The scheme is being spearheaded by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Startup India and state Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Department and the Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSInS)

The VVCMC came into existence in 2009. Since then, only 26 cellphone towers are recorded to have been given permissions by the municipality in the twin towns of Vasai and Virar.

Apart from six firefighting vehicles in use at CSIA, this would be the seventh emergency evacuation vehicle at the airport. The ladder can be extended up to a height of 8.3 metres.

Mohammed Feroze Sheikh Gaus was arrested by the Bandra police on September 9 under IPC Section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon).

Jaiswal added that surveys to identify vacant houses at 20 locations have been completed. Every month, a certain number of houses become vacant as their occupants retire.

The letter asked hospitals to warn patients against paying any extra charges except for authorisation fees levied by the state government.

ACB arrested Tushar Savarkar, social worker at the state-run JJ Hospital, and Sachin Salve, organ transplant co-ordinator with the SL Raheja Hospital, for allegedly demanding Rs 1.5 lakh from a patient requiring a kidney transplant

Satnampura SHO intercepted a truck on Hadiyabad Road in Phagwara and during its checking 468 boxes of liquor were seized. Three persons, who were traveling in a car, along with this truck, tried to bribe the SHO with Rs 1 lakh to hush up the matter.

The PMJAY has empanelled 79 government hospitals in Maharashtra. The scheme, launched under the name Ayushman Bharat, covers 83 lakh beneficiaries and provides 1,300 medical procedures with a cap of Rs 5 lakh.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation LTD (BPCL), Mahul village, to quash and set aside an order passed by the Brihanmumbai MC, granting permission for redevelopment to Satwaratna CHS LTD, near the refinery.

Ashish Deshmukh, who represents the Katol Assembly constituency in the Vidarbha region, has decided to join the Congress. He is likely to meet All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi in Wardha.

With most power plants running on less than 10 days’ stock, the state energy department is staring at a possibility of load shedding, much like last year.

Maharashtra state Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant said, “The WHO is cooperating with India for polio survey as per international quality parameters. Sewage water samples from 45 places in different states including Maharashtra were collected.

Taking a pledge to walk on the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday led a padyatra in his hometown, Nagpur, to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

Starting from October 15, a group of 45 Army sailors will undertake the expedition across major ports of the countryto spread awareness against ocean pollution by collecting evidence of soiled water from the seas.

The couple approached the commission against six opponents, including the company to whom the development rights of the property were given under the Slum Rehabiliation Authority project.

It has been a year since 55-year-old Ajitkumar Bidwe started his practice as a private marriage counselor, brokering peace between married couples, on their way to parting ways.

A Mumbai-based man, who is currently in Greece, allegedly lost over Rs 2 lakh after his card details were used to conduct fraudulent transactions in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district.

Members of the collective ‘Let Mumbai Breathe’ said that within a span of two days, more than 4,000 people have registered their objections on its website to the MMRCL’s proposal to cut the trees.

The feat was achieved by students gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, under its flagship Solar Urja Lamp (SoUL) project. The institute marked the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with a massive workshop on solar energy.

Tushar Savarkar, social worker at the state-run JJ Hospital, and Sachin Salve, organ transplant co-ordinator with the SL Raheja Hospital, allegedly demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from a patient

According to an official, the accident took place when the women were taking part in a prayer ceremony at the well, located near Ruia bungalow near Satelite hotel

In his first interview, Mumbai Police chief, Subodh Jaiswal, opens up on the challenges that grip the force, the table-top exercises conducted by him to test anti-terror preparedness of his men and fighting the perception battle.

The University of Southern California’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence In Society will assist the Maharashtra’s Information and Technology Department to work on various social welfare projects.