The 3-month deadline ended on July 30 Mumbai: Bombay HC recently frowned at the state govt after noticing that only nine grievance redressal committees for hawkers were set up within the three-month deadline set by the urban development department (UDD) for civic bodies, which ended on July 30.“We did not ask the state govt to…
Pune: The state govt has issued a fresh resolution ordering Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) to begin registrations of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners in a “separate register.” Maharashtra chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has announced a complete withdrawal of medical services for 24 hours on Tuesday in response.MMC has been ordered to form a committee to…
Mumbai: In a reprieve to residents of housing societies at prime locations in Bandra Reclamation and Worli, Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained till Aug 13 the issuance of any work order for cluster redevelopment projects on 132 cumulative acres of land in Mumbai.The state said the large layouts belonged to Maharashtra Housing and Area Development…
Officers and personnel from the task force will be given a 30% incentive allowance Mumbai: The state govt has announced a 30% incentive allowance for police officers and personnel serving in Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), citing the hazardous nature of their work and the risks involved in tackling organised drug networks.The state has also created…
The state legislature recently passed the necessary amendment to the 2016 Act to bring orchestra licences under its ambit, to put control over dance bars Mumbai: To curb the operation of illegal dance bars under the guise of orchestra bar permits, the Maharashtra govt issued a GR stating that, henceforth, no new Live Music Performance…
An aerial view of a tree-lined college campus with open green spaces Pune: For years, large and open lands on the premises of govt engineering, polytechnic and technical institutes have been easy targets for other govt departments to build public utilities such as water tanks and electric substations. They were even allowed to be rented…
Nagpur: Cases pertaining to alleged violation of laws and disruption during political and other protests would be dropped if chargesheets in the matters are not filed till July 31, stated a govt resolution (GR) issued on Monday.This is an extension of an earlier GR, which called for dropping of proceedings in cases where chargesheets were…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt has selected Ahmedabad-based Sevadan Arogya Foundation to build, operate and maintain residential facilities for relatives of patients at six govt medical colleges and affiliated hospitals under a ‘no-profit, no-loss’ model.A Government Resolution (GR) issued on Monday said facilities will come up at govt medical institutions in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar,…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has laid down a framework for constituting primary and secondary medical boards in private hospitals to implement Supreme Court guidelines on end-of-life decisions or ‘living will’ and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in terminally ill patients.The framework, part of a Government Resolution (GR) issued by the state public health department follows the…
Barrier-free gardens have been planned across all 17 municipal corporations, complete with wheelchair-friendly pathways Gandhinagar: The state urban development department has issued a govt resolution to create facilities in public parks accessible to persons with disabilities. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the department has rolled out an accessible garden scheme that mandates the creation of sensory-rich,…
