The Tata Institute of Social Sciences abruptly postponed its convocation ceremony. MUMBAI: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) abruptly postponed its 86th annual convocation, scheduled for Sunday, just hours before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant was to attend as the chief guest, leaving hundreds of graduating students and their families stranded and…
The BMC had maintained that safety nets had been installed on the majority of the city’s manholes Mumbai: Nearly a month after a 60-year-old man died after falling into an uncovered storm-water drain manhole in Sakinaka during heavy rain, Congress group leader in the BMC Ashraf Azmi on Friday demanded that the civic administration immediately…
Mumbai: Even as the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation announced plans this week to develop its own Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) for the city, a toolkit for a different kind of CCAP was launched in Mumbai on Thursday.The Community Climate Action Plan, developed by the non-profit YUVA, is not a one-size-fits-all formula but an adaptable…
MUMBAI: A High Court bench of acting CJ Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad directed that suspension of Poornima restaurant be treated as an “improvement notice” till next Tuesday, with fresh inspection on Wednesday. “All litigants should be treated equally before the law. No special treatment to any, and FDA inspections cannot be lopsided,” the…
BJP neta Ganesh Khankar’s statement comes days after the BMC floated a proposal to induct new Toyota Innova Crysta SUVs for the Leader of the House, Leader of the Opposition and chairpersons of statutory committees Mumbai: Amid the controversy over the BMC administration’s proposal to lease new Toyota Innova Crysta SUVs for top political functionaries,…
Victim, Mohansingh Parmar (L), The prime accused, Sagar Bhanusali (R) VASAI: Waliv police have cracked the attempted murder of Vasai-based industrialist Mohansingh Parmar (46), arresting seven persons, including the alleged mastermind, who investigators say plotted the attack to evade repaying him Rs 32 crore and gain complete control of their company, GSM Foils.The prime accused,…
Mumbai: Greater Mumbai recorded its strongest July in more than 14 years as homebuyers continued to purchase properties despite elevated prices and a high base from last year.An analysis of data from the state’s department of registrations and stamps by Knight Frank India estimates that 13,617 properties were registered within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)…
Bhiwandi: A Good Samaritan who offered shelter to relatives, three daily-wagers from one family counting down the minutes to the end of the day’s work, and a wife struggling with survivor’s guilt. The building crash plunged many families into insurmountable grief.Shamim Ansari (32) did not even live in the building and had rushed to offer…
The role of the reactor was multipurpose—training scientists, doing experiments in what is known as neutron physics, the production of radioisotopes and studies in shielding of nuclear radiation Mumbai: Saturday. Aug 4 1956. 3.45 p.m.Seventy years ago on this very day, as the monsoon was unleashing its full fury, India was rocketing into a new…
An old and dilapidated building in Bhiwandi crashed, claiming 10 lives Mumbai: Following the collapse of an old and dilapidated building in Bhiwandi claiming 10 lives and injuring several others, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the municipal commissioner had been issued orders to use force to get people to vacate such buildings. He also directed…
