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Mumbai: Bombay high court has directed BMC to form a special cell to take eviction action against encroachers and squatters on footpaths.HC passed the order after a petition filed by two housing societies in Powai that complained about squatters hogging pavements their premises. HC stated that the civic chief needs to hold officials accountable and…
According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Mumbai’s climate pattern.Mumbai is expected to experience moderate rainfall on July 13, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 27.2°C and 29.9°C under overcast skies. The city will receive approximately 5.39 mm of rain with 73% humidity, making it a typical monsoon…
A year ago, when Chef Freny Fernandes opened Freny’s in Bandra, she had no greater goal than to run a stellar East Indian restaurant in the city. Today, she’s considered a cultural evangelist, thanks in part to the morsels she dishes out—on Instagram. Her reels serve up a crash course in EI culture, with her…
Mumbai: In a relief for a policeman years after he was dismissed while in training and was out of service for nearly four years, Bombay high court ordered the state govt to pay him full pay and allowances for that period within four months.“The period from Dec 27, 2010 to Oct 28, 2014, shall be…
New Delhi: UNESCO’s inclusion of ‘Maratha Military Landscapes’ in its World Heritage List has added another layer to the Centre’s push for Maratha heritage and identity, coming as Maharashtra heads for crucial local body elections later this year.The recognition of 12 Maratha forts — 11 in Maharashtra and one in Tamil Nadu — follows the…
Thane: After a legal battle lasting nearly 11 years, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Thane, awarded a compensation of Rs 32.59 lakh to the family of an MSRTC driver who died in a 2014 road accident near Murbad. The tribunal found the truck driver 75% negligent and attributed 25% contributory negligence to the deceased…
Mumbai: Political parties across the spectrum expressed their happyness, following the inclusion of 12 forts constructed by Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Unesco World Heritage List. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CM Eknath Shinde extended their gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for facilitating the achievement. The BJP planned to commemorate the…
Mumbai: Mumbai: Following repeated demands from concerned citizens and environmentalists, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) allotted the civil work on diverting the sewer water flow from Powai Lake and floated a tender for setting up a treatment plant near the site at a cost of over Rs 71 crore.Members of the BMC-appointed Advanced Locality Management…
Mumbai: Women’s rights activist Varsha Deshpande, founder of the Dalit Mahila Vikas Mandal of India, has won the 2025 United Nations Population Award in the individual category. Deshpande was set to receive the award at the UN’s New York headquarters on Friday. The only two earlier Indian recipients of the award in this category have…
Nagpur: Around 300 junior colleges in the state did not see a single enrolment from students in the first round of admissions. Yet, money for salaries running into crores streams into these colleges from govt coffers.This has left many wondering whether another scam has been unearthed where students would have been registered earlier “on paper”…
