Mumbai: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) is ready to launch Phase 2B of the underground Metro Line 3 from Worli to Cuffe Parade, but final approval from the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) is still awaited. The CMRS nod is mandatory before public operations can begin.An advanced CMRS team inspected the stretch…
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said his govt will create a corpus fund to cover organ transplants and other treatments costing more than Rs 5 lakh. It will also expand the scope of health insurance schemes, said Fadnavis at a meeting of the State Health Assurance Society’s governing council.He directed the state medical…
Mumbai: The cash-strapped state govt has decided to auction space on vacant govt plots across the state for advertisement hoardings for five years at a time. Under a new hoarding policy, the revenue department has asked all district collectors to find suitable govt plots after an inspection and to e-auction the sites by specifying the…
Mumbai: An insurance company executive is among three people arrested by cyber police recently for duping a govt auditor of Rs 46 lakh in an investment fraud. Two others held are beneficiaries whose bank accounts were used to receive defrauded sums. Police said there are eight complaints against the accused across the country.Police said the…
Nagpur: The Maharashtra OBC Action Committee, representing 33 other backward classes, has demanded immediate inclusion of 27 communities in the central OBC list, saying a delay in this regard was depriving people from these groups opportunities of higher education and employment, creating a sense of exclusion.At a meeting in Pune on Sunday, representatives from various…
Raipur: Tensions over alleged religious conversions flared in parts of Chhattisgarh over the weekend, with violent confrontations reported in Bilaspur, Durg, and Ambikapur districts. At least 13 people were injured in Bilaspur, dozens booked, as multiple protests erupted between the members of two communities who clashed during prayer meetings.Bilaspur: Clashes During Prayer MeetingA major incident…
Mumbai: Mumbai University (MU) has recorded a 128% rise in international student enrollments over the last five years. While in the academic year 2021-22, a total of 113 international students had enrolled with the university and its affiliated colleges, the corresponding numbers this year, in 2025-26, have grown to 258. The university’s international student base…
Thane: A 79-year-old lawyer and his wife fell victim to a sophisticated ‘digital arrest’ scam, losing Rs 64.6 lakh to cyber fraudsters who impersonated law enforcement officials. Police registered cases against three accused and managed to save Rs 5 lakh. On Sept 3 the elderly lawyer received a threatening WhatsApp call at his Mumbra residence…
Kalyan: A proposed Rs 1,400-crore cement plant by an Adani Group subsidiary in Kalyan’s Ambivli has brought together not only the village but also the nearby Mohone, Manda and Atali villages. Worried it’ll endanger health and pollute rivers, they have launched poster campaigns and signature drives in protest.The site, a 26.1-hectare plot, is just 10m…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to three policemen belonging to the Government Railway Police (GRP). All three were booked for allegedly threatening, assaulting, and extorting money from a Rajasthan-based jeweller at Mumbai Central railway station last month.While granting pre-arrest bail to Rahul Bhosale, Lalit Jagtap, and Anil Rathod, the court…
