Pune: Maharashtra State Primary Teachers’ Committee has raised serious concerns about the difficulty level and structure the state scholarship exam held on Sunday.Its members said several questions in language and mathematics papers were far beyond the cognitive level and prescribed syllabus of Class 5 students, leading to stress and loss of confidence among examinees. In…
Mumbai: The south region cyber police arrested a 36-year-old Ambernath resident for allegedly providing his account to receive a portion of a cyber victim’s money. The complainant, aged 78, who resided at the Bhulabhai Desai Road in south Mumbai, was assured high returns in investments but was duped of Rs 1.14 crore.A team led by…
Palghar: The Palghar Police have uncovered an international cyber fraud racket operating from a residential flat in Palghar West, arresting five individuals accused of cheating citizens of the United States. Acting on a tip-off, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) conducted a late-night raid at a flat in Mahim, Palghar, on Monday, where the fake call…
Mumbai: Justice N R Borkar of Bombay HC on Tuesday reserved for order a petition filed by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi against summons issued to him by a court over a criminal defamation complaint.Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, had challenged a Girgaum magistrate’s Aug 28, 2019, order for a process against him…
Mumbai: The state govt’s decision to conduct Class 4 and 7 scholarship examinations on April 26 has raised concerns among parents and educationists. They pointed out that the date clashes directly with end-of-year semester examinations, result processing and other administrative work in schools. They warned that the overlap will create a dual academic burden for…
Mumbai: In India’s third charter aircraft accident this year, a Pawan Hans helicopter carrying 7 persons ditched in shallow waters near Maya Bunder in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday morning. Unlike the 2 other fatal accidents involving non-scheduled operators, all passengers and crew in the Pawan Hans crash were safe.The Pawan Hans Dauphin…
Mumbai: Executive decisions and actions taken by three banks under RBI master directions of 2016 are not invalidated merely because the top bank brought in new master directions in 2024, Bombay high court said while setting aside a single judge’s order of last Dec that restrained banks from acting on a 2020 forensic audit report…
30-year-old Kalyan resident allegedly died by suicide, fearing rabies after a dog bite KALYAN: A 30-year-old private bank employee from Kalyan East allegedly died by suicide after reportedly after fearing the onset of rabies symptoms following a dog bite. The incident, which occurred in the Tisgaon Naka area, has left residents shocked and has renewed…
Mumbai: At least 70 residents, mostly from Bandra West, wrote to the BMC, objecting to what they described as the “illegal commercialisation” of the Carter Road Promenade.In their letter sent on February 23, residents pointed out that both the Carter Road Promenade and Bandstand Promenade are designated Green Open Spaces under Mumbai’s Development Plan (DP-2034)….
Mumbai: The BMC blood banks in the city had to cancel their planned collection camps at the last moment, as the additional municipal commissioner (health) kept approvals for vehicles on hold for a prolonged duration. Blood bank officers said that, for the first time in many years, there were cancellations, and the situation could lead…
