Mumbai: Fishermen will get electricity concessions like farmers. Upto 44% electricity tariff will be waived. The concession is applicable due to the agricultural status given to fishing business.The concessions are applicable to fishermen, fish breeders and fish traders. A Govt Resolution (GR) by the fisheries department was issued to apply electricity tariff concession to fishing…
Mumbai: Amid the opposition escalating its protest against alleged irregularities in the electoral roll to be used for the local body polls, critics pointed out that the issue should have been raised much earlier. By now, the deadline for raising objections to the voter list for polls to 246 municipal councils, 42 nagar panchayats, 32…
Mumbai: Doctors at Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) have found that adding an affordable, decades-old platinum-based drug to current chemotherapy options “significantly” improved survival rates for young patients with aggressive breast cancer.The drug—carboplatin —costs only around Rs 5,000 for an eight-week treatment course, but its addition boosts overall survival rates by 7.6% for triple-negative breast cancer…
Vasai: Another blast in an electric transformer in a residential society located in Virar has sparked concerns over safety of people when they are around the open electric transformers. There are hundreds of transformers which are installed in Vasai Virar which are open and have been tagged as hazardous by activists. Open electric transformers are…
Thane: Shiv Sena MP Dr Shrikant Shinde said the collaboration of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray would only benefit and strengthen their family ties but could hold no impact on the political scenario.Dr Shinde was addressing media queries in Thane recently over the impact of the Thackeray brothers coming together in the civic elections. “The collaboration…
Thane: The Thane BJP has raised concerns over the abrupt shutdown of the ‘Aapla Davakhana’ initiative, which provided free healthcare services to residents across 40 locations in the city. They criticised Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) for failing to start a long-term programme related to public health and welfare. Launched five years ago, the initiative was…
Mumbai: The Mumbai BJP office-bearers will be appointed by the month-end, said city unit president Ameet Satam. The party has already nominated district presidents and ward committees. Satam said he would soon hold organisational meetings in all 36 assembly constituencies in the city. Besides, the city core committee members will be holding similar meetings at…
Thane: A gang of three was arrested by the Property Cell of Thane Police’s Crime Branch for allegedly duping around 35 people by fraudulently taking possession of their four-wheeler vehicles under the pretext of renting them for Samruddhi Mahamarg construction work. The police said they recovered 22 four-wheelers worth Rs 2.15 crore from the accused.A…
Mumbai: Seven people were injured after a portion of the first floor of a ground plus one structure collapsed in Madanpura, Byculla. The incident at Fanuswala Building was reported around 12.50 pm on Wednesday. While five people were treated on OPD basis at Bhatia Hospital, the other two, Gulam Rasool (24) and Mohammad Sayyad (59),…
Mumbai: For probably the first time, top developers and architects from various organisations like CREDAI-MCHI, NAREDCO, BDA, and PEATA met municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani on Friday to discuss bottlenecks affecting the real estate sector. The civic chief announced the formation of a steering committee comprising representatives from these bodies along with BMC officers from various…
