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Weeks after the Maharashtra food safety body directed all schools in the state to ban the sale of unhealthy foods, such as chocolates, chips and cold drinks, on campuses, the Maharashtra School…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
Mumbai local train update: The Central Railway will upgrade 22 more suburban services from 12-car to 15-car rakes on the Main Line from August 15, 2026. The upgrade will increase the passenger-carrying…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
As the August 15 deadline to learn basic Marathi nears, Ola, Uber, Rapido, and other cab and auto drivers, fearing inspection and action, are now lining up outside the Marathi-learning centres. The…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
The Bombay High Court on Friday suggested that the Maharashtra government “aggressively” implement the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme for sterilisation, saying stopping the growth of the stray-dog population could resolve the…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
Jaspal Singh, the Nihang Sikh who allegedly attacked Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal with a kirpan on Thursday, has told the police that he received the aadesh (divine order)…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
For Riddhi Thakkar’s family, the grief of losing their 24-year-old daughter in a road accident in Chhattisgarh has been compounded by a question they cannot yet answer — why was she riding…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
For motorists negotiating Mahalaxmi’s congested roads, a long-awaited missing link could be in place by the end of this year. The BMC has completed the 78.5-metre pylon of its new cable-stayed bridge,…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) had warned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) eight years ago that the Kurla hillside which collapsed on Wednesday, killing eight people, was likely to give way,…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
Eateries across Mumbai can be seen pulling down their shutters — for a few hours, a few days or longer — to carry out repairs, apply a fresh coat of paint, fix…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
City
A 24-year-old former student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on Thursday moved the Bombay High Court (HC), seeking anticipatory bail. In his plea, the student has claimed that there…
By Sohail Khan · 13 Aug