Complaint Over Expired Beverage Triggers Action Against Thane Railway Stall Thane: The Central Railway has temporarily sealed a multi-purpose stall in the waiting room area at Thane railway station and imposed penalty on its contractor after complaints of unhygienic conditions, officials said on Thursday.The action follows repeated complaints from commuters about poor hygiene at the…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has warned all app-based mobility aggregators operating in the state to complete their registration under the newly notified Aggregator Policy by September 1, 2026, failing which strict legal action will be initiated against companies running passenger transport services without authorization.Issuing a strong message to app-based transport platforms, transport minister Pratap Sarnaik…
Four passengers who sustained minor injuries were treated and discharged, while the four seriously injured were given primary treatment before being taken by their relatives to Jalgaon for further medical care Bhiwandi: Eight members of a family from Chalisgaon in Jalgaon district were injured, four of them seriously, after the Tempo Traveller they were travelling…
Mumbaikars experienced a unique creative session combining blindfold painting and sound healing. Participants found the workshop offered a relaxing pause from daily stimuli and pressure. Art facilitator Lavanya Rastogi and sound healer Shikha Jhunjhunwala led the therapeutic event. Attendees expressed liberation and a new way of experiencing artistic creation. The event encouraged letting go of…
Standing Committee chairperson Prabhakar Shinde also defended the proposal Mumbai: BMC’s proposal to replace Mahindra Scorpio-N SUVs with six new Toyota Innova Crysta vehicles for key political office-bearers led to a heated political slugfest at Thursday’s standing committee meeting, with the opposition questioning the expenditure and the ruling BJP accusing it of backtracking on a…
BMC officials said two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be deployed simultaneously to expedite construction Mumbai: BMC’s ambitious plan to connect Mumbai’s first seawater desalination plant at Manori with the city’s water distribution network through a 7.2-km underground tunnel came under scrutiny in the civic standing committee on Thursday, with corporators raising concerns over water…
The fishermen’s unions met state fisheries minister Nitesh Rane over the issue on Thursday evening Mumbai: Maharashtra’s fishermen unions expressed anger over the state govt’s announcement that the monsoon ban on deep-sea fishing will end on Aug 1, not Aug 15 as stipulated earlier. Koli fishers say this sudden reversal will mainly benefit commercial operators…
The advisory says admission should be based on “medical need rather than fever alone”. Patients with uncomplicated fever can usually be on an outpatient basis, it says, while prescribing admission criteria for viral fever, pneumonia and acute gastroenteritis Mumbai: In a move aimed at curbing “unnecessary hospitalisation” and rising health insurance claims, General Insurance Council…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s fishermen’s unions expressed disappointment on Thursday after learning that the government’s monsoon ban on deep-sea fishing will end on August 1, instead of August 15 as announced earlier. Koli fishermen said the sudden reversal would mainly benefit large commercial operators whose trawlers are better equipped to venture into deep waters than traditional fishing…
After weeks of uncertainty caused by a delayed monsoon, continuous rainfall has revived farming activity across rural Pune with paddy transplantation gaining pace in water-filled fields. “We thought we would not be able to cultivate our fields, but the good rains have finally arrived,” said Dipesh Chande, a farmer from Mulshi. “We started sowing late…
