Mumbai

In a provocative statement, BJP’s MLA Gopichand Padalkar has stirred debate by recommending that Hindu college women practice yoga in the comfort of their homes. He alleges a ‘big conspiracy’ aimed at disrupting traditional values, expressing worries about the influence of gym trainers. MUMBAI: BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar on Thursday courted controversy by citing a…

Mumbai: Sporadic bursts of colourful light enveloped the city skyline Thursday as the festival of Diwali approached. Customers are displaying a steady preference for ‘green’ crackers, which in common parlance involves less smoke and noise output. Crackers that emit bright lights as they soar into the sky are a popular choice. Loud bombs are virtually…

Navi Mumbai: A 23-year-old man, whose wife had lodged a missing person complaint at Nagothane police station in Raigad on Oct 10, was found murdered in the Wasgaon forest area in Roha taluka on Wednesday. During the investigation of the murder case, it was revealed that the deceased’s wife was the murder conspirator. In connivance…

Mumbai: A sample test of firecrackers being sold in the city showed that a sizable number of packets failed to state their decibel levels mandated by the Supreme Court. A few of the packets did not have a QR code too, which upon scanning suggests their chemical composition and identifies the manufacturers.The joint inspection of…

Mumbai: A rift seems to have emerged within Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over the possible inclusion of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS in the alliance for the local body elections across the state, mainly BMC polls in Mumbai. According to sources, the issue has triggered tension between Congress state chief Harshvardhan Sapkal and Shiv Sena (UBT)…

Mumbai: Ahead of the BMC polls in the city, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde transferred pending rent of nearly Rs 17.7 crore to 883 families of a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project in Magathane on Tuesday.The Devipada Cooperative Housing Society redevelopment project, which is coming up on a 30,287 sq m Mhada plot, has been…

Mumbai: After frowning at state govt for not implementing its order to clear Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) of encroachments and rehabilitate slumdwellers, Bombay high court on Thursday said it will set up a high-powered committee (HPC) comprising former chief justice Dilip Bhosale, former state DGP Subodh Jaiswal and former chief secretary Nitin Kareer in…

Mumbai: State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam has forwarded a joint representation of opposition parties demanding a short Special Summary Revision (SSR) and carrying out de-duplication in electoral rolls before the local body polls to Sanjay Kumar, deputy election commissioner, Election Commission of India (ECI).In his letter, Chockalingam said that since Supreme Court directed…

Mumbai: First-time voters in the state who turned 18 after Oct 1, 2024, will not be able to get inked for the upcoming local body polls, including the BMC elections. This is because that was the last cut-off date for the registration of first-time voters in the state.Fresh registrations would have taken place if the…

Mumbai: The MahaRERA has approved registration of a record 405 projects ahead of Dussehra. While Pune City has the maximum number of 122 projects, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region has registered 197 projects. According to MahaRERA, for the first time, such a large number of projects have been approved ahead of Dussehra. Of these projects, 200…