Student politics in Mumbai has seen a significant decline in recent years (Representative image, enhanced with AI) The anti-CAA-NRC protests of December 2019 were among the last instances when Mumbai’s campuses appeared politically vibrant.Though it briefly seemed student politics in the city was witnessing a revival, the momentum quickly faded. With student union elections absent…
Mumbai Police on Thursday initiated a probe after a viral video allegedly showed a police driver threatening student protesters. MUMBAI: Mumbai Police on Thursday ordered an inquiry into a viral video purportedly showing a police driver threatening student protesters with fabricated criminal cases if they returned to agitate. The widely shared video allegedly shows the…
Mumbai remains under an orange alert for heavy rainfall and strong winds (Representative image) MUMBAI: Mumbai remained under an orange alert for the third consecutive day on Thursday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places along with gusty winds of 60-70kmph.Neighbouring Palghar continued under a red…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra govt has become the last state to abolish the controversial institutional quota round for medical admissions. Additionally, the state govt has decided to bar for two years candidates who participate in admission rounds, block seats and then do not end up taking admission anywhere. “The selected candidates who do not report or…
Thane: A domestic dispute over a saree allegedly ended in a murder in Badlapur East, where a 30-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband with a pressure cooker lid before strangling him to death and attempting to pass off the crime as a heart attack.The accused, Sunita Hariram Singh, 30, was arrested after…
A video showing Cockroach Janta Party protesters escaping a police van has gone viral. MUMBAI: A video purportedly showing detained Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters being freed from a police vehicle during a protest in Mumbai has gone viral on social media.The video, widely shared online, appears to show a youth discreetly opening the rear…
Cooperation minister Balasaheb Patil said that after the scheme was expanded during the recent state assembly session, the total amount for the loan waiver has gone up from Rs 36,585 crore to Rs 40,980 crore. Mumbai: The state government announced its first list of 553 beneficiaries from the total of 56 lakh farmers earmarked for…
Unlike a conventional hearing aid, the Osia 3 system transmits sound through bone vibrations directly to the inner ear, bypassing damaged portions of the outer and middle ear. Mumbai: Family holidays have never been a part of the Pareeks’ lives. Every year or so, plans would instead revolve around hospital admissions, surgery dates and recovery.Since…
Mumbai: Around 500 people participated in a protest led by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) at Azad Maidan on Wednesday, demanding a fair probe into the tree crash incident at Chembur that killed 11-year-old student Vihaan Srivastav on June 30. The huge tree had fallen on Vihaan’s school bus in Chembur. The civic report on the…
The Bombay high court held that BMC’s May 7 suspension order was passed without following mandatory procedure under Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Service Rules, 2015 Mumbai: Bombay high court has quashed and set aside BMC’s suspension of a medical officer over alleged irregularities in birth certificates, observing that he was hastily suspended.Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge…
