Kharghar News

To promote organ donation among the youth, the state government has appointed a 22-year-old medical student, Juhi Pawar, as brand ambassador of its organ donation awareness programme Source: Mumbai News

A BMS student from a college in Thane wants to get his father’s name rectified on his marksheet. The name was spelt ‘Pajan’ instead of ‘Rajan’ in the marksheet given to him last year. For the rectification, he had to submit his original marksheet to the University of Mumbai. For three months now, he has been pursuing university officials to get the corrected marksheet. Source: Mumbai News

The Bombay high court on Monday rued the plight of the common man when a new government decides not to implement the previous government’s order. Source: Mumbai News

The families of two of the four Kalyan youths, who are reportedly fighting for the Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), were relieved to get a call from one of them saying they were safe in Iraq Source: Mumbai News

While the process has begun to frame fresh passport guidelines, the Bombay high court on Monday directed the Centre to send copies of its own judgments and those given by the Supreme Court to all regional passport authorities in Maharashtra as a guide. Source: Mumbai News

The Shiv Sena has distanced itself from the controversial draft Development Plan (DP) in the wake of citizens’ mounting ire on a slew of civic projects, including wanton felling of trees in Aarey. Source: Mumbai News

The government is keen on expediting the launch of the integrated ticketing system (ITS) in Mumbai, which means commuters can carry a single smartcard to travel by BEST buses, Metro and monorail in the near future. Source: Mumbai News

Bowing to pressure from affected people and political leaders, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has announced in-situ rehabilitation for residents of 26 buildings in south Mumbai that will have to be demolished for Metro-III. Source: Mumbai News

The donations came as a boon for two youngsters with acute liver failure, who doctors say, may not have lived beyond a few weeks without the new organs. Source: Mumbai News

A panel discussion on 4G cell tower installation in open spaces such as gardens and playgrounds had activists calling the practice a form of encroachment on Tuesday. Source: Mumbai News