The new rules explicitly target legal ambiguities used in the past by liquor traders. MUMBAI: In a major win for urban residents across Maharashtra, the state government has officially handed cooperative housing societies the power to veto liquor shops from moving into their premises. Under a fresh notification issued by the Home Department, liquor vendors…
File pic for representational purpose only Mumbai: In a major win for urban residents across Maharashtra, the state government has officially handed cooperative housing societies the power to veto liquor shops from moving into their premises. Under a fresh notification issued by the state home department, liquor vendors looking to relocate their outlets to residential…
Palghar: Heavy rain during the first and third weeks of July damaged crops on 1,205.4 hectares in Palghar district, affecting 4,636 farmers across 349 villages, according to a preliminary report by the agriculture department.Heavy rain that lashed the district between July 1 and 8, and again from July 22 to 24, claimed 23 lives and…
Mumbai: An association representing Ganesh mandals across the state on Wednesday told Bombay High Court there is no scientific study to prove plaster of Paris (PoP) is harmful to the environment.Akhil Sarvajanik Utsav Samiti Maharashtra responded to a query from Justices Ajay Gadkhari and Kamal Khata. HC is hearing a PIL to implement Central Pollution…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has rapped the deputy registrar, cooperative societies (K-West ward), for reopening proceedings on June 1 over bifurcating a housing society in Andheri West after a proposal was already rejected by his predecessor.Justice Sandeep Marne in Tuesday’s verdict said merely because the officer who passed the April 21 order got transferred, “the…
After high court’s suo-motu hearing on doctor’s strike case, Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) said the routine services at hospital will begin tomorrow. MUMBAI: Patients in Mumbai and across Maharashtra can breathe easy as the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday withdrew it after Bombay high court suo motu (on its own) took up…
Railway officials said Level Crossing Gate No. 29, which is normally opened for only three to five minutes to allow road traffic to pass between the two sides of the suburb, remained open from 11.49 am for nearly 25 minutes Thane: Central Railway services beyond Thane were severely disrupted on Wednesday afternoon after the Diva…
Food safety drive targets analogue paneer across states. For years, analogue paneer has been quietly making its way into restaurant kitchens, catering units and roadside eateries as a cheaper substitute to traditional milk-based paneer. Most consumers never knew the difference, because it looked similar, cooked similar and was often sold under the same name. But…
A Central Railway ticket collector assisted an injured passenger at Dombivli station MUMBAI: A Central Railway ticket collector carried an injured passenger to safety after she fell while alighting from a train at Dombivli station on Wednesday, ensuring she received immediate medical attention.The incident occurred on Platform No. 5 when 23-year-old Pooja lost her balance…
MIDC police apprehended Mehtab Alam Ajimatullah Khan in Goa nine years after his escape MUMBAI: MIDC police arrested a man from Goa and brought him to Mumbai on Tuesday nine years after he went absconding from the city after killing a scrapdealer in Bangarwadi at Subhash Nagar in Andheri (east) alongwith six others who were arrested…
