Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the anti-conversion bill passed by the legislature earlier will provide a dedicated legal framework, noting that existing BNS provisions are inadequate to effectively address forced religious conversion cases.Fadnavis, who handles the home portfolio, said approval of the bill from the Centre is awaited. “No innocent person will be…
The vacancies have created major difficulties for investigating agencies Mumbai: Eight of the nine metropolitan magistrates of Esplanade court in Fort have been transferred and elevated as ad hoc district judges without immediate replacements, leaving only one to handle the busy court alone since June 19.Officers seeking remand are being compelled to produce those arrested…
Vijaya Mehta’s riveting, slice-of-life creations include the poignant teleplay ‘Hamidabai Ki Kothi’ and ‘Pestonjee’ Mumbai: Legendary theatre and film personality Vijaya Mehta, known simply as Bai to generations of theatre lovers and moviegoers, passed away at age 91 Tuesday.Born in Vadodara on November 4, 1934, Vijayabai found her calling as a teenager. She met theatre…
The wire is valued at around Rs 40 lakh Mumbai: The city Crime Branch arrested four persons for allegedly impersonating MTNL officials and stealing nearly 985 metres of underground MTNL copper cable worth Rs 39.40 lakh from Borivali East.The police said they caught the accused red handed while they carried digging tools and machinery. Police…
According to the revised BMC circular, the employee will be required to take charge of the new post within 15 days from the date of acceptance of the promotion order Mumbai: Following a demand for a probe into civic engineers declining promotions, the BMC has issued a revised circular stating that if it is found…
Bhiwandi/Patna: The special investigation team (SIT) set up for the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak case arrested Suman Gupta, wife of the main absconding accused, Bijendra Gupta, from her residence in Samastipur in Bihar late on Monday.Suman was produced before a Bhiwandi court, which remanded her in police custody till July 6.Suman was…
Navi Mumbai: After two hoax bomb threat emails at the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) on June 24 and June 25, yet another fake threat message was received on the X handle of chief security officer Nilesh Murudwar of Akasa Airlines. The message threatened 9/11-style hijacking and crashing of multiple aircraft after take off from…
For south Mumbai, this was the lowest June rainfall in the last three years. MUMBAI: June ended with Mumbai recording significantly less rainfall than its long-period average, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a forecast for heavy to very heavy showers in the first week of July. The IMD’s Colaba observatory recorded 441.1…
Mumbai: Proposals seeking prior sanction for prosecuting state govt employees in 511 cases are pending with various administrative departments as of May 31, CM Devendra Fadnavis said in the assembly on Tuesday.In a written reply to a question raised by BJP MLA Rajesh Bakane, he said 111 of the pending proposals had been awaiting approval…
The incident occurred near Heritage Pride on Road No. 11 around 3 pm when the tree fell on a Make Force school bus (MH03/CV-7439) carrying 13 students. MUMBAI: An 11-year-old boy died and four other students sustained minor injuries after a roadside peepal tree was uprooted and crashed onto a school bus of Universal High…
