Mumbai: Informers who take risks to provide credible information to government authorities based on which tax evaders are brought to book should be rewarded fairly as per the government scheme, the Bombay High Court said on Tuesday. A bench of Justices M S Sonak and Jitendra Jain ordered the Maharashtra government to pay an interim…
Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved an increase in food, living, and educational material purchase allowances for students in tribal hostels. “Govt hostels are functioning at divisional, district, taluka, and rural levels across the state to make it easier for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students to pursue higher education outside their villages. The living and…
Mumbai: Even as Maharashtra govt issued a government resolution (GR) on Monday, following a court directive, clarifying that Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Category reservations will not apply to minority colleges, officials are still allotting seats under the altered seat matrix in minority colleges. Those in the know have raised serious doubts about…
Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed officials to create a comprehensive app for women in the city to access information about schemes for women in one place. Shinde said the various departments should work effectively to implement the Fourth Women’s Policy 2024 was announced.“Through this policy, the state govt is creating an…
Palghar: A houseboat developed a snag and got stuck in a river in Palghar district on Tuesday, officials said.Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the local fire brigade are involved in the rescue efforts, and there were no reports of casualties, they said. pti Source link
Mumbai: Three people, including two children, were injured after a portion of a house collapsed adjacent to a nullah in Punjabi Chawl, Hanuman Nagar, Bhandup West, at around 7 am. The three injured were immediately taken to Agarwal Hospital in Mulund and are said to be stable.Subsequently, the BMC has shifted eight residents to a…
Mumbai: A 72-year-old pedestrian died last Saturday while under treatment at Sion Hospital a week after being knocked down by a biker. An FIR has been lodged against the biker, Shubam Nachare, for causing death due to negligence. Police said Shripati Ramchandra Kadam was crossing the road at a traffic signal in Ghatkopar on June…
Mumbai: While the incidence of monsoon diseases is rising in the city, the BMC’s subsidised diagnostic testing programme will take a few more weeks to become operational again. “Our Aapli Chikitsa programme is on the verge of being finalised. We need a week or so to get it operational,” confirmed deputy municipal commissioner Sharad Ughade.The…
Mumbai: Reviving a politically sensitive expressway project that was put on hold before the assembly elections, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved the provision of Rs 20,787 crore to accelerate the Nagpur-Goa Shaktipeeth Expressway project. This expressway connects the Maharashtra-Goa border from Pawnar (Wardha district) in the east of the state to Patra Devi (Sindhudurg…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has recommended a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the family of a convicted inmate who died in Nagpur Central Prison in June 2022. The commission also asked for action against the jail authorities, as their negligence led to the incident. The commission could not determine the…
