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Kapil Sibal on Bhagwat's ‘don’t chase jobs' remark: 'Modi’s 2 crore jobs..'
Published on Feb 06, 2023 01:02 PM IST
One of the key reasons for unemployment, according to Bhagwat, is the lack of dignity for labour.
Take all complaints by women seriously: MBVV police commissioner
Mumbai: In the backdrop of the Shraddha Walkar murder case, the Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police commissioner Madhukar Pandey has decided that all complaints filed by women, even if it seems “trivial”, must be taken seriously by the police department
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:35 AM IST
Megha Sood
8-car mini Vande Bharat trains get funds from budget; to run intercity
Sources said that allocation has been made for 8-car Vande Bharat trains which will cost ?65 crore per rake. In a bid to go green and run environment-friendly trains, its engine will be powered by hydrogen, costing ?80 crore. These hydrogen trains will run on heritage rail lines which might include the Neral-Matheran route as well
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:34 AM IST
Shashank Rao
Worli ‘distress sale’: Damani daughters among 28 buyers
In one of the first big ticket transactions after the union budget, D Mart owner Radhakishan Damani, his immediate family and close associates have purchased 28 units in a bulk deal at discounted rates in Oberoi Realty’s luxury project Three Sixty West at Worli for a total of ?1,238 crore
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:31 AM IST
Satish Nandgaonkar
Rane completes demolition of Juhu bungalow ‘illegal portions’
While a senior officer of the K-West ward said that Rane was demolishing the illegal part of the bungalow themselves. On September 26 last year, the SC refused to stay an order on the HC ordering the demolition of portions of Rane bungalow and also gave him three months to comply with the order
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 12:30 AM IST
A riddle called MVA
Normally, an alliance of political parties is cemented when its constituents win elections. The three-party opposition coalition in Maharashtra could be an exception to this rule
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:27 AM IST
A tourist who stayed on
Ordinary Indians are giving but given the high costs of transplantation they are currently not receiving. For deceased donation to become a national movement, this anomaly will first need to be acknowledged and changed
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 12:25 AM IST
Dr Sanjay Nagral
In Govandi, a colony of rehabilitated PAPs and slum-dwellers mounts its own arts festival
In the midst of the squalor, two spaces stand out like an oasis of colour and vibrancy: Kitab Mahal, a library, and the society’s office, both of which are currently rehearsal spaces for 45 young boys and girls, practising for the first edition of the Govandi Arts Festival to be held in the colony from February 15 to 19
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:24 AM IST
Satish Nandgaonkar
Now, Balasaheb Thorat hits out at Congress leadership
Thorat, who spoke for the first time in four weeks after the controversy emerged, stood by his nephew Satyajeet Tambe and said that the party leadership in Delhi would take a call on it.
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:22 AM IST
HC asks octogenarian couple to amicably resolve dispute, install CCTV in home
Mumbai: The Bombay high court recently heard a peculiar case wherein an octogenarian couple married for over 60 years approached it for relief after filing cases against each other in the family court
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:21 AM IST
K A Y Dodhiya
CM appeals for unopposed Pune bypolls, MVA refuses
Electing a candidate picked from the family of a deceased MLA has been the political tradition in the state.
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:18 AM IST
Telangana CM visits Nanded, appeals to vote for his new party
Mumbai: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao held a rally in Nanded on Sunday
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:15 AM IST
Two brothers dupe several on pretext of villa, resort booking
Mumbai: A man has been arrested on Sunday for allegedly duping several people on the pretext of booking villas, hotels and resorts for parties and vacations
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:12 AM IST
Megha Sood
Special NDPS court acquits two accused in drug case
Mumbai: After spending four-and-a-half years behind bars, two persons, who were arrested for possession of 3
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:09 AM IST
Cyber fraud dupes retired MbPT official using patriotic slogans
As per the Navghar police, the complainant, Narendra Hadkar, stays with his family in the Gawanpada, Mulund and used to work as a clerk in the MbPT’s civil engineering department.
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:03 AM IST
Gautam S. Mengle
Citizens tie rakhis around trees to be cut in Matunga
The area near the Indian Gymkhana of M Madhavan Marg and Bhartiben Ramchandra Shah Marg is a well-shaded, quiet and quaint locality, described by many as one of the island city’s last remaining green spaces.
