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Long queues, lost earnings as auto, taxi drivers wait to get Marathi certificates

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Taxi and autorickshaw drivers who completed the state's recent Marathi language training programme are now queuing up for their certificates, leading to chaos at the RTOs. On Tuesda... Read More


Stay on registration of homeopaths with CCMP

Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- The Mahayuti government has directed the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) to halt the registration of homeopaths allowed to practice modern medicine and prescribe allopathic medici... Read More


Shinde pulls up organisers for wrong Vande Mataram version at Thane event

Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday pulled up organisers of a function in Thane after a version of Vande Mataram sung by Lata Mangeshkar was played instead of the official... Read More


Rs.37.13 crore assets seized in Rs.10,000 crore Ponzi scam

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen and seized assets worth around Rs.37.13 crore during searches in Mumbai and Bhopal in connection with an alleged Rs.10,000-crore Ponzi sc... Read More


Rs.86K-cr dues: Contractors protest at Azad Maidan

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Irate government contractors, who have been waiting for over a year for their joint dues of approximately Rs.86,000 crore, on Monday launched a protest at Azad Maidan, where they al... Read More


Ganesh mandals to pay Rs.2k per pothole for digging roads

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Seeking to protect the newly concretised roads in the city, the BMC has announced a Rs.2,000 fine for every pothole dug on roads or footpaths to construct Ganeshotsav mandaps. It ha... Read More


Go-ahead for 25-km Metro 13 connecting northern suburbs

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- The state government has cleared two major infrastructure projects - Mumbai's Metro Line 13 and the eastern extension of the proposed Ring Road in Pune. Both projects received the g... Read More


wr to widen entry, exit to Prabhadevi stn

Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Western Railway has begun work to widen the narrow entry and exit point on the western side of the South Foot Over Bridge (FOB) at Prabhadevi railway station to ease passenger conge... Read More


Amazon, Blinkit workers seek relief after FDA shuts stores

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- The Maharashtra labour commissioner's office has ordered an inquiry into the loss of livelihood of workers at Amazon and Blinkit warehouses after FDA action led to their closure. Th... Read More


Fake Apple centre in Navi Mumbai duped US citizens; 13 held

NAVI MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- A fake technical-support call centre in Mahape allegedly masquerading as representatives of a US tech giant and banks duped American citizens into transferring money to cryptoc... Read More