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Richa PintoMumbai: On Monday evening, the IMD issued a nowcast warning for Mumbai, predicting thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light spells of rain, and gusty winds reaching speeds of 30–40 kmph at isolated places over the next 3 to 4 hours.The warning was issued at 5:15 pm on Monday, urging residents to take precautions while moving…
NAVI MUMBAI: At least Five people were killed and two others injured on Monday after a car fell from a height of 100 feet off a bridge over the Jagbudi River on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Khed taluka, Ratnagiri district.The victims were travelling to attend a funeral when the accident occurred. The car reportedly plunged…
MUMBAI: Vexed with continued inaction from the authorities to clean Powai Lake which is packed to the brim with floating hyacinth plants, locals and environmentalists have launched a campaign to save the water body and its biodiversity. Over 1,000 signatures of residents have been collected.Under the banner of #SavePowaiLake, activists have sent an email to…
Image used is for representational purposes only MUMBAI: A woman who claims to be a spiritual guru from slum pockets of transit camp at Parksite at Vikhroli has been booked for alleged exploitation under the guise of exorcism, and invocation of the Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act…
Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde THANE:Deputy CM and Shiv Sena Chief Eknath Shinde attributed the Mahayuti victory in the 2024 Assembly elections solely to the welfare works launched and executed during his tenure as the CM. Shinde was addressing newly inducted party workers, including members of a wrestlers’ association from Katraj, Pune, at Thane on…
A video showed farmer Gaurav Panwar trying to save his peanut crop from rain in Maharashtra. Unseasonal rains damaged harvests. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured Panwar of compensation after seeing the video NEW DELHI: A viral video of a desperate farmer in Maharashtra struggling to save his rain-soaked groundnut crop from getting washed…
MUMBAI: The new Chief Justice of India, Bhushan Gavai, on Sunday said he was glad that the country not only became strengthened but also developed on the social and economic justice front. He stressed that neither the judiciary nor the executive, but the Constitution of India was supreme, and its pillars must work together. He…
Mumbai: The state govt’s plan to launch apprenticeship embedded degree programmes (AEDP) from next month may not find many takers among autonomous colleges, at least not this year.Despite a series of meetings, many colleges are apprehensive about hastily rolling out the initiative—which integrates apprenticeship training into the academic curriculum—without adequate preparation.Many principals said admissions have…
Mumbai: One in three girls or (14,411 girls) who registered for the JEE (Advanced) 2025 held on Sunday were from the IIT-Hyderabad zone, followed by the zone under IIT-Bombay with close to 9,000.Girls accounted for over 23% of the total 1.87 lakh registrations this year, shows data from IIT-Kanpur, the organising institute of JEE (Advanced)…
Mumbai: Amid the debate over the timelines set by the SC for Governors and the President, Chief Justice of IndiaBhushan Gavai Sunday said neither the judiciary nor the executive or the legislature had an upper hand, but rather it is the Constitution of India that is “supreme” and “all the three wings have to work…
