Mumbai: BMC will organise free breast cancer screening camps across all 227 municipal wards on July 22, targeting women aged 30 years and above as part of a citywide early detection drive.The camps will be held between 10 am and 5 pm and the civic body has deployed over 2,000 medical personnel for the exercise.Each…
A farmer tilling the soil with a hand tool as others plough their fields using bullocks at Karad, in Satara district, Maharashtra. (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: A rare convergence of an Adhik Jyeshtha month in the Hindu calendar and a powerful Super El Niño has raised concerns over the progress of this year’s monsoon in Maharashtra,…
Pune/Mumbai: The rift in the NCP leadership showed signs of widening as just two days after the party’s working president Praful Patel and state chief Sunil Tatkare met CM Devendra Fadnavis without the knowledge of party chief Sunetra Pawar, her elder son and Rajya Sabha MP Parth Pawar met the CM on Thursday.Amid speculation that…
The victims were identified as Shoaib Khan (17) and Ayan Mandal (19), both residents of Nalasopara West. According to police, the two were among a group of four friends who had visited Arnala beach on Thursday morning for an outing. Virar: The bodies of two youths who drowned while swimming at Arnala beach in Virar…
Kalyan: A history-sheeter who was out on bail in a murder case was allegedly stabbed to death by a group of assailants in Kalyan (E) in the early hours of Thursday, while his girlfriend, accompanying him, sustained minor injuries after she tried to intervene.The deceased was identified as Arjun Kalpande alias ‘Pendya Bhai’, a resident…
MUMBAI: Mayor Ritu Tawde on Thursday rejected the BMC inquiry report on the Chembur tree crash that killed 11 year-old Vihaan Srivastav. In the general body meeting, she said the findings failed to fix accountability and directed the civic administration to conduct a fresh inquiry.The report came under severe attack in the BMC house, with…
Maharashtra’s hospitality industry seeks extended bar operating hours for the FIFA World Cup Final MUMBAI: Football fans hoping to watch the FIFA World Cup Final at their favourite hotel or restaurant could get a late-night boost if the Maharashtra government accepts a hospitality industry’s request to extend bar operating hours for a single night.The Hotel…
Khazana, a ghazal festival, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The event continues its mission to support cancer and thalassemia patients. This year’s edition honors Asha Bhosle and showcases new talent. Proceeds will fund medical treatment and care for underprivileged children. The festival unites music lovers and philanthropists for a cause. The city’s most cherished…
MUMBAI: Western Railway has proposed building the Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s largest long-distance railway terminal at Kandivali, a move that could pave the way for 54 additional mail and express trains daily.The project could benefit around one lakh passengers every day.The project, however, depends on the Defence Ministry transferring a parcel of land identified for the…
The strike will begin at 6am on Monday and continue until 6am on Tuesday. MUMBAI: Following the alleged assault on doctors, nurses and healthcare staff at Shastri Nagar Municipal Hospital in Dombivli by Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, the state unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a 24-hour strike of OPD…
