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Mumbai: In a departure from traditional practice, state Congress chief Harshawardhan Sapkal has appointed 83 taluka presidents through direct interviews. Previously, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president would appoint persons of his choice. “Responsible and hardworking party workers will be given the responsibility to strengthen the organisation at the grassroots level in view of the…

Mumbai: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has granted final approval for the “diversion” (as BMC terms it in a press release) of 19.43 hectares of forest land in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) to the BMC for the construction of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) underground tunnel. Work on the 4.7-km-long and…

Mumbai: After a recent police case against bike taxis illegally operating in the city, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik, while waiting outside Mantralaya on Wednesday, asked a senior official of the department if bike taxis were completely off roads. He was informed that there were no bike taxis operating in Mumbai. But when the minister…

Mumbai: The state has told Bombay HC there is no room for suspicion in the death of PR manager Disha Salian (28), who allegedly jumped from the 12th floor of a Malad building on June 9, 2020. She was former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.The state opposed a petition filed by Disha’s father…