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New rules to cut stress in pvt coaching classes

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- Private coaching classes will have to appoint counsellors, adopt timetables that ease the pressure on students, and cap the number of hours of coaching at five hours a day. These ar... Read More


Bulk of mangrove land remains untransferred despite HC orders

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- Despite a clear two-month deadline set by the Bombay High Court in October 2025, district administrations across Maharashtra have transferred barely 955.63 hectares of over 10,000 h... Read More


'Don't ignore 7 million railway commuters'

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- Railway commuters are hoping to enthuse candidates for the civic elections to represent the 7 million commuters who use the two suburban railway lines in Mumbai. To this end, railwa... Read More


Superheroes, super satire: Thanos, Iron Man and Hulk join high-voltage BMC campaign

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- With just days to go before Mumbai votes in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on January 15, an unexpected group of campaigners has descended on the city, not o... Read More


Air pollution in focus at citizens' meet in Bandra

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- An urgent need to improve the air we breathe took centre stage, perhaps for the first time in a civic election, at a citizens' meet on Friday. Except for the Congress-Vanchit Bahuja... Read More


'No DV Act relief for woman in relationship with married man'

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday ruled that a woman who knowingly enters into a relationship with a married man is not entitled to relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic ... Read More


VN Desai Hosp canteen shut over expired licence

Mumbai, Jan. 10 -- The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on January 6 shut down the in-house canteen at VN Desai Hospital after an inspection found it was operating with an expired food safety licen... Read More


14-year-old boy booked for sexually assaulting minor

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- The police have booked a 14-year-old boy for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old schoolmate, officials said on Friday. According to the police, the complaint was lodged by t... Read More


4 hurt, 14 vehicles damaged in Ghodbunder Road accident

THANE, Jan. 10 -- Four people were injured after a cement-laden truck rammed into multiple vehicles that were being driven on the wrong side of the busiest stretch of Ghodbunder Road near the Gaimukh ... Read More


BJP expels 113 office bearers for rebelling against the party

MUMBAI, Jan. 10 -- In a sweeping disciplinary action following widespread rebellion during the ongoing municipal corporation elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has expelled 113 party rebels across ... Read More