64 posts for IAS-cadre officers lie vacant in state
The percentage of serving Indian Administrative Service-cadre officers has fallen nearly 19 per cent of the sanctioned posts as 64 posts of IAS officers have remained vacant for months.
Jet stock up over 6%
Shares of Jet Airways Monday rose by over six per cent amid report that Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has extended a deadline for regulatory approval that ended on August 31, until end of September.
DPRs invited for three bridges
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has invited agencies to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for three proposed bridges.
Metro costs escalate by 84%
The construction costs of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar elevated Metro being built by Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd (MMOPL) have risen up to `4,321 crore, which is around 84
Miniing likely to suffer, say experts
Experts have warned that mining and quarrying is likely to suffer further after a contraction by 2.8 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal, if the issues plaguing the sector are not resolved imm
MMOPL draws flak for being ‘unprofessional’
The Mumbai Metro project, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2006, has been mired in controversies since its inception.
Dabholkar’s kids take up his cause
Undeterred by the brutal ending of their father’s life, Hamid and Mukta, the children of slain rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar have vowed to resurrect his work and life’s mission with a month-long d
Peeping Tom technician arrested from dargah
The Mulund police on Saturday caught 28-year-old X-Ray technician Ansar Shaikh, who allegedly hid a camera phone in the changing room of a diagnostic centre, which was discovered by a woman patient.
‘Cops bent rules to help Asaram’
Former bureaucrat and advocate Abha Singh has written a letter to the Jodhpur police commissioner pointing out “six specific violations” in the investigation of the case against Asaram Bapu.
Chain snatcher caught
An alert traffic constable caught a 21-year-old chain snatcher who was fleeing after snatching a chain from a female senior citizen on Saturday morning at Parel TT junction.