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The minister said low-speed e-rickshaws should operate mainly on internal roads, feeder routes and connectivity corridors rather than arterial roads, highways and major traffic junctions Mumbai: In a push to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship and promote green mobility, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik has directed officials to identify dedicated routes across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)…

Kalyan: A court on Tuesday granted bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors and nurses of a civic-run hospital in Dombivli last week.Mhatre was remanded in judicial custody on Monday after his police custody ended. His counsel then moved a bail application before the court.Urging the court not…

Thane: A fresh flashpoint threatens to break out between the Thane BJP and Shiv Sena with the BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Monday publicly opposing the proposed beautification of Kavesar Lake, saying he would not allow any concretisation of the ecologically sensitive water body.Kelkar’s stand puts him at odds with the local Shiv Sena unit,…

Mumbai: Bombay HC has held that a former ad hoc assistant professor of a Vidyavihar college was not entitled to maternity leave and consequential benefits under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, after expiry of the contract period.Justice Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe on Monday allowed a petition by K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce…

Mumbai: The body of an infant was found dumped in a restroom near the outpatient department (OPD) of the civic-run Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle, prompting a police investigation, officials said on Tuesday.The incident came to light on Monday evening when a woman visiting the hospital entered the restroom and noticed the arm of a…

Political posters line the footpath leading to Mantralaya on Tuesday Mumbai: Just over two years after a giant billboard collapsed in Ghatkopar, claiming 17 lives, two smaller crashes in Thane—a banner falling on a passing bike on Monday and a hoarding dropping bang in the middle of a busy road amid strong winds last week—have…

The court refused to extend the benefit of probation Mumbai: A special court on Tuesday acquitted absconding accused Dharmendrasing Choudhary, alias Dharmesh, in the murder of Neeta Naik, wife of alleged gangster Ashwin Naik, after finding that the prosecution failed to prove any link between the alleged conspiracy and him. Neeta, a BMC corporator, was…

A govt press release said an auxiliary grant scheme is being implemented under the Women and Child Development Department Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal doubling the financial assistance provided for the rehabilitation of released female juvenile prisoners to Rs 50,000. The hike came two years after the govt increased the financial…

The approved proposal covers strategically located lands attached to MSRTC bus depots, bus stations, workshops, and warehouses across the state Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday cleared the proposal for MSRTC to redevelop nearly 1,485 hectares of its land through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, with a focus on generating sustainable revenue and improving the…

Police said the accused is a native of Punjab. Mumbai: A 44-year-old man was arrested from Lucknow by the Borivli police for posing as BJP MLA Sanjay Upadhyay on one occasion and his personal assistant on another occasion to cheat people. Police said the accused, B Pal, a native of Punjab, asked the complainant to…