Mumbai: The state govt has introduced a bill granting sweeping powers to the Nasik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority for managing the Simhastha Kumbh Mela, scheduled to be held in Nasik next year. The bill follows an ordinance introduced in June. The Kumbh Mela is organised every 12 years, and the last event in 2015 attracted 2.5…
Mumbai: A 22-year-old from Mangaluru, Bilal Ahmed Teli, who had been allegedly caught residing illegally on the IIT Bombay campus for nearly three weeks, was driven by an intense fascination with the IIT brand rather than any sinister motive, the crime branch has concluded.After extensive interrogations by Mumbai Police, Mangaluru Police, Intelligence Bureau, and Maharashtra…
Navi Mumbai: India Rating and Research, a nationally recognised financial institution, announces the credit ratings of various institutions every year. Like in the last 10 years, this year too, the best credit rating of “India Double A Plus Stable (AA+ Stable)” was bestowed upon Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation for the year 2024-25. This makes Navi…
Mumbai: The Samta Nagar police have registered an FIR against a 45-year-old doctor based on the complaint of a female patient that she was sexually assaulted at his clinic in Kandivli (east) on Sunday. The doctor has been on the run since.The clinic is located in a slum colony. The 24-year-old patient had gone to…
Mumbai: BMC has approved a layout proposal submitted by the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) through its architect for the construction of a new clubhouse and banquet hall at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse. The approval comes less than a year since the lease deed was signed between BMC and RWITC for 93 acres to be…
Mumbai: Just three months into the financial year, the cash-strapped Mahayuti govt which faces local body polls across the state, tabled supplementary budgetary demands worth a steep Rs 57,509 crore in the state legislative assembly on Monday. This will add to the financial strain of the state which not only faces its highest-ever debt projection…
Mumbai: Three children aged 12 to 16 died of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) at one of the major public hospitals in the city over the last month not due to lack of treatment but because private general practitioners failed to diagnose the disease early.Disseminated TB refers to the spread of the disease from the lungs to…
Mumbai: Bombay HC on Monday issued notice on two petitions filed by MLA Abu Asim Azmi to quash FIRs against him for allegedly praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb during the assembly’s budget session.Justices Ajey Gadkari and Rajesh Patil will hear the matter after four weeks. A sessions court had granted Azmi anticipatory bail.The June 7 FIRs…
Mumbai: The Versova police arrested a Nigerian woman on June 30 for allegedly possessing cocaine valued at Rs1.42 crore. The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) conducted an operation in Old MHADA, Andheri West, after observing suspicious behavior.At approxima 3 am, officers noticed Yenna Christina Idowha, 34, residing in Noida, New Delhi, acting suspiciously in the area. Acting…
Mumbai: The state govt’s decision to revoke both of its resolutions on the introduction of Hindi as a third language in primary schools has triggered widespread confusion across SSC board-affiliated schools in the city. A timetable, circulated by the govt on June 18 to accommodate the new language structure, is now deemed invalid. The sudden…
