From Marathi rules for drivers to waterfront projects and a murder case MUMBAI: Mumbai’s biggest local talking points today range from Maharashtra’s new language requirement for commercial drivers to a fresh infrastructure push along the city’s waterfront.Autorickshaw, taxi and app-based cab drivers are preparing for Marathi proficiency requirements, with field testing scheduled to begin from…
Maharashtra’s new Marathi language rule for drivers is facing significant opposition (AI image used for representational purpose only) MUMBAI: As Maharashtra moves to implement mandatory Marathi proficiency for autorickshaw, taxi and app-based cab drivers after Independence Day, the policy has drawn a mixed response. While most drivers support the promotion of Marathi and acknowledge the…
Thane: BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Wednesday hit out at Maha-Metro for seeking residents’ objections and suggestions only after work on the Integral Ring Metro project had begun, questioning why citizens and key stakeholders were not consulted before the project secured crucial approvals from various central and state agencies.The meeting, held a week after Deputy…
Mumbai: Nishit Patel, a UK-based businessman who was granted conditional bail from a sessions court on Wednesday in a cheating case, has been arrested in another case by the police.He was granted bail in a case where he along with others was accused of duping actor Javed Jaffrey and his wife of Rs 17 crore….
Mumbai: State govt on Thursday questioned the Indian Medical Association’s legal right to challenge amendments to two Acts that introduced the Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) and allowed homeopaths to practise allopathy.“How are they aggrieved by this Act?” asked advocate general Milind Sathe, arguing before a special bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan…
The court relied on the deposition of the woman, her mother, the injured police constable, medical officers and panch witnesses Mumbai: Noting that the rising incidents of attacks on police personnel and violence against girls arising from one-sided love are deeply concerning, over four years after a brutal knife attack on a woman and an…
The Bandra Bandstand project is aimed at improving a heavily used waterfront recreation and tourism zone Mumbai: Mumbai’s waterways and western waterfront could see a fresh infrastructure push, with the Maharashtra Maritime Board clearing key steps for the Mumbai Water Metro, work at the Radio Club and a makeover of Bandra Bandstand, while also approving…
Manoj Yadav, a native of MP, was strangled to death in the early hours of Aug 2 Mumbai: Friends, relatives and family members pooled Rs 45,000 to book flight tickets to take the body of 35-year-old security guard Manoj Yadav to his family in Itauri village in Madhya Pradesh, which borders UP, after he was…
The amendment, passed recently, for the first time allows the establishment of private health sciences’ universities in the state Mumbai: Medical colleges aiming to become private universities in Maharashtra must be functioning for more than 20 years. Additionally, they should have a NAAC A+ grade or above and offer postgraduate courses in at least 50%…
Mumbai: Kurar Police have arrested Akash Salunke who was on the run after the murder of his wife, Suchita, on Sunday. Akash had initially got an injured Suchita admitted to a hospital on Sunday, claiming she was injured. He later fled from the hospital. An autopsy examination subsequently confirmed the homicide.Police said Akash and Suchita…
