Incarcerated individuals gain valuable practical skills through vocational courses, setting the stage for future job prospects (AI-generated image) MUMBAI: Bacchu Khan (name changed), a former Arthur Road jail inmate who dreams of a Dubai job after undergoing a wall-painting course during his time in prison, said he took up the course as “it seemed something…
The BMC has appointed an independent committee to re-examine the Chembur tree crash incident MUMBAI: Almost a fortnight after the BMC’s internal inquiry into the Chembur tree crash came under criticism, the civic body on Thursday appointed former Mumbai University vice-chancellor and botanist Prof Sanjay V Deshmukh to head an independent single-member committee to reprobe…
Industry shifts from automation to intelligent production systems, promising higher productivity and export competitiveness (Representative image generated using AI) MUMBAI: Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming India’s factory floors, with manufacturers moving beyond conventional automation to build intelligent production systems that can predict machine failures, detect product defects, optimise energy consumption and even make real-time operational…
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday grilled the government and its Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on what parameters it relied on when shutting down certain eating houses while giving first an improvement notice to others. The FDA had given an improvement notice to Mantralaya canteen, while Poornima a popular 60-year-old udipi restaurant in…
Actor Kangana Ranaut faces strong criticism from young people for her social media comments. MUMBAI : Actor and Member of Parliament Kangana Ranaut has drawn fierce backlash from the younger demographic following a series of inflammatory Instagram stories targeting student-led protests across Mumbai and other cities.In her widely circulated posts, Ranaut slammed the students protestors…
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate accounts for one thousand girls. MUMBAI : In a significant step towards strengthening financial inclusion and long-term security for young girls, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate the opening of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana and NPS Vatsalya Scheme accounts for 1,000 girls under the special initiative, “Empowering Her…
The court refused to extend the benefit of probation Mumbai: A sessions court on Thursday observed that the charges invoked against a 19-year-old Juhu resident, including criminal intimidation, are classified as bailable under the new criminal laws, but refused anticipatory bail after noting the seriousness of the assault allegations and the alleged pressure on the…
A 73-year-old man who suffered a stroke while driving his car was kept at Versova police station for allegedly five hours. MUMBAI: A departmental inquiry has been initiated into a drunk driving FIR registered by the Versova police against 73-year-old Versova-resident Sharad Kadam, who dashed his car into another on July 25, said police.The inquiry…
Kalyan: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray are scheduled to record their statements via videoconferencing before a Kalyan court in a 17-year-old defamation complaint filed by late NCP leader Vasant Davkhare.Thackeray’s statement will be recorded on August 5, and Shinde’s on August 6 under Section 313 of the…
An FDA team inspected Bombay High Court canteens following a court query. MUMBAI: A day after Bombay HC orally asked FDA if it was inspecting govt canteens like the ones at Mantralaya and HC, besides private establishments, an FDA team visited three canteens on the HC premises Thursday.However, it found one of them, the Bombay…
