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HC directs BMC to release retirement dues of ex-employee who did not clear Marathi test

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- The Bombay High Court recently directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to release retirement dues of a former Surveillance Investigator that they withheld because he h... Read More


Peripheral hosps in the grip of a crippling drug shortage

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- Outside the gates of Ghatkopar's Rajawadi Hospital, one of Mumbai's biggest civic-run peripheral hospitals, private pharmacists hover just beyond the entrance. Waving used prescript... Read More


Final push for Dharavi residents to submit eligibility documents

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- The Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) is set to launch a final outreach drive to help residents establish their eligibility for rehabilitation under the state government's massive... Read More


FIRE erupts in bata outlet at crawford mkt, none injured

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- A level 2 fire was reported on Sunday night at the Bata Showroom on Lokmanya Tilak Road, Crawford Market, by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB)... Read More


Kolis move HC over tagging of fish-drying area as slum

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- Two fishermen welfare societies have approached the High Court, challenging an order passed by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) in May 2022, declaring as a slum a plot of lan... Read More


Late Prof Narlikar to get top science award

Mumbai, Oct. 27 -- The country's top science award, Vigyan Ratna puraskar, will be posthumously conferred to eminent astrophysicist, science communicator, and Padma Vibhushan recipient Jayant Vishnu N... Read More


Centre in Bhiwandi to enable engagement with Urdu's rich heritage

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- The city of Bhiwandi, home to one of Thane district's largest Urdu-speaking populations, is set to get its own Urdu House, a dedicated centre for the promotion of Urdu language, lit... Read More


TMC's 'aapla dawakhana' facilities shut since Aug, staff unpaid for months

THANE, Oct. 27 -- 'Aapla Dawakhana', an ambitious project implemented by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to provide free healthcare services to the urban poor in Thane, has been shut down since ... Read More


Baig's hat-trick takes St Francis Xavier's to final

Mumbai, Oct. 27 -- Shoaib Baig scored a hat-trick to take St Francis Xavier's, Kanjurmarg into the final of the 45th Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana Rink Football Tournament, after they registered a 3-2 ... Read More


'Great people': Trump praises Munir, Sharif

Islamabad/Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 27 -- US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would get the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan "solved very quickly", calling the former's Prime Minister Shehba... Read More