Navi Mumbai: A restaurant based inside the APMC wholesale market complex in Vashi has been using firewood instead of LPG fuel for cooking for the past seven years.While there has been panic booking for LPG cylinders in the past few days by citizens and hoteliers, the owner of Jagdamb Restaurant, Rushi Shinde, said that since…
Maha Council clears amendment to decentralise lift inspections, ease safety oversightChittaranjan Tembhekar | TNNMumbai: In a move aimed at strengthening elevator safety and speeding up regulatory clearances, the state Legislative Council on Thursday passed an amendment to the Maharashtra Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks Act, 2017, empowering electrical inspectors at district or inspection division level…
Mumbai: The city’s street foodscape has become a shadow of its usual self owing to the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders. Vada pav has come under threat. Daily staples such as samosa and bhajiya, which satiate the hunger of rickshaw and taxi drivers, labourers, and ordinary working class Mumbaikars, too, are disappearing from street corners…
Mumbai: A special court on Thursday transferred the Rs 140 crore cheating and conspiracy case involving Guruashish Construction and its directors to the magistrate’s court after the CBI failed to find evidence of involvement by any public servants. Special judge B Y Phad said, “…as there are no public servants arrayed as accused in the…
Mumbai: Amid rising man-animal conflicts, state forest minister Ganesh Naik told the assembly on Thursday that the cabinet has approved a proposal to move leopards in the state from Schedule 1 to Schedule II of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.Schedule I of the Act gives maximum protection to animals. Schedule II does not allow hunting…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed the city police to restore protection to a city-based developer who has allegedly been receiving repeated death threats and extortion demands in the name of underworld gangster Chhota Shakeel.The developer had moved the Bombay high court against the decision of the Protection Review Committee to withdraw the security…
Mumbai: Filming at BEST depots, bus stations and bus stops in the city will become costlier after the undertaking revised its shooting charges for the next five years, from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2030.The move is aimed at generating additional revenue for the civic-run transport body. BEST has 26 depots and several bus…
Mumbai: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said a special investigation team (SIT) will look into allegations of large-scale fraud in the acquisition of land for national highways and other projects in Jalgaon district.The SIT will be headed by Nashik divisional commissioner Praveen Gedam, and will have one IPS and two IAS officers so that…
Mumbai: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday told the Legislative Assembly that a decision will be taken by the end of March making land given to landless farmers and ex-servicemen freehold at minimum rates.“As per the Maharashtra Agricultural Land Act of 1961, it was decided to give land to landless farmers and ex-servicemen. The govt…
Mumbai: Contractors hiring gig workers for platforms like Zomato, Swiggy and Blinkit, and the workers themselves, will have to undergo police verification, labour minister Akash Fundkar informed the legislative council on Wednesday.The issue was raised by BJP MLC Chitra Wagh, who flagged concerns about women’s safety linked to gig workers. Replying to the discussion, Fundkar…
