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MUMBAI: Speakers at a seminar reviewing Maharashtra’s four women’s policies said that while the policies have expanded women’s participation in governance, their implementation remains uneven and many sections—particularly working-class and minority women—have yet to benefit fully.The discussion, titled “Dhoran Kuthevar Aala Ga Bai!” (Where has the policy reached?), was organised on Thursday at Sahitya Mandir…

Thane: The Thane city police arrested a trailer driver and his cleaner for allegedly siphoning off high-grade iron rods from a consignment they were transporting and then attempting to sell them on the grey market. Property and material collectively worth around Rs 52 lakh was seized in the operation.The accused were identified as Santosh Ramprakash…

Thane: A court in Thane has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing a security guard following a fight over a vulgar message nearly three years ago.In his order delivered on Thursday, principal district and sessions judge S B Agrawal acquitted the convict Sanket Ramesh Shelke’s elder brother Siddhant, alias Sidhu Ramesh Shelke…

Thane: Pointing “law breakers need to be dealt with deterrently” and protection of women must be reinforced, an additional sessions court in Thane recently convicted a 29-year-old man from West Bengal for sexually harassing a woman railway constable at Digha Railway Station in Sept 2024, sentencing him to a year of simple imprisonment. The accused…

Mumbai’s National Gallery of Modern Art unveils ‘Colours of Swades,’ a major exhibition celebrating Nandalal Bose’s art from March 9 to April 9. Featuring the iconic Haripura Panels and his work on India’s Constitution, the show highlights art’s role in nation-building. Digital reconstructions bring rural India to life, offering a unique experience. The National Gallery…

Marriage to be held invalid if force, deceit, inducement used to convert MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law will render marriages conducted through inducement, deceit or coercion null and void, say sources. In such cases, any blood relative of the affected parties may file a complaint with the district magistrate, who will inquire into the details…

Mumbai: A last-minute withdrawal by Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Joseph Koli cleared the way for Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Yashwant Killedar to be elected unopposed as G-North ward committee chairperson on Friday.Killedar is among the six MNS corporators in BMC and, given the party’s limited strength, it would otherwise have been unlikely to secure…

Mumbai: The BMC’s standing committee on Friday reviewed a slew of infrastructure proposals — from the delayed Sion east–west railway overbridge to a key flyover linking Eastern Express Highway with Airoli, which is a part of Goregaon–Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project — and stalled a proposal to construct a town hall-cum-gymkhana in Fort amid concerns…

Mumbai: Powai police have arrested a Bihar-based real estate agent in connection with recovery of five live bullets from a BTech student’s bag in his IIT-Bombay hostel room last month.The accused, Prashant Raj (24), was apprehended from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Feb 26, based on information provided by Sarvottam Chaudhary (23), a college dropout…

Mumbai: Maharashtra government has proposed to raise nearly Rs 1.9 lakh crore in loans in the year 2025-26 of which Rs 1.5 lakh crore or 78.1% is to be raised from the open market. This constitutes nearly 73.4% of the fiscal deficit, states the Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Statement and the Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement.In addition,…