MUMBAI: A 44-year-old doctor, attached to the ENT department at the Jagjivanram railway hospital near Mumbai Central, was found dead in her hospital cabin.A police team sent her body to JJ Hospital for postmortem and an accidental death case was registered.The deceased, Dr Anuja Kulkarni, had several surgeries scheduled at the hospital on Wednesday. When…
Mumbai: With the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) advising state pollution regulators to temporarily allow industries, hotels and restaurants to use alternate fuels in view of LPG supply constraints, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) chairman Siddhesh Kadam said his department was drafting a proposal to expedite it. A final call, however, will be taken…
MUMBAI: Kandivli resident Deonandan Prasad Singh (54) was killed after the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker MT Safesea Vishnu, on which he was serving, came under attack near Khor Al Zubair Port, close to Basra, Iraq, on Wednesday, according to the director general of shipping, ministry of port, shipping and waterways.In a press release on March…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 aimed at preventing religious conversions through coercion, fraud or marriage, says any child born out of a marriage or a “relationship in the nature of a marriage” due to unlawful conversion shall be “deemed to belong to the religion of the mother before such marriage or relationship”.The…
Mumbai: Mayor Ritu Tawde has directed the civic administration to install digital boards at each nullah site where desilting is being carried out that display information on its length and width, the quantum of silt removed, the duration of the work, the contractor’s name and the contact number of the engineer concerned.At a meeting to…
Thane: An RTO agent was arrested in Thane for allegedly seeking and accepting a bribe from a man who wanted a two-wheeler learner’s licence, a Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said on Friday. He identified the accused as Bhiwandi resident Krishnakumar Mishra (44). A case has been registered under Prevention of Corruption Act.“Mishra sought Rs…
Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday claimed the owner of VSR Ventures, which operated the fateful aircraft carrying former deputy CM Ajit Pawar, was reportedly trying to edit the jet’s black box data.“It is heard that V K Singh, owner of VSR company and an expert in tampering data, is reportedly trying to…
Mumbai: Against the backdrop of the Iran–Israel conflict, the Maharashtra government has initiated several measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of domestic and commercial gas cylinders. To prevent any disruption in domestic LPG supply and to coordinate effectively in case of a potential shortage, the state government has decided to establish special committees at the district…
Mumbai: Finding that there are serious charges that show he is the mastermind of the criminal conspiracy, a sessions court rejected the third bail plea of Ketan Kadam, arrested in the Rs 65-crore Mithi desilting fraud. Kadam, former CEO of Virgo Specialties, charged with criminal conspiracy and forgery following an economic offences wing probe into…
Mumbai: IIT Bombay is investigating an allegation of plagiarism reported against a professor from the institute. A mail alleging plagiarised content in his thesis and a few of his published papers, along with the original source, was sent to the institute’s administration about three weeks ago. While institute authorities refused to divulge details, they said…
