Fadnavis, Jayant Patil meeting triggers fresh buzz MUMBAI: A late-night meeting between Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior leaders from both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday set off another round of political speculation over the future course of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), with opposition ally Shiv Sena (UBT) demanding…
Poet-activist Tenzin Tsundue waves the Tibetan flag at Versova beach MUMBAI: When Tenzin Tsundue was imprisoned in Lhasa for three months before Chinese authorities deported him to India, he had an unlikely visitor. Every day, a mouse would scurry into his cell, and Tsundue would share a few grains of rice with the tiny creature,…
Car fire occurred inside the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel, causing traffic delays. MUMBAI: Panic gripped motorists on Wednesday afternoon after a car caught fire inside the northbound tunnel of the Mumbai Coastal Road, forcing authorities to temporarily shut the tunnel and triggering a major traffic jam along the Breach Candy stretch.The blaze, reported around 12.25…
In Chhoti Si Baat (1976), Basu Chatterjee’s classic ode to Bombay office romance, Amol Palekar’s character, Arun, practices a ritual that feels like a myth in modern Mumbai: he waits in an orderly queue at a bus stop.Today, those polite queues have dissolved into chaotic scrums, commuter etiquette is an endangered species, and the iconic…
Maharashtra FDA suspended three Mumbai eateries’ food licences due to serious hygiene lapses (Photo credit: X) MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food licences of three eateries in Mumbai after inspections uncovered serious violations of hygiene and food safety standards.According to the FDA, six inspections were conducted, following which the…
The objective of the scheme, to be implemented from 2025-26 to 2030-31, is to strengthen local bodies to help them raise funds through loans, municipal bonds, PPP and private investment Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to set up an Urban Challenge Fund to provide financial aid for the execution of civic…
Mumbai: A part of Kala Ghoda precinct beautification project, with redesigned streets, improved lighting, open-air café seating and landscaped public spaces, was inaugurated by CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday morning. The first phase covers five roads in the area. Every Saturday and Sunday from 6 pm to midnight, these streets will be vehicle-free and open…
Mumbai: Bombay HC on Tuesday said BMC must remove all encroachments before seeking its permission to put up a gabion wall to stop encroachments on a pond in Charkop.Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad said they expect the BMC chief “to take a definite and firm stand”. “Let one corporation stand…
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…
