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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14: Medulla Communications Pvt. Ltd., one of the world's most awarded healthcare-specialist advertising agencies, has announced the launch of its new hub in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in solving complex healthcare challenges, Medulla is now looking to create a super-specialist category as the first digital healthcare advertising agency in Asia. New Hub to Deliver Scalable, Specialist Healthcare Marketing Solutions Across APAC. Also Read | Ne ...Read More >
Mumbai: A 32-year-old police constable lost his life after being struck by a train at Nalasopara station on the Western Line of Mumbai's suburban local train network. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon while attempting to cross the tracks in a rush to work. The victim, Ganesh Raul, was attached to the Samata Nagar police station in Kandivali and lived in Nalasopara with his wife and children. Raul Was Running Late, Hence Attempted To Cross Tracks Directly According to Assistant Commi ...Read More >
Bengaluru: For millions of people, the sudden, sharp pain of tooth due to sensitivity can turn a sip of cold water into a jolt. Now, researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Theranautilus, have engineered "CalBots" - magnetic nanobots that can seal the problem at its source.As per IISc, CalBots are 400-nanometre particles loaded with a calcium silicate-based bioceramic formula, designed to travel 500 micrometres deep inside dentin ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar and former deputy director in the VVCMC town-planning department, YS Reddy, as part of its money laundering investigation into the construction of 41 illegal buildings in Vasai East, which were demolished as per court orders in February this year. Both Pawar and Reddy had been questioned by the agency earlier about alleged irregularities in construction of ...Read More >
Mumbai: In the biggest crackdown in recent months, 123 passenger vehicles, including 78 bike taxis (mostly Rapidos), were seized in MMR on Wednesday for transporting passengers without authorisation. Sarnaik says he will approach the law and judiciary department to include bikes and buses in the aggregator policy.The RTOs from Mumbai, Thane, Vashi, and Panvel with 20 special squads cracked down on the illegal vehicles that were unauthorisedly transporting passengers without valid state permits.A ...Read More >
Eco Recycling has expanded its e-waste and lithium-ion battery recycling capacity in Maharashtra by 18,000 metric tonnes, reaching a total capacity of 31,200 MTPA. The new plant, located in Vasai, supports India's E-Waste Management Rules, 2022, and aligns with the Extended Producers Responsibility framework. Eco Recycling, a prominent waste management entity, announced on Friday that it has augmented its capacity for repurposing e-waste and lithium-ion batteries by 18,000 metric tonnes with th ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] July 17 (ANI): In a shocking incident in Madhya Nayanapalli village of Pakala mandal, a man named Giri allegedly murdered his wife and two daughters and then attempted to take his own life. According to police reports, Giri and his wife, Hemalatha, had two daughters. In a heinous act, Giri reportedly pushed his wife and daughters into a well. A family member stated that he received a call informing him that Giri had thrown his wife and children into a well. Wh ...Read More >
Mumbai: With BMC polls approaching and talk of the Thackeray cousins coming together, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday focused on Marathi voters in the city. In his speech in the state assembly, he claimed that the Mahayuti govt was helping the Marathi manoos return to the city.Speaking about the state's efforts to restart stalled redevelopment projects, he said, "Marathi people have to leave the city and move to distant suburbs like Vasai and Nalasopara. Many are stuck in transit ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. Raina submitted his statement in response to t ...Read More >
Mumbai : "Today's unified response to the 'Bar Bandh' and 'No Alcohol' call across Maharashtra is a clear reflection of the deep distress felt by the hospitality industry over a 60 per cent hike in excise duty, alongside a 15 per cent increase in annual license fees and imposition of 10 per cent VAT on IMFL at FL3 outlets. Around 90-95 per cent of hotel bars, including those in Mumbai and major cities across the State stood in solidarity by suspending liquor service but maintained food services ...Read More >
The Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) announced a nationwide liquor bandh to oppose Maharashtra's tax hikes, which it said are pushing the industry towards a collapse. More than 20,000 bars and permit rooms across Maharashtra will shut operations on July 14 (Monday) in protest against the state government's tax hikes on liquor, which they characterised as "draconian". The Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) said the nationwide bandh has been organised to oppose the stat ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 14: The Konkan board of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has announced a Konkan Housing Lottery for 5,285 flats and 77 residential plots. The online application for the MHADA Konkan Lottery 2025 will begin at 1 PM today, July 14 (Monday). Through the new housing lottery, MHADA's Konkan board is offering affordable flats in Vasai, Thane, Kulgaon, and Badlapur. At the same time, the plots will be available in the Sindhudurg district of the Konkan region. ...Read More >
Palghar, Maharashtra: An autorickshaw driver, Raju Patwa, was publicly assaulted in Vasai on Saturday by a group of individuals associated with the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). The attack, reportedly triggered by Patwa's derogatory remarks about the Marathi language and Maharashtra, was captured on video and has since gone viral, reigniting tensions surrounding the ongoing Marathi-Hindi language divide in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Following t ...Read More >
Thane, July 8 (PTI) Hundreds of people joined a morcha organised by the MNS and some social groups on Tuesday to defend the Marathi 'asmita' (pride) in Mira Bhayandar area of Thane district amid rising political heat following the attack on a shopkeeper for not speaking Marathi. Leaders and workers of Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) also joined the protest amid high drama on the streets and detention of several activists by police. Shiv Sena minister Pratap Sarnaik who visited the protest site in ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a dramatic pre-dawn operation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's (MNS) Thane-Palghar district president Avinash Jadhav was detained by police at 3:30 am on Tuesday, July 7, just hours before the party's scheduled protest march in Mira-Bhayander. The police, who had denied permission for the march, carried out preventive action to halt what they feared could become an aggressive demonstration. Police Crack Down on MNS Ahead of Scheduled Protest The march, planned in response to perceived ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The city, which is growing at a rapid pace, stands at a crossroads where it can learn from several innovative urban management practices of other Indian cities to tackle its own challenges. At the national conference of urban local bodies in Manesar on Thursday, mayors and municipal corporations from across the country shared their strategies, offering valuable insights for Gurgaon to consider.Surat generates Rs 140 crore from selling sewage-treated water to industries and has introduce ...Read More >
