Pune: The labour department has begun mapping gig workers to create a centralised database in a key step towards extending legal protection and welfare benefits to them. State labour minister Aakash Fundkar told TOI on Friday that the comprehensive policy, expected to be announced by the year-end, would cover platform-based workers across companies and offer…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The state home department on Thursday issued a resolution detailing operational guidelines for producing ‘Maharashtra Made Liquor’ (MML), a new category of grain-based liquor. The move comes nearly a month after the state cabinet approved adding MML to the Bombay Foreign Liquor Rules, 1953.State govt recently increased the excise duty on IMFL from…
Kalyan: A cancer patient’s 40-year-old son died on Friday, a day after he allegedly jumped from the fourth floor of a private hospital in Dombivli. Manpada police senior inspector Sandipan Shinde said they are yet to find out the exact reason for the extreme step by Ambernath resident Rohit Katke. Rohit’s mother, Manda, who has…
Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has mandated that consumers in the low voltage category register (login) to download a PDF copy of their electricity bill online from the official website, www.mahadiscom.in. This measure ensures cyber security and the confidentiality of consumer information, aligning with the Central Govt’s cyber security guidelines. On…
Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police seized 4 kg of Mephedrone (MD) worth ₹10 crore and arrested five individuals, including a Nigerian national, from different locations in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.The crackdown on the drugs was across four ANC units of Ghatkopar, Bandra, and Worli. In the first raid on July 28, the…
MUMBAI: Observing that it is difficult to believe that a 71-year-old man could wink when he had two eye surgeries and make sexual gestures while struggling to climb five flights of stairs due to rods in his legs, a special POCSO court last week acquitted him of charges of sexual abuse and harassing his nine-year-old…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Augst 4 directed the MPSC to provide the answer sheet of a main examination held for appointment of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class, to an aspirant, before the results are declared. The HC said the rules nowhere state the answer sheet can only be shared after…
MUMBAI: The Aarey Colony Police have registered an FIR for rash and negligent driving against a motorcyclist after a 53-year-old woman seated pillion on his two-wheeler died in a road crash at Goregaon East. The woman’s family told the police that the motorcyclist, Shubham Ghatwal, was trying to overtake a BEST bus when he rammed…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday dismissed speculation about any third-party involvement in a potential alliance with his cousin Raj Thackeray’s MNS. During his New Delhi visit, when asked if Raj was also going to meet Congress neta Rahul Gandhi, Uddhav said the two brothers are capable of taking their own decisions…
Mumbai is set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Abhangwari on August 9, 2025, at Prabodhankar Thackeray Auditorium, Borivali. The event, presented by Sugee and initiated by Vasantotsav, will feature Rahul Deshpande and Deepti Mate, honoring Marathi devotional music. MUMBAI: This August 9, Mumbai will resonate with the divine sounds of Abhangs as Abhangwari, a…