Published on Feb 05, 2023 11:24 PM IST
Six months after eviction, meat, fish vendors in Chembur claim inadequate facilities
These vendors, who were evicted from Bhauram Harishchandra Chemburkar Mandai by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said that their temporary arrangement lacks adequate storage facilities and as a result their products — fish, meat and poultry etc. — will go bad faster and they will lose their customers
Updated on Feb 05, 2023 11:20 PM IST
Prayag Arora-Desai
Central government officer, wife booked again for cheating
Earlier in 2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also booked the duo for having disproportionate assets worth ?6.79 crore.
Published on Feb 05, 2023 11:10 PM IST
Gautam S. Mengle
Sena's Shinde faction finds Aaditya Thackeray ‘immature’ for challenging CM
Shiv Sena leaders from Shinde faction counter-challenged Aaditya Thackeray to contest election from a different seat.
Published on Feb 05, 2023 03:12 PM IST
Snehashish Roy
Mumbai local train services be affected due to ‘mega’ block on these routes
The Mumbai local train services between Matunga-Mulund Up and Down fast lines, Up and Down slow lines between Borivali and Goregaon stations, Vadala Road-Mankhurd Up and Down harbour lines will be affected on Sunday.
Updated on Feb 05, 2023 11:08 AM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Aryan Prakash
Cricketer Vinod Kambli booked for assaulting wife: ‘Threw broken handle of pan’
The police said Andrea, in her statement, has alleged that Vinod Kambli was drinking liquor in their residence in the JWL Cooperative Housing Society at Bandra Reclamation and allegedly got abusive and violent.
Updated on Feb 05, 2023 10:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, Mumbai
Big talk on environment, allocation is mere ?25 cr
Unveiling the Mumbai Air Pollution Action Plan, chief Iqbal Singh Chahal said that he has deliberated on the issue at length with chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. He said that the issue is at the top of the corporation’s agenda for the next financial year
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:45 AM IST
Prayag Arora-Desai
Schooled by the open libraries of Flora Fountain
Narayan is our local character; Mahim shares him with Shivaji Park. He is a homeless man of a certain age; his address is the traffic island at the intersection of Lady Jamshedji Road with Pandurang Naik Marg, better known as Raja Rani Travels
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:45 AM IST
Jerry Pinto
Videocon Group laundered ?60,000 crore in name of developing overseas oil and gas assets: ED
Special public prosecutor Sunil Gonsalves and an assistant director of ED also sought a non-bailable warrant against entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal, claiming that Videocon Group had entered into several “unexplained” transactions with him, and the role of “nHoldings SA” in siphoning off the proceeds of crime was required to be ascertained
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:45 AM IST
3 directors of construction firm booked for duping investors of ?13.31 crore
Mumbai: A 36-year-old businesswoman from South Mumbai and 11 others have lodged a complaint with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police, alleging that three directors of a construction company duped them to the tune of ?13
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:39 AM IST
Vijay Kumar Yadav
CM announces planning authority for Konkan, water connectivity with the city
Mumbai: In order to forge strong connections with the voters from the Konkan region, chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday separately attended the popular Anganewadi Yatra
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:39 AM IST
Now, BMC seeks to shift air quality monitors to ‘cleaner’ areas
Mumbai: At the behest of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will formally request the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) to relocate its nine ambient air quality monitors in the city to ‘cleaner’ locations
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:39 AM IST
Prayag Arora-Desai
Fire brigade to get robots, drones
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to upgrade, supplement and strengthen its existing firefighting systems despite a slashed budgetary allocation of ?227 crore for the Mumbai Fire Brigade for 2023-24, which is ?33 crore less when compared to the last financial year
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:38 AM IST
Jeet Mashru
BMC incorporates citizens’ requests in budget
Mumbai: In a first for the BMC, this year’s budget actually had a participative element: feedback was invited from citizens, and, as the civic body claimed, suggestions were taken cognisance of and incorporated in the budget
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:37 AM IST
Jeet Mashru
Vani Jairam: South India’s ‘Lata’ loved bhajans over film music
I first met Vaniji in 1997 as a producer of Doordarshan during the recording of ‘Bharat Bharat Hum Iski Santan’, which was composed by santoor maestro Pandit Bhajan Sopori. It was a very popular song on Doordarshan’s national channel. We eventually became friends
Updated on Feb 05, 2023 12:49 AM IST
Shailesh Shrivastava
