Mumbai: The state’s skill education department is reimagining its industrial training institutes as more than pipelines for jobs. Think of them now as neighbourhood ateliers, where anyone can walk in after hours to pick up or polish a skill.Want to be trained in conducting special poojas for the forthcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik? Step right…
Nagpur: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday appealed to leaders of both OBC and Maratha communities to maintain restraint over the reservation dispute. “Farmers from both communities are committing suicides,” Bawankule said, urging opposition leaders to prioritise agricultural concerns over political confrontation.Speaking to reporters at the district and sessions court premises here, Bawankule, who also…
NEW DELHI: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was questioned for around four and a half hours by the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) in connection with a case of alleged financial fraud involving a businessman, official said on Tuesday.The probe pertains to claims that a businessman was allegedly cheated out of Rs 60 crore. According to EoW…
Mumbai: In a detailed order discharging two senior executives of private transport companies who were chargesheeted along with the bus driver in connection with the Kurla BEST electric bus accident that killed nine people, a sessions court held there was “not sufficient ground” to proceed against them, finding lack of material to establish their direct…
In a grim replay of history, the recent deaths of several children in Madhya Pradesh after consuming contaminated cough syrup have revived memories of Mumbai’s J J Hospital tragedy of 1986, when 14 patients—including a 10-year-old child—died of acute renal failure after being administered glycerol syrup laced with diethylene glycol (DEG).Then, as now, the culprit…
In a grim replay of history, the recent deaths of several children in Madhya Pradesh after consuming contaminated cough syrup have revived memories of Mumbai’s J J Hospital tragedy of 1986, when 14 patients—including a 10-year-old child—died of acute renal failure after being administered glycerol laced with diethylene glycol (DEG).Then, as now, the culprit was…
Navi Mumbai: Ahead of World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on Oct 11, environmentalists have appealed to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi to take action for the conservation of India’s wetlands. Launching a national campaign, Navi Mumbai-based NatConnect Foundation said the UN-driven WMBD 2025 theme – “Shared Spaces: Creating bird-friendly cities and communities” – highlights the…
Mumbai: AI-based identification of risk zones using CCTVs and a gradual shift to closed-door local trains should be initiated to ensure commuter safety, a Central Railway (CR) inquiry panel set up after the June 9 Mumbra train tragedy, which claimed five lives, has recommended.In its report submitted to the railway administration, the five-member committee cited…
Mumbai: Taking into account the mental agony suffered by an Oshiwara flat buyer who was promised possession in 2016, Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRera) has directed the builder to give him Rs 5 lakh as compensation, apart from the interest it was told to pay in an earlier order.The complainant, Mohammed Sayyed Noorul Hassan,…
Navi Mumbai: After more than a fortnight into the probe of the Khopli murder case, police arrested a 27-year-old daily wage labourer, who was on the run after killing his co-worker on Sept 11. The accused changed his location multiple times — to Thane, Kalyan, Palghar, Surat, Ahmedabad, and his native place in Bihar. He…
