Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet has approved a policy that candidates from reserved categories, who avail concessions in competitive examinations such as age relaxation and educational qualification, will not be eligible to claim appointment against open category posts.The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday, a statement issued…
Students register for FYJC admissions Mumbai: 9.54 lakh students have already registered for FYJC admissions for the 2026-27 academic year. Students must complete and submit Part 1 of the online application form, along with the required documents, by May 18. The provisional merit list will be declared on May 21 at 11 am. Students will…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday made the use of Marathi mandatory in hearings as well as in all orders passed by authorities in quasi-judicial proceedings in the revenue department.Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced a new standard operating procedure (SoP) for these proceedings.Authorities issued a 29-page government resolution laying down procedures for handling quasi-judicial cases…
Mumbai: The BMC has shut down its internal SAP-based birth and death registration system after an internal probe found massive “irregularities” in birth certificate enrolment. It has now shifted to the central government’s Civil Registration System (CRS) portal for new birth and death registrations and corrections in existing certificates.The SAP-based system, which was in use…
Mumbai: Crucial civic documents, such as birth and death certificates and marriage registration records, will now be made available instantly at BMC’s E Ward office, thanks to a state-of-the-art digital preservation system called Vision AI Vault. Under the new initiative, old civic records will be classified, scanned, and digitally archived using AI technology.The move is…
Mumbai: In a major administrative restructuring exercise aimed at improving efficiency and reducing operational costs, the commerce and industry ministry plans to merge 20 offices housing 12 organisations across Mumbai into a single integrated campus, a template which may be repeated in other parts of the country.Addressing a press conference, commerce and industry minister Piyush…
Mumbai: Mango and cashew farmers from Konkan, backed by farmer leader Raju Shetti and the opposition, staged a protest and demanded compensation worth Rs 5 lakh per hectare for damage to crops by unseasonal rain. The current compensation is Rs 22,000 per hectare.The protesters originally meant to march from Girgaum Chowpatty to the CM’s residence—Varsha—but…
Thane: A 52-year-old man is feared to have drowned in the Mithbunder creek, two days after he went missing after leaving his footwear on the banks, officials informed.According to Yasin Tadvi, in-charge at the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Kopri resident Datta Shinalkar left home Wednesday morning, but as he remained unreachable till the next day,…
Thane: Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday said former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Anand Paranjpe was inducted into the Shiv Sena to stop him from the Opposition and added that the Sunetra Pawar-led party was kept in the loop about his induction to avoid any misunderstanding.Paranjpe had resigned from the NCP headed by Deputy…
Under the new arrangement, CR will handle pre-monsoon works and routine station maintenance and will issue a written commitment next week Thane: Central Railway (CR) will take over operations and maintenance of all Cidco-managed railway stations on Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines in Navi Mumbai within the next six months, Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske announced…
