Mumbai: Even as the state govt signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 30 lakh crore at Davos in Jan this year estimated to create 40 lakh jobs, the Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum (IEM), a G2B portal of the Govt of India, showed that between Jan 2022 and Aug 2024, 638 industrial projects with an intended…
Mumbai: Many Mumbaikars complained of headaches and fatigue as a heatwave gripped the city on Thursday, but there were no serious sunstroke-like complaints, said doctors and civic officials. The BMC public health department decided to issue a heat advisory asking people to refrain from walking out on hot days when the temperature breaches 37°C.“People have…
Navi Mumbai: BJP’s three-time corporator, Ashok Patil, was elected unopposed as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) on Thursday. The Committee chairmanship is considered a key post in the elected civic body, as the person handles the NMMC treasury.Patil was the health committee chairman in his earlier stint…
Navi Mumbai: A 13-year-old boy died, and 13 others were injured after a ceiling slab collapsed in a ground-floor apartment of the three-storeyed Vidya Bhawan society in Sector 2, Koparkhairane, on Thursday evening, reports George Mendonca. Tuition classes were being run in the apartment. The deceased was identified as Manish Mhase, who was declared brought…
Mumbai: A sessions court recently granted bail to a contractor who was arrested last Aug in the Rs 65-crore Mithi river desilting scam case as it rejected arguments that silt was not removed.City police’s economic offences wing claimed that the contractor, Shersingh Rathod, only transported debris and not silt, but the judge found that the…
Mumbai: A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting Marathi theatre producer and artist Ashok Hande and vandalising his office in Matunga Weston Sunday. A Mahim police official said the suspect, Prathamesh Pandurang Unphode alias Bunty (53), who lives in the same locality, arrived at the office with a bat, smashed a window and demanded…
Mumbai: The state economic survey 2025-26 stated that while the state economy is expected to grow at 7.9% during 2025-26, real ‘agriculture & allied activities’ are expected to grow at only 3.4%. In fact, the agri growth rate is far lower than those for the industry (5.7%) and services (9%) sectors, indicates the economic survey….
Mumbai: Electric vehicle (EV) registrations in Maharashtra dipped sharply in 2024-25, falling 19% over the previous fiscal, but the trend reversed in 2025-26 with a 13% rise, according to the latest state economic survey report. The rebound came even as the overall vehicle base in the state continued to expand steadily, driven largely by two-wheelers.The…
Pune: Mounting fiscal pressure combined with a sharp rise in the state’s debt burden may drive govt to revise the ready reckoner (RR) rates from April. An average increase of over 5% across the state can be expected, senior govt officials said on Thursday.“Considering the widening revenue deficit and the surge in supplementary demands, a…
Mumbai: The election for the chairperson of the F North and F South BMC ward committee dealt a setback to the UBT Shiv Sena. Despite the Maha Vikas Aghadi having a numerical advantage — with the Thackeray faction, Congress and the MNS together — its candidate and former Mumbai Mayor Shraddha Jadhav lost the contest.Sources…
