Corporators alleged that the local BMC officers were pushing the matter onto the hydraulic department 1. MUMBAI: With Ganeshotsav just days away, a water crisis in parts of Malad spilled out of the ward committee meeting and onto the BMC office premises, with an all-party group of corporators joining a protest demanding an immediate solution…
BMC said junior engineers, sub-engineers and assistant engineers eligible for transfer can submit their preferences through online applications between September 5 and 20 Mumbai: Transfers, promotions and postings in the BMC engineering cadre will now be carried out online in a transparent manner, taking into consideration administrative requirements, vacant posts, request applications, and recommendations received,…
(L-R) Karim Lala, Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar. MUMBAI: Long before Dawood Ibrahim became synonymous with Mumbai’s underworld, the city had already produced a generation of crime bosses who controlled smuggling routes, gambling dens, illicit liquor networks and local rackets.They were different from the gangsters who followed them.Their power was often rooted in particular neighbourhoods…
A Raksha Bandhan advertisement featuring Kriti Sanon drew criticism for her attire MUMBAI: A jewellery advertisement featuring actor Kriti Sanon ahead of Raksha Bandhan has snowballed into a wider debate over clothing, culture and women’s freedom.The advertisement soon drew criticism from BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, a response from Sanon, backing from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi…
Ahead of festival season, the BMC was directed to immediately step up sanitation operations across all major beaches Mumbai: In a major push to clean up the city’s coastline, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has instructed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to immediately step up sanitation operations across all major beaches.Following a high-level review…
FDA officials during their drive to educate school representatives on Health eating habits in campus MUMBAI: Rising childhood obesity and unhealthy lifestyle habits are no longer just individual health concerns. As per UNICEF, India ranks second globally after China for childhood overweight and obesity, with an estimated 41 million children affected aged 5 to 19…
Tukaram Mundhe (L); Representative Image (R) MUMBAI: The FDA on Saturday suspended the food business licence of the Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) facility in Mumbai.On Friday, the FDA had suspended the food business licence of The Bombay Presidency Radio Club and the registration certificate of Khar Gymkhana over alleged hygiene, structural and…
People can be seen holding banners and protesting. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Judicial Employees Federation has announced a phased statewide agitation from September 16, demanding implementation of the principle of “equal pay for equal work” for secondary court employees.The federation alleged that a proposal seeking salary parity between employees…
(Image used for representative purpose) Patients battling drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai are encountering significant hurdles after the withdrawal of private pulmonologists MUMBAI: Drug-resistant tuberculosis patients across Mumbai can no longer rely on the neighbourhood TB specialists who have managed their care for more than a decade. Under a directive from the Central TB Division, trickling…
