Thane: The ambitious second Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (SATIS) project under the Smart City initiative for Thane (E) will be completed by the end of September, Shiv Sena (UBT) former MP Rajan Vichare informed following an interaction with municipal officials.“The work on the installation of five girders, each 4.5 metres long for the flyover—a…
Mumbai: Saraswat Co-operative Bank, the largest urban cooperative lender, has received RBI approval to merge New India Co-operative Bank with itself. The merger will take effect from Aug 4, 2025, and all branches of NICB will operate as branches of Saraswat bank from that day.Following the merger, Saraswat Bank will assume all assets and liabilities…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has now got its fifth bench, located in Kolhapur. The HC bench at Kolhapur will start functioning from Aug 18, as stated in a notification issued on Friday.“I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as…
Mumbai: To check illegal sale of scheduled drugs, the Mumbai police has asked all pharmacy stores to install CCTV cameras in their premises within a month.Owners of medical stores and chemist shops are unhappy with the move as they believe such measures will not help.Scheduled drugs refer to medications regulated under the Drugs and Cosmetics…
Mumbai: Hospitals reported a significant surge in vector-borne diseases over the past month compared to June. Across the city, malaria cases topped, while dengue and chikungunya surged alarmingly compared to last month. Private hospitals, too, are seeing a rise in leptospirosis cases.In July, compared to June, malaria cases jumped from 884 to 1,294 (46.38% increase),…
Mumbai: One of the 39 witnesses who turned hostile in the Malegaon blast trial claimed he was detained for several days and forced to implicate five RSS members, including now Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, reports Rebecca Samervel. Reacting to his and other testimonies, the NIA judge has expressed concern about methods of torture…
Mumbai: With 88% of the city’s total solid waste being sent to the Kanjurmarg landfill, civic officials on Thursday confirmed that no alternative site is available currently. The relief granted by the Supreme Court has allowed operations at the landfill to continue.A team of BMC officials was present in Delhi for the court hearing. Mumbai…
Mumbai: Following allegations that the minister of state for home, Yogesh Kadam, was running a dance bar with a licence in his mother’s name, the Kadam family reportedly surrendered the orchestra licence of Savali bar in Kandivli on Friday.Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab criticised the licence surrender, stating it proves his allegations were right…
Mumbai: In the 1,036-page judgment in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the special NIA court, while acquitting all seven accused, has dismissed claims that senior officers from Maharashtra ATS had directed one of the investigating officers to arrest RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in the case.Special judge A K Lahoti said the court didn’t find force…
