 10 denomination for currency notes of a higher denomination. He said he had received the Rs 20,000 as…
Mumbai: After the urban development and Planning departments, the social justice department has now distributed funds across all districts in the state for works under the Babasaheb Ambedkar social development scheme ahead of local body polls. The state govt released 10% of the funds allocated under the scheme in the state budget. The state govt…
Mumbai: Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray will drop a “bombshell” on vote theft in Mumbai through a presentation on Monday, said party functionaries. Drawing parallels with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi‘s presentation in Sept on alleged mass deletion of voters before the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections and the Lok Sabha polls last year, they said Aaditya…
Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis urged farmers not to sell their produce for less than the fair market price. Speaking to the media in Mumbai after attending a conference on natural farming at Raj Bhavan on Friday, Fadnavis said the govt will set up procurement centres for cotton and soybean from Oct 30, where registration of…
MUMBAI: Graduate management education (GME) programmes worldwide recorded a 7% rise in applications in 2025, extending last year’s record-breaking surge, according to the latest Application Trends Survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). Yet, the boom is uneven, signalling deep shifts in where and how future business leaders choose to study. While Asia and…
