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NASHIK/KOLHAPUR/MUMBAI: Several civic bodies in Maharashtra, including the municipal corporations in Nashik, Jalgaon, Kolhapur and Ichalkaranji, on Wednesday ordered the closure of slaughterhouses and meat shops on Aug 15, sparking a controversy. Nagpur and Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporations had already issued similar orders.When asked about some municipal corporations ordering the closure of abattoirs on Aug 15,…

Mumbai: From Friday midnight, Mumbai Coastal Road will be open for traffic round the clock. Currently, the stretch is operational for 19 hours — from 7am to 12am.Additionally, the sea-facing promenade and pedestrian subways, which are part of the coastal road starting from Napean Sea Road to Worli, will be inaugurated during an online event…

Mumbai: Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, her businessman husband Raj Kundra, and an unknown person were booked by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for allegedly cheating a Mumbai-based businessman of Rs 60.48 crore in connection with a loan-cum-investment deal involving their now-defunct company, Best Deal TV Pvt Ltd.The offence was registered at Juhu police station against…

The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Mumbai is set for a rainy Thursday with moderate showers expected throughout August 14, 2025. The city will experience temperatures between 24.8°C and 27.3°C, with 80% humidity and an 87% chance…

Mumbai: India’s public hospitals and dispensaries may soon have a safer, more affordable option for preventing rabies after a suspected rabid dog bite: one already in use in private clinics since 2017 and by BMC since 2019. A post-marketing clinical trial involving more than 4,000 participants, conducted and funded by a pharmaceutical company and recently…

Mumbai: On a day the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation made it clear it’s not withdrawing its order to shut slaughterhouses and meat shops on Aug 15 and more corporations – Kolhapur, Ichalkaranji, Nashik & Jalgaon – issued similar directives, CM Fadnavis said the decision was not taken by Mahayuti govt but by an earlier govt…

Mumbai: The Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) has decided to defer the redevelopment of Thane and Kalyan railway stations until at least half the work on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) is completed — a milestone likely to be reached only next year. At present, only about 15% progress has been made on the Rs…

Mumbai: The Dadar Kabutarkhana controversy escalated on Wednesday as several hundred Marathi Ekikaran Samiti members were detained while protesting against the Jain community’s demand to allow pigeon feeding at the spot. The Samiti members said they were angered by the remarks of Jain monk Nileshchandra Vijay, who threatened an indefinite hunger strike and said he…

Mumbai: The classic dabbawallah dressed in white kurta pyjama and Gandhi cap embodies a tradition that is older than Ganeshotsav. The tiffin service began in 1890 while public Ganesh celebrations started in 1893.The fire may be spent but the embers still glow. The dabbawallah community is still proud of the profession which transports home-cooked meals…

Mumbai: A day after 75-year-old, Neeta Nitin Shah, a south Mumbai resident, died after being trapped between a Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) electric bus and a wrongly parked car in Malabar Hill, the police are contemplating action against the car owner. Shah came under the rear tyre of the BEST bus when it…