Mumbai: Between November 20 and 26, BMC has received a total of 769 suggestions and objections from Mumbaikars to the ward-wise draft electoral roll, with the highest numbers emerging from the city’s eastern and northeastern pockets.M-East ward (Govandi) recorded 204 submissions, followed by T ward (Mulund) with 123. Other wards that saw notable participation include…
Mumbai: BMC is looking to designate community feeding spots for stray dogs and cats. Its veterinary health department has appealed to community animal feeders to register themselves with the civic body. BMC is likely to put up boards at the designated spots. Civic officials said these actions are being carried out as per Supreme Court’s…
Mumbai: A Congress delegation led by its city-chief and MP Varsha Gaikwad submitted a written complaint to Mumbai police commissioner Deven Bharti seeking registration of an FIR against BJP Mumbai chief Ameet Satam for allegedly issuing threat to her party leader and promoting disharmony between religious groups.Gaikwad stated in her complaint that she came across…
NEW DELHI: A 40-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar on Tuesday evening. The police have recovered a suicide note and have initiated an inquest to probe the case.The deceased belonged to a well known business group. According to police, she was the daughter-in-law of the owner of a pan masala…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court this month quashed an FIR filed in 2022 against a set of parents-in-law for its vagueness in one Navi Mumbai case. In another case from April 2019 in Mumbai, the court spared octogenarian grandparents-in-law from being “subjected to further harassment by making them undergo the rigmarole of the trial” in…
New Delhi: Delhi Police crime branch has busted three multi-state cyber-fraud modules that collectively duped victims of Rs 91.9 lakh through online investment scams, fake trading applications, mule-account networks, and KYC fraud.Police said that in the first case, a complainant reported losing Rs 33.10 lakh in an online investment scam. “The police team found that…
Pune: State revenue minister and senior BJP member Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday said that all the differences within the Mahayuti during the poll campaign will be resolved after the election results on Dec 3.He said, “After the results on Dec 3, our coordinating committee for every district will bring members of all the alliance partners…
Mumbai: The state govt has sanctioned Rs 2 crore to celebrate Chacha Nehru Bal Mahotsav in the state. The funds were approved by the Women and Child Development Department, headed by NCP minister Aditi Tatkare. “In order to develop the latent qualities of all children in the state, especially orphans, destitute, and wayward children admitted…
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University has opened the second phase of its PhD admissions for the 2025–26 academic year, as part of the newly introduced dual admission cycle. This is the first time the university is holding PhD admissions twice in an academic year, a model already implemented by several central universities under the national…
Pune: Working president of NCP (SP) Supriya Sule has written to State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare expressing concern over the trend of many candidates winning unopposed in the first phase of the local bodies polls. She called it a threat to democracy and demanded that SEC take cognisance of the complaints of threats issued to…
