Cooperation minister Balasaheb Patil said that after the scheme was expanded during the recent state assembly session, the total amount for the loan waiver has gone up from Rs 36,585 crore to Rs 40,980 crore. Mumbai: The state government announced its first list of 553 beneficiaries from the total of 56 lakh farmers earmarked for…
Unlike a conventional hearing aid, the Osia 3 system transmits sound through bone vibrations directly to the inner ear, bypassing damaged portions of the outer and middle ear. Mumbai: Family holidays have never been a part of the Pareeks’ lives. Every year or so, plans would instead revolve around hospital admissions, surgery dates and recovery.Since…
Mumbai: Around 500 people participated in a protest led by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) at Azad Maidan on Wednesday, demanding a fair probe into the tree crash incident at Chembur that killed 11-year-old student Vihaan Srivastav on June 30. The huge tree had fallen on Vihaan’s school bus in Chembur. The civic report on the…
The Bombay high court held that BMC’s May 7 suspension order was passed without following mandatory procedure under Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Service Rules, 2015 Mumbai: Bombay high court has quashed and set aside BMC’s suspension of a medical officer over alleged irregularities in birth certificates, observing that he was hastily suspended.Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge…
Mumbai: The BMC collected and scientifically disposed of around 2,499 metric tonnes of solid waste, including plastic, thermocol, wooden debris, and aquatic plants, from the city’s beaches during a special cleanliness drive conducted from July 9 and 19.As high tides with waves higher than 4.5 metres were expected between July 14 and 18, this special…
Undeterred by police’s action over the previous three days of CJP protests, word of mouth brought demonstrators to multiple sites Undeterred by police’s action over the previous three days of CJP protests, word of mouth brought demonstrators to multiple sites Undeterred by police’s action over the previous three days of CJP protests, word of mouth…
Many students raised fears of illegal monitoring Mumbai: Directions to share their live locations with police, 3am notices on messaging platforms to appear before them, hours-long detention at police stations, phones surrendered during detention returned with signs of surveillance, copies of ‘zero’ FIRs not being shared, and calls from different security agencies—many students who took…
Mumbai: The city Crime Branch has arrested a police sub-inspector (PSI) in connection with a Rs 10 lakh cheating case linked to alleged conman Mohammed Khatib alias Dr Raj Khatib, who is accused of impersonating a senior police officer and duping multiple victims over several years.PSI Sanjay Rambhau Jadhav (53), a resident of Vadgaon Maval…
Many students raised fears of illegal monitoring Mumbai: Directions to share their live locations with police, 3am notices on messaging platforms to appear before them, hours-long detention at police stations, phones surrendered during detention returned with signs of surveillance, copies of ‘zero’ FIRs not being shared, and calls from different security agencies—many students who took…
The reforms were recently reviewed by BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide at a meeting of senior health officials Mumbai: The BMC has drawn up a three-phase roadmap to modernise its public healthcare system, with plans to introduce AI-powered diagnostic services, smart outpatient departments (OPDs), online hospital bed allocation and 24×7 dispensaries.The reforms were recently reviewed by…
