MUMBAI: The demand for traditional courses such as BA and BCom in the city’s top- colleges has taken a hit this year, with high scorers now having a wider range of professional courses to choose from. In the recent past, top colleges would close admissions to these courses at cutoffs in the 90% range, but…
MUMBAI: Central Railway, Mumbai division, will operate a megablock on its suburban sections to carry out various engineering and maintenance works today. On the main line, the block will be on the up and down slow lines between CSMT Mumbai and Vidyavihar from 10.55 am to 3.55 pm.The up slow services departing Ghatkopar from 10.19…
MUMBAI: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food business license of one of the warehouses of Kiranakart Technologies Pvt. Ltd., the parent company of quick-commerce platform Zepto.This was after serious food safety violations at its Dharavi facility. The suspension was issued after an inspection conducted by FDA officials on Saturday revealed multiple…
MUMBAI: To facilitate the dismantling of the elevated booking office at Kandivali Yard, a major block of 36 hours was undertaken on the 5th line and yard lines of Western Railway starting Saturday afternoon and continuing until Monday. On Sunday, as many as 47 suburban services were cancelled for the block, impacting local train services.A…
MUMBAI: The Mahayuti govt has reduced the compensation it used to give farmers for crop losses due to unseasonal rains and other natural calamities. It did this by rolling back an order that increased the compensation, which was issued in January 2024 before the Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the state. The hike was…
AI datasets by IIT-Bombay to simplify Indian texts, help in AI research (ANI) MUMBAI: For years, research in Indian knowledge systems, often available in Indian languages such as Sanskrit, was challenging for researchers. However, a data curation exercise carried out by the premier IIT-Bombay, as part of its contribution to the central govt’s AIKosh portal,…
Among the many memorabilia that decorate the principal’s chamber at the 180-year-old Govt Law College near Churchgate station, three photographs stand out: two of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, also known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, and a picture of Gautam Buddha. We do not know how old these photographs are. However, exactly 90 years ago, on June 1,…
Thane: Observing that poverty-stricken families are increasingly falling prey to flesh trade operators who “hunt for teenaged children and young girls to make money”, a Pocso court on Friday sentenced a 40-year-old homemaker from Aarey Colony to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for pushing two minor girls into prostitution with promises of good money.Ashwini Mukund…
Ranjit Kasle, a dismissed sub-inspector already embroiled in controversy over allegations of a contract to eliminate a key accused in a murder case, has been arrested by the Mumbai crime branch. MUMBAI: Dismissed sub-inspector Ranjit Kasle, who earlier claimed he was offered a contract to eliminate Walmik Karad, a key accused in the sarpanch Santosh…
Image created using AI: Grok MUMBAI: A 20-year-old man, Anil Arjun Rajput, drowned off the Juhu Jetty in Juhu Koliwada on Saturday while reportedly taking photographs with friends. The incident was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade at 8:17 pm. According to preliminary information, the youth accidentally fell into the sea while taking pictures. Lifeguards…
