The Maharashtra government’s proposal to levy a one per cent surcharge on stamp duty will hamper consumer sentiment, especially in the affordable housing segment.

Five residents of Pearl Residency, a 27-storey highrise in Prabhadevi, have moved the Bombay High Court against a hospitality company and some flat owners for allegedly leasing out 32 apartments and giving the residential premises the “identity of a hotel”.

Although Maratha reservation has been listed on the agenda, various aspects related to role of the government, police, intelligence and politicians in the agitation would to be discussed, sources said.

Seventeen Masters students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have moved into the new gender-neutral hostel on the campus.

A 16-year-old girl was rescued by Nerul police on Friday morning. She was allegedly abducted by three men who had locked her up in an empty building in Nerul, the police said.

“Most of the accused have been arrested and remanded in judicial custody. More arrests are to follow as the identity of the protesters who took law in their hands is being ascertained with the help of CCTV footage,” an official from the Thane police said.

At Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, an aircraft generally takes around 30 minutes to exit the runway during peak hours. With the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport adopting the Multiple Apron Ramp System (MARS), the runway occupancy time of flights is expected to reduce.

Chances of fake social media posts and videos resulting in a law and order situation, which could deepen the rift between Agri and Mathadi Kamgar communities at Koparkhairane, was behind the snapping of Internet services in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

After engaging in a war of words with the BJP over the price of the Rafale fighter jets inside the Parliament, the Congress has now decided to take the debate to the streets. State Congress president and MP Ashok Chavan announced on Thursday that the party will hold a public protest on the issue in Mumbai on Monday.

The accused submitted in court they were accepting documents pertaining to the witnesses hence, they were dropped.

Holding Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responsible for violence spreading across the state during the Maratha agitation, some leaders of the Maratha Kranti Morcha on Thursday demanded the CM’s resignation and the registration of criminal cases against him.

Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by mycobacteria laprae that affects skin and can lead to physical deformity and disfigurement.

The state government’s decision to provide 16 per cent reservation to Marathas in jobs and education has drew a sharp reaction from the OBC community, which has demanded that the OBC quota be raised from the current 19 per cent considering that they make up 52 per cent of the state’s population.

The Antop Hill police arrested a man for allegedly hitting an Uber taxi driver on the head with an iron rod for not driving him to the destination of his choice.

Police said Sayed, who worked as a manager with a pen wholesaler company, had walked away with Rs 55 lakh on Monday by hiding the cash in the raincoat that he was wearing.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected the bail application of Sunil Shitap and Ranjit Agale arrested in connection with the Ghatkopar building collapse in July last year in which 17 people were killed. 

According to the norms of the rehabilitation policy in this case, the families have to pull down their houses and sign an agreement, thereby making them entitled to receive compensation.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has once again asked offices in the business district to stagger their work timings to avoid traffic gridlocks. 

According to the new schedule released by the education department, the third round of admissions will get over by August 2 and the fourth round is scheduled between August 7 and 9.

Police said the driver, Suresh Shirvale, was booked after medical tests confirmed that he was drunk. “The driver was visibly drunk and not in his senses. We managed to get him out of the bus and arranged another driver to drop the students home,” said a Traffic police official.

A 17-year-old college student was stabbed to death outside his college in Bhandup on Thursday, allegedly by three other youngsters over a suspected love affair.

A section of the Delisle road overbridge (ROB) in Lower Parel, which was shut on Tuesday for around two years to carry out repairs, is set to be reopened for pedestrians following an inspection on July 27.

BJP chief spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said, “The question raised about change of guard is just rumour. There is absolutely no substance. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the government are both stable.”

Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan said that the BJP was eyeing “political gains” out of “caste polarisation”. “It is a deliberate attempt to divide the society on caste lines. For their own gains, the BJP is resorting to dirty politics,” he said.