Mumbai: Maharashtra has added 1,066 postgraduate medical seats over the past year, including 720 in govt medical colleges in the past five weeks, taking the state’s total broad speciality PG medical intake to 7,615 for the 2026-27 academic year. With this increase of 16.3% over last year’s 6,549 seats, Maharashtra has secured the second position…

Diwali is just around the corner, and Mumbai is bracing for a shopping surge as gold prices dip MUMBAI: With Diwali festivities running from November 6 to 11, shopping activity is picking up pace in markets across the city. Like Ganeshotsav and Navratra, Diwali celebrations too will extend by a day this year, according to…

Mumbai: BMC’s public health department has written to hospitals asking them to refer patients to public-private partnership (PPP) dialysis centres as and when needed. The rates for the 10 facilities range between Rs 250 and Rs 540 on the higher end, lower than many of the private facilities. Many of them have started in recent…