THREE INJURED AFTER FLOOR OF FLAT COLLAPSES INTO HAIR SALON IN THANE

Thane: Three people suffered injuries after a major part of the living room floor slab of a ground plus three storeyed structure in Kalwa collapsed on a hair salon below, officials informed.

Ready to refund students’ fees, coaching class director tells HC

Mumbai: A coaching institute director has told the Bombay high court he is ready to refund fees of students who had filed complaints with Thane’s Naupada police station over the issue.

11-acre aquarium at Worli in zoo chief’s hands

BMC to plan out aquarium work on Worli dairy land

Several drugstore licences surrendered, some shut ops

450-odd drugstores 705 wholesalers started out in city in pandemic: FDA

15-day extension for Dharavi bids

Mumbai: The Dharavi Redevelopment Authority (DRA) will give an extension of 15 days for submission of bids for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project.

New chief fire officer appointed

Mumbai: On Monday Sanjay Manjrekar was appointed as Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB).

BMC’s spending 'unlimited’, says BJP; bid to defame Maha: Aaditya

Mumbai: The inquiry order set off a war of words with Aaditya Thackeray labelling it as an exercise to defame Maharashtra when top courts and WHO have praised the state’s Covid management and BJP’s Ashis Shelar claiming that while people were fighting for survival, those in power were concerned about securing their commissions from various contractors and would be exposed now.

BMC chief had all financial powers, Say ex-corporators

Mumbai: A day after it emerged that chief minister Eknath Shinde has asked CAG to probe BMC projects worth Rs 12,000 crore between 2019 and 2022, former corporators from opposition parties pointed out that all financial powers of the BMC during most of that period were vested with the municipal commissioner due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bail denied to journo Kappan in PMLA case

Lucknow: Special judge, Enforcement Directorate matters, Sanjay Shankar Pandey

4 warkaris dead, 4 hurt as car hits them on highway near Solapur

Kolhapur: Four warkaris from Kolhapur district were killed and four were injured after a speeding car rammed into the group at Junoni village along the Miraj-Pandharpur highway in Maharashtra’s Solapur district on Monday.

Procession via runway, Ker airport to close for 5 hrs today

Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram international airport will remain closed for five hours on Tuesday to facilitate the Alpasi Arattu procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. All domestic and international services will remain suspended from 4 pm to 9 pm for the centuries-old ritual.

Unidentified body travels 900km to UP in locked toilet of a train

Bareilly: The decomposed body of an unidentified man, in his mid-30s, was found in a locked toilet of the Amritsar-bound Janseva express at Roza station in Shahjahanpur, UP. The body had already travelled undetected for about 900km from Bihar’s Banmankhi junction, when some passengers started complaining of foul smell, reports Kanwardeep Singh.

Ker cop felicitated for breastfeeding famished infant

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala police chief Anil Kant felicitated policewoman MR Ramya for breastfeeding an infant separated from the mother. Kozhikode Chevayur police station civil police officer MR Ramya and her family were invited to the police headquarters and she was honoured with a certificate of appreciation.

CAA hearing from Dec 6; Assam & Tripura, states crucial to issue, get 3 wks to respond

New Delhi: The SC on Monday granted three weeks to Assam and Tripura to file their responses on a batch of petitions against the constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and subsequent rules, and asked all parties to complete pleadings and file their responses in writing so that hearing could commence on December 6.

24-yr-old Indian bizman shot by police in Uganda: Report

Johannesburg: A 24-year-old Indian businessman has been shot dead allegedly by a police constable in the Kisoro town of Uganda, according to a media report.

Accused can’t be forced to give seized gadgets’ password: Court

Says CBI Is Free To Seek Help For Cracking It

Woman who gave birth to girl found 'bound’ & dead at Kolkata govt hosp

The body bore marks of severe injuries, indicating rodents or stray dogs may have tried to feed on her, her family claimed

NOC must for border mining: Army to Punjab

MC chief IS Chahal has appointed the Byculla zoo director to chalk out the procedure for constructing an aquarium on Worli dairy land, which will also have a marineresearch instituteand exhibition centre. A senior official said, The aquarium is expected to come upinanarea spread over ll acres. A consultant will be appointed to draft the initial plan based on which the project cost will be decided.” Chahal said the plan for an aquarium at the zoo has been cancelled.

Virat fumes over Aus hotel room video, staffer sacked

Adelaide: Virat Kohli has reposted on his Instagram page a clandestinely filmed TikTok video of his hotel room in Perth and expressed concern over his total lack of privacy. The Indian team was recently in Perth for their game against South Africa on Sunday.

State registers 37k nurses sans scrutiny

Mumbai: Close to 37,000 applicants have been registered as nurses without any documentary evidence by the Maharashtra Nursing Council over the past four years, reports Hemali Chhapia. This damning revelation brought to light by a government-ordered review could bring disrespect and mistrust for nurses from Maharashtra who migrate to hospitals around the globe for employment.

Maha co bags 2300cr rocket export order

Nagpur-based Solar Grouphas bagged an order worth Rs 300 crore to export Pinaka rockets—they have a range of over 36 km—to a European country. This is the first ever export order for the rockets that are based on Russian Smerch rockets.

Amid row over investments, Pune gets mega e-mfg park

Mumbai: Saying a “false narrative” was being created that investments were going out of Maharashtra ever since the Shinde-Fadnavis government assumed office, deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced that the Centre has approved setting up of an electronics manufacturing cluster at Ranjangaon in Pune.

Guj to use old law to give citizenship

The Centre has decided to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh & Pakistan living in two Gujarat districts under the Citizenship Act, 1955.

Mum kills 2 kids, tries to hang self

A Ghansoli woman, 32,has been booked for murder by the city police, after she allegedly slit the throats of her two minor children before she attempted suicide by first slitting her wrist and then hanging self.

10% water cut in city for 10 days

Starting Tuesday, BMCwill impose a 10% water cut across Mumbai, Thane and Bhiwandi for ten days owing to urgent repair work that needs to be carried out. The BMC supplies 3,750 MLD water daily.

Core sector grows 7.9% in Sept

Output in the eight coresectors, including coal, steel, cement, petroleum and refinery products, and electricity, grew an annual 7.9% this September, against 5.4% in 2021.

Jamshed J Irani, Steel Man of India, passes away at 86

Padma Bhushan Dr Jamshed J Irani, fondly called the Steel Man of India, passed away at Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur on Monday. Dr Irani was associated with Tata Steel for over four decades. He retired from the board of Tata Steel in 2011, leaving behind a legacy of 43 years that won him and the company international acclaim. He served as the MD of Tata Iron and Steel Company (now Tata Steel) from 1992 till he retired in 2001.

PM takes stock of relief steps, to visit accident site today

PM Narendra Modi said Monday that he was torn between the call of his “griefladen heart” that wouldn’t leave the side of those touched by tragedy and the “path of karma and kartavya” that led him to Kevadia for a scheduled event. Modi chaired a meeting with state administration representatives to review the relief effort and is scheduled to travel to Morbi Tuesday.

MP loses 12 relatives; boy saved, orphaned

BJP MP Mohan Kundariyasaid Monday that 12 of his relatives were among those killed while a jeweller and his entire family perished in the same tragedy. Six-year-old Anek Parmar was rescued by the search team on Monday but lost his parents.

Sedition law: Move likely by year-end, govt tells SC

Centre writes to states against filing cases under sedition law