Mumbai: Hundreds of postgraduate medical students from courses run by the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS) staged a protest at Azad Maidan on Thursday, demanding that the state government intervene in the prolonged delay in their final examinations.The uncertainty stems from the withdrawal of recognition for CPS diploma and postgraduate programmes in 2022. However,…
Navi Mumbai: Following the massive fire breakout at Belapur Hills on Wednesday night, which has occurred repeatedly in the previous years, the CMO has taken cognizance of the incident. Activists appealed to CM Fadnavis, seeking a high-level probe into the recurring breakouts atop the Hills. The CMO alerted the Urban Development Department (UDD) and the…
Palghar: The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the toxic oleum gas leak in Boisar in which around 2,600 people, including 1,600 school students, were evacuated. The gas leak took place at Bhageria Industries Limited, located at plot D-17 in the Boisar MIDC area in Palghar district, on March 2. No…
Mumbai: A 28-year-old man, wanted in connection with sending emails threatening bomb threats at schools, the stock exchange, and metro stations in Mumbai, was arrested by Gujarat Police. Dindoshi Police in Mumbai will now seek his custody for issuing threats to establishments in their jurisdiction in the Malad-Goregaon belt. Police are still probing the motive…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane awarded nearly Rs 46.6 lakh compensation to the family of a man who died in a road accident in Palghar district nearly nine years ago. The tribunal held the driver of a truck responsible for the fatal crash and directed the insurance company to pay the…
Mumbai is set to develop a 3.2-acre recreation ground in Marol. MUMBAI: A 12,964-sqm (3.2-acre) recreation ground in Marol, Andheri (East), along the Mithi River, is set to be developed into what is proposed as Mumbai’s first public urban forest. The plot, reserved as a recreation ground (ROS 1.4) under the Development Plan (DP), currently…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an engineering student from Mumbai for allegedly sharing online propaganda material linked to banned terrorist organisations, an official said. According to the official, two other individuals are also under investigation in connection with the case. The ATS recently conducted search operations at multiple locations across the city…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently moved a special PMLA court under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEO) seeking to permanently confiscate 15 assets worth around Rs 700 crore belonging to late drug smuggler Iqbal Memon and his family in Mumbai and Dubai. The plea includes Worli properties, comprising Rabia Mansion, Marium Lodge, and Sea…
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s public health seems to be taking a beating. Cases of malaria, dengue, tuberculosis and HIV keep increasing with every passing year, but the number of beds per lakh population is dipping.According to data published in the state economic survey on Thursday, the state had 108 beds per lakh population in 2014, but the…
Mumbai: The state’s economic growth rate is set to rise from 7.3% in 2024-25 to 7.9% in 2025-26, according to Maharashtra’s economic survey for 2025-26 tabled in the state legislature on Thursday. The sharp decline in the agricultural sector owing to unseasonal rains and floods has been compensated by an upswing in the industrial and…
