Mumbai: The BMC has removed 952 metric tons of waste from the Girgaon, Dadar-Mahim, Juhu, Versova, Madh-Marve and Gorai beaches between Aug 15 and 23 after the recent heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs. Large amounts of waste had accumulated on various beaches in Mumbai following the heavy rainfall. The BMC had deployed around…
Qutub Minar lit up in Ukrainian flag colours The Qutub Minar lit up in blue and yellow on Saturday evening, marking National Flag Day on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day. Appreciating India, Oleksandr Polishchuk, Ambassador of Ukraine, said, “This (the Qutub being lit in Ukraine’s national colours) is another symbol of India’s solidarity with…
Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said that grape producers’ demand pertaining to relief in power supply bills and other issues will be considered by the state govt. He was speaking at the annual gathering of Maharashtra State Grapes Producers’ Association.Grape growers have been demanding a waiver for producers who need to use…
Mumbai: A fire broke out in the 12th floor flat of a ground-plus 22-storey building in Malad (E) on Sunday afternoon. No one was injured in the blaze as the flat occupants had stepped out at noon.The flames were doused by 6pm, said fire bridge officials, adding that they will issue a notice to the…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has made a second arrest in connection with the case pertaining to attack on chief minister Rekha Gupta during a jan sunwai at Civil Lines. The second accused — identified as Tehsin — is a resident of Rajkot and a close associate of Rajesh Bhai Khimji Bhai Sakriya, the man who…
Mumbai: From this academic year, Mumbai University students pursuing traditional degree programmes like BA, BCom, and BSc can gain hands-on technical skills through newly introduced open electives.Under the scope of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education has designed select programmes such as Python programming, green energy, web designing,…
New Delhi: A 65-year-old businessman was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor in central Delhi’s Ajmeri Gate. Police said they received a complaint on Saturday from a 12-year-old girl. She claimed that on Aug 14, around 8 PM, she went to purchase an edible item. There, an elderly man told her that her father was…
Mumbai: In the build-up to the municipal polls in Maharashtra, the Thackeray cousins are now invoking ‘vote-chori’, backing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s charges about irregularities in polling and voter enumeration. A day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray raised this issue in Pune, SS (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday asked party workers to be alert…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has launched an e-auction for over 200 premium properties on a licence-fee basis to facilitate additional event spaces during the upcoming festive season.The properties up for bidding include more than 115 function sites, along with kiosks, Aarambh Cafés, Amrit Dhara Food Court, a shopping centre, and approximately 80 mobile…
Incomplete Mum-Goa h’way stretch worries Konkaniites on Ganesh festivalUmesh K ParidaNavi Mumbai: The incomplete Mumbai-Goa highway (NH-66) stretches in Raigad and Ratnagiri districts have become cause for concern for thousands of devotees who travel to their hometowns in Konkan for Ganpati festival.The unfinished road works restrict vehicle mobility leading to traffic congestion and even accidents,…
