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Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS) challenging the derecognition of several postgraduate diploma courses that were deleted from the schedule of the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC), 1965. HC, at the same time, allowed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a Mumbai-based doctor,…
Kolhapur: Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and former Rajya Sabha MP, has written to CM Devandra Fadnavis calling for immediate removal of the ‘Waghya’ dog statue from Raigad fort, located near Shivaji Maharaj’s Samadhi, asserting there is no historical basis for the dog’s existence during the year of Shivaji Maharaj.Reacting to the…
Mumbai: In a chargesheet submitted in the Torres Jewellers scam case, the city Economic Offences Wing (EOW) stated the accused offered 2% higher returns for cash investments as part of their criminal conspiracy, to facilitate misappropriation of the invested funds. The chargesheet stated that investors interested in making online payments were discouraged with excuses like…
Mumbai: A private firm’s research scientist underwent nose reconstruction surgery following an alleged attack by two unleashed dogs–a pitbull and doberman–belonging to fellow residents of Jal Vayu Vihar in Powai. The incident took place on Saturday at 10.30am when Richa Kaushik-Arora (37) was walking towards another building to inspect renovation work at her second flat….
Mumbai: Within just two years of its operation, the Mumbai-Nagpur prosperity corridor — a six-lane super expressway — has garnered more than Rs 1,300 crore in toll revenue through approximately 2 crore vehicles.“Once the final segment of the Samruddhi corridor between Igatpuri and Bhiwandi commences operations by April, the vehicle volume will increase substantially, enabling…
Pune: Malpractices during SSC exams this year plunged by 70% to 89 from 299 last year, while those during HSC exams saw a 20% drop from 452 cases to 360—a feat state board officials attributed to strict vigilance.The board spent at least two months before the exams working on a campaign, officials said. “In a…
Mumbai: It is an atomic journey down the ages both in India and abroad. And this trip takes place at the 7,000sqft, Rs 1.5-crore hall of nuclear power at Nehru Science Centre (NSC) in Worli with nearly 70 exhibits comprising touchscreen kiosks and videos, which was inaugurated on Monday by chairman and managing director of…
Navi Mumbai: A 42-year-old resident of Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai, died soon after he went for his regular swim session at the civic body’s pool in Vashi last week. No information on any pre-existing health condition was available. Police lodged an accidental death case and sought a report from the Kalina forensic laboratory to ascertain the…
To the mob that decided that habitat should not stand: An entertainment venue is merely a platform. A space for all sorts of shows. Habitat (or any other venue) is not responsible for my comedy, nor does it have any power or control over what I say or do.Neither does any political party. Attacking a…
Mumbai: In the backdrop of state government indicating a probe into the allegations of irregularities and substandard work in the BMC’s Rs 6,632-crore cement concrete road project, Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar, at a meeting of MLAs and BMC commissioner Bhushan Gagrani on Monday, suggested that minor roads be asphalted and not concretised.Maharashtra deputy chief minister…
Mumbai: IPS officer Dr Rashmi Karandikar appeared before the city economic offences wing (EOW) officers in connection with a summons issued to her. The EOW is probing two separate cases involving her husband, Prushottam Chavan, for cheating people. EOW earlier said that they wanted to question Karandikar about some financial transactions between her and Chavan….
Mumbai: A 43-year-old security guard died while attempting to douse a fire that broke out on the second floor of a 14-storey building at Vidyavihar early on Monday. A security supervisor and two residents sustained injuries.The guard, Uday Gangan, was found unconscious by firefighters on the second floor. A flat and the lobby on the…
Mumbai: More than 61% of the 600 students who took a survey conducted recently by IIT-Bombay students’ magazine Insight said they “felt the need to seek professional support to help them with issues related to mental well-being since they joined the institute”. Of these, 43% received support, either through the institute’s Students’ Wellness Centre (SWC)…
Mumbai: A 22-year-old biker, Yagya Gupta, and his sister, Puja Gupta (23) who was riding pillion, were injured in a hit-and-run accident on Link Road, Malad (west), around 10.30 pm on Saturday. An autorickshaw in front of the bike suddenly turned, causing the bike to collide with the three-wheeler. The rickshaw driver allegedly fled from…
Mumbai: Of the total penalty amount imposed for traffic violation in your city, motorists are still to pay more than 70%. This has been revealed in a reply to a query put out through Right to Information (RTI) Act. A total fine amount of Rs 526 crore had been levied on over 65 lakh motorists…
Mumbai: The proposed six-lane, access-controlled 30-km highway connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port with the Mumbai-Pune and the Mumbai-Goa highways will require diversion of over 24 hectares of forest land and involve the felling of at least 11,500 trees. It will pass through 18.27 hectares of water bodies, 1.7 hectares of wetland, and the Karanja creek, which…
Mumbai: A 60-year-old banana hawker was killed after an allegedly speeding BEST bus rammed into his handcart in Antop Hill on Monday. The bus driver, Nagesh Sabaji Rane (30), was arrested for negligent and reckless driving. Police said the bus was on its way to the Antop Hill bus depot when it hit the cart…
Mar 24, 2025 08:40 AM IST The plan will now be placed before the high-power committee headed by the chief minister for a final nod Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that a master plan is now ready for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela to be held in Nashik in 2027. The master plan…
Mar 24, 2025 08:44 AM IST MUMBAI: Advocate Nilesh Ojha stated the CBI’s closure report in Sushant Singh Rajput’s case holds no legal value, urging the court to investigate further. MUMBAI: Subsequent to the CBI’s closure report in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the National President of the Indian Bar Association, advocate Nilesh Ojha,…
Mumbai, In a bid to streamline stamp duty and registration processes, the Maharashtra government on Monday introduced a new system that allows citizens to pay stamp duty and obtain e-stamp certificates online from the comfort of their homes. Stamp duty payments to go online in Maharashtra; council approves bill with new reforms Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar…