Metros, Mumbai, 30th Nov 2016, News & Stories from India

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Metros Mumbai 30 Nov 2016

Metros, Mumbai, 30 Nov 2016

UP will see assembly elections in mid-2017 while Mumbai’s BMC will go to poll in January.

BJP working on caste math for UP polls

Work on the same has already started in the North Indian belts of the city.

30 Nov 2016 6:11 AM

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray (Photo: PTI)

Shiv Sena chief gives Sainiks credit for election wins

The Sena’s 529 councillors have gotten elected from 147 municipal councils and the party grabbed third position after the BJP.

30 Nov 2016 6:07 AM

In the elections to 147 municipal councils and 17 nagar panchayats in Maharashtra, the BJP has clearly emerged as the top-most party in the state by winning 52 chairpersons’ posts. (Photo: PTI)

With local body poll win, BJP may have upper hand

Of the results to 3,727 seats declared so far, the BJP has won 893 seats, the Shiv Sena won 529, NCP 615 and Congress 727.

30 Nov 2016 6:04 AM

An official from chief minister’s office said that linking of Aadhaar with the bank would stop leakages in government subsidies, grants and ex-gratia amount.

Maharashtra to implement DBT scheme

Will transfer cash directly into beneficiaries’ account to avoid pilferage of money.

30 Nov 2016 6:04 AM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. (Photo: PTI)

CM Fadnavis snubs Raut, says ‘I only talk to Uddhav’

BJP state president Raosaheb Danve said that his party was ready to join hands with the Sena for upcoming polls.

30 Nov 2016 6:01 AM

26/11 martyr’s kin appointed assistant sales tax commissioner

Nivedita Shashank Shinde has been appointed as assistant sales tax commissioner in the sales tax department, says Sudhir Mungantiwar.

30 Nov 2016 6:00 AM

Six hundred species of insects and spiders at Kanha Tiger Reserve are covered by the field guide, which has a foreword written by J.S. Chauhan, IFS, former field director, Kanha Tiger Reserve and pictures of insects and spiders commonly found in Kanha.

India’s first field guide to insects released

Book is the result of 3 years of painstaking research

30 Nov 2016 4:35 AM

A railway official on condition of anonymity said, “They will probably be used in sections between Kurla and CST on the slow corridor where currently, trains cannot run beyond 50 kmph due to various speed restrictions.

Railway’s six year old Austrian speed experiment a failure

The Railways had given the Austrians a contract worth Rs 25 crore to enable the trains touch 140 kmph.

30 Nov 2016 4:35 AM

Civic chief Ajo Ajoy Mehtay Mehta has directed that sanctioned project files be sent directly to the department concerned, instead of being moved from one table to another.

BMC to reduce red-tapism, move files faster

In a move that is likely to lead to civic projects being fast-tracked.

30 Nov 2016 4:34 AM

Zakia Soman and Noorjehan Safia Niaz, co-founders of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan outside the Haji Ali Dargah on Tuesday. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Finally, women enter Haji Ali sanctum

For the first time since 2012, the trust allowed women to enter the shrine, following orders from the Supreme Court.

30 Nov 2016 4:32 AM

$The CR has been struggling with rail fractures and a goods train had derailed on the mainline last week.$

Signal snag wreaks havoc on Mumbai Harbour Line

The line saw seven trains cancelled and 60 trains delayed for over 30 to 40 minutes on Tuesday.

30 Nov 2016 4:31 AM

2,000 crore illicit assets seized in three years

Finance ministry says black money rampant in real estate, finance, trading

30 Nov 2016 4:31 AM

The four ward boys who were on probation at the civic-run Sewri Tuberculosis Hospital were not sanctioned leaves on medical grounds despite having contracted TB. (Representational Image)

Mumbai TB hospital grants two year leave to four affected ward boys

They will also be paid their due salaries, according to orders released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner’s office.

30 Nov 2016 4:26 AM

No evidence tiger Jai is dead: Anil Dave

Seven-year-old Jai, named after superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s character in the film Sholay.

30 Nov 2016 4:25 AM

The police arrested 72 such employees and their roles will be mentioned in the chargesheet. (Representational image)

Mumbai call centre scam: Five want to be approvers

The chargesheet will have 175 statements, including those of 60 prosecution witnesses and a few United States-based victims.

30 Nov 2016 4:24 AM

The incident took place at Goregoan-Irani Wadi in the wee hours of Monday, after which a complaint was registered at the Dindoshi police station. (Representational Image)

Three acid attack victims admitted to hospital in Mumbai

The three are part of the same family and were sleeping at home when the attack took place.

30 Nov 2016 4:21 AM

There has been a rise in patients coming in for obesity treatment and bariatric surgeries. (Representational Image)

Obesity clinic inaugurated at JJ Hospital

The doctors there claim that they have seen a 30 per cent rise in obese patients in the last two decades.

30 Nov 2016 4:20 AM

Mumbai police still clueless about theft at Kiran Rao’s house

The police have questioned three of her domestic helps to ascertain their role in the theft.

30 Nov 2016 4:19 AM

An injured person at the NCP meeting, Deonar where supporters of Sanjay Patil and Nawab Malik clashed.

Firing at NCP meeting in Mumbai

Two NCP leaders and aides assault each other with knives, swords.

30 Nov 2016 4:18 AM

After five years, a series of legal battles and protests, a group of 80 women entered the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon. The Supreme Court had upheld women’s right to pray at the dargah. (Photo: Asian Age)

Finally, women enter Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah inner sanctum