Mumbai: Over 2,000 paan shops close to schools and colleges suspected of selling drugs were raided in the city and their encroachments removed, said CM Devendra Fadnavis in the legislative council on Thursday. He mentioned that such shops are being closely monitored.The issue of narcotic drugs such as mephedrone and brown sugar being sold at roadside tea stalls in Badlapur and Ambernath, drugs being seized at the APMC market in Navi Mumbai, and the arrest of 50 Bangladeshi citizens while selling ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday announced the provisional attachment of assets worth approximately ₹131.45 crore in Spain, including a luxury yacht and immovable properties, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). These assets belong to Pavel Prozorov, a Spanish national and the alleged mastermind behind the unauthorised forex trading platform OctaFX. The attached assets comprise a commercial Italian-model luxury yacht cruising in the Western Mediterranean, ...Read More >
Mumbai: St James Church, one of the oldest landmarks from Thane's colonial history, is getting a facelift to celebrate its 200th anniversary in July. The church was built in 1825 as a place of worship for British officers and soldiers when the town, then spelled as Tannah or Thana, was the headquarters of a large district in the Bombay Province. The restoration work on the church building is expected to continue for six months, but the jubilee will be celebrated on July 25. Rev Rajendra Bhosale ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) A "large cartel" of architects, chartered accountants, and officials of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra colluded for large-scale illegal construction on land meant for sewage treatment plants, and dumping ground was sold fraudulently to the public, the Enforcement Directorate has said. The federal probe agency said in a statement that fresh searches were conducted at 16 locations on July 1 in connection with the money laundering probe into the co ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) A "large cartel" of architects, chartered accountants, and officials of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra colluded for large-scale illegal construction on land meant for sewage treatment plants, and dumping ground was sold fraudulently to the public, the Enforcement Directorate has said. The federal probe agency said in a statement that fresh searches were conducted at 16 locations on July 1 in connection with the money laundering probe into the co ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen Rs 12.71 crore in bank balances, fixed deposits, mutual funds and seized cash amounting to Rs 26 lakh apart from large number of incriminating documents and devices during searches conducted at 16 different locations across Mumbai in Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) scam, the agency said on Thursday. ED's Mumbai zonal office took the action during the raids carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Usually, an infrastructure project subject to delays in completion witnesses a sizeable cost escalation. This time around, however, a project's cost has been trimmed by nearly 40% by deleting some of its components and changing its design. This is the Uttan-Virar Sea Link (UVSL), to be implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The changes happened on the directive of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday. As per the estimates and plans prepared ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jun 7 (PTI) A 26-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife following a heated argument on the outskirts of Bengaluru after he suspected her of having an extra-marital affair, police said on Saturday. After killing Manasa, Shankar travelled with her severed head on his scooter to the nearest police station and confessed to the crime, they said. The man was later arrested, police said, adding that the incident occurred at Heelalige village, near Chandapura, Anekal taluk late on Friday. ...Read More >
Maharashtra civic polls: The political pot in Maharashtra is simmering with speculation over the possibility of an alliance between Uddhav Thackeray and his estranged cousin Raj Thackeray who leads the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, as the civic polls near. "Whatever people of Maharashtra wish will happen," Uddhav Thackeray asserted, while responding to reporters' questions about the possibility of an alliance between the two regional parties. Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, a close a ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 6 (UNI) Maharashtra recorded 98 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, with Mumbai and Pune Municipal Corporation reporting 34 cases each. Other affected areas include Thane Municipal Corporation (4), Vasai Virar (1), Kalyan Dombivli (2), Pune district (4), Pimpri Chinchwad (10), Satara (1), Sangli (3), and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (1). All patients are currently receiving treatment, and authorities have urged the public to remain calm. In Navi Mumbai, four new infections wer ...Read More >
New Delhi: The first warship in the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft series, equipped to conduct subsurface surveillance, search and rescue missions, and low-intensity maritime operations, is set to be inducted into the Indian Navy on June 18, officials said on Friday. The commissioning ceremony of 'Arnala' at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam will be presided over by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan. "The warship incorporates more than 80 per cent indigenous content and integrate ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The first warship in the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft series, equipped to conduct subsurface surveillance, search and rescue missions, and low-intensity maritime operations, is set to be inducted into the Indian Navy on June 18, officials said on Friday. The commissioning ceremony of 'Arnala' at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam will be presided over by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan. Also Read | Water Cut in Pune: Supply Suspended in South Pune on Jun ...Read More >
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