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Mumbai: Students in limbo after MU postpones winter semester exams indefinitely

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Mumbai University

“A bunch of students in the LLB department have full-time jobs. We sent in leave applications to our offices to make sure that we were present for our tests and then suddenly the exams were withdrawn. It might be very difficult to get leaves again,” said Sagar Birade, a BLS LLB student at Mumbai university

Mumbai: Nearly 50,000 are facing uncertainty with their academic year as the University of Mumbai(MU) has put off its winter semester examinations for all non-agricultural undergraduate and postgraduate courses until further notice. Several LLB, LLM, MA, MSc, and MCom students amongst others had already begun appearing for their examinations at MU and its affiliated colleges when the non-teaching staff decided to boycott all exam-related activities to meet demands of their protest. After appearing for the exams slated on Thursday, February 2, 2023, the students received a notice from their colleges announcing the postponement of all tests until further notice.

Lectures go on while exams on halt

It is business as usual for lectures and vivas at MU, whereas all ongoing written tests have been completely put on hold. “I have shifted to Mumbai from Jalgaon to finish my master’s. Our schedule of studying and plans for going back home shamble every time the varsity changes its timetable. The whole process of taking an exam becomes very stressful since the university is also known to delay our results,” said Ritesh Chaudhari, an MA student.

Those who have been juggling their jobs alongside their education were irked by this sudden announcement by the university. “After taking my first LLB exam, I was told that the next three papers have been postponed and there is no telling when they’ll conduct those. A bunch of students in LLB have full-time jobs. We sent in leave applications to our offices to make sure that we were present for our tests and then suddenly the exams were withdrawn. It might be very difficult to get leaves again,” said Sagar Birade, a BLS LLB student at Mumbai university.

Protests will stop once the GR is issued

The Non-Agricultural University and College Servants Joint Action Committee, on February 2, 2023, vowed to boycott all exam-related activities within Mumbai universities and all other affiliated colleges to meet their demands of recruiting for the vacant non-teaching staff positions, implementing salary benefits under seventh pay commission, old pension scheme among others benefits.

“Non-teaching staff at non-agricultural colleges is the only demographic in the educational sector that is not paid according to the seventh pay commission. We don’t mean to trouble students but there have been countless meetings for this since 2019, and no GR ever came out of it.

We are willing to cease the agitation even if the higher education department immediately implements even a few of our demands,” said Rupesh Malusare, general secretary of the Mumbai Vidyapeeth Karmachari Sangh (MVKS), a non-teaching staff organisation. The new timetable for winter semester exams is to be uploaded on the official Mumbai University website.

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Mumbai: Ban on Tabela milk poses a risk of unemployment, Abu Asim protests against FDA order, banning Tabila milk is not right

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, opposing the FDA’s action against milk vendors and milk sellers and the ban on the sale of unpasteurized milk, today held a banner on the steps outside the Assembly and protested against it, saying that the FDA’s action is commendable, but the way in which the order to stop the sale of unpasteurized milk by banning the sale of unpasteurized milk has been issued is unfair to these milk sellers, which has increased unemployment. Azmi held a banner in his hands that read: Millions of unemployed, failed government, stop injustice with Tabila people. Addressing reporters, Azmi said that Tabila milk is better than one and a half and closed milk. In our house, milk is provided from Aarey Colony, which is better than dairy milk, while buffaloes and animals are raised for Tabila milk and its pure milk is sold. If open milk is to be banned, guidelines should be issued regarding this. Along with this, action should be taken if there is adulteration in milk. However, the government should consider this by suddenly banning Tabila milk. Unemployment will increase due to this. Azmi said that action against adulterators is necessary because adulteration is now common in everything from vegetables to milk, but along with this, milk dairies should be given a six-month time and allowed to supply milk as per the guidelines, Azmi demanded. He said that the FDA’s ban on open milk has created a livelihood problem for dairies owners and their associates.

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Additional Municipal Commissioner Prajakta Verma Longare visits Mumbai Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Maternity Home

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Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Prajakta Verma Longare made a surprise inspection of Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Maternity Home and Maternity Ward. Yesterday evening (July 7, 2026) he visited Diwali Ben Mehta (MA) General Hospital in Chembur and reviewed the medical facilities provided by the hospital. Is the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) working properly? It was inspected on the computer. Apart from this, important instructions were given to the hospital administration regarding the use of the system. He inspected the vacant staff accommodation space in the hospital premises and the adjoining vacant plot. He also directed the concerned department to submit detailed information about the correspondence done so far in this regard. After this, the Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) took detailed information about the patients admitted to the hospital and the deliveries occurring within a month. Diwali Ben Mehta (MA) took detailed information about the number of doctors and staff on duty in the General Hospital. Along with this, he inspected the entire hospital. He directed the concerned officers to complete the repair and maintenance work of the hospital immediately. The Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) also directed the concerned medical officers to provide quality health facilities to the patients admitted for treatment and provide them with medicines in a timely manner. Executive Health Officer Dr. Daksha Shah, Joint Executive Health Officer Dr. Santosh Gaikwad, Chief Medical Superintendent of General Hospital Dr. Chandrakant Pawar and concerned officers were present on this occasion.

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Mumbai: BEST bus accident in Bhandup, vehicles collide, pedestrians also injured in collision, accident in Vashi due to tire burst of BEST bus, chaos

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A bus accident in Mumbai’s Bhandup area has created chaos in the area. An out-of-control bus hit several vehicles on the road in the Critical Hospital area of ​​Kokan Nagar in Bhandup, including some pedestrians. The vehicles were severely damaged in the accident. It has been reported that the victim of the accident is an E-bus. It is estimated that the accident occurred due to the bus driver losing control of the bus. According to initial information, it is being estimated that the accident occurred due to the bus driver losing control of the bus. However, the extent of the accident is clear from the damage to the bus. The bus crushed a pedestrian crossing the road, in which he was seriously injured. It has been learned that the name of the injured pedestrian is Atul Padley. As a result, Padley is undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital. After the accident, local citizens immediately reached the area and admitted the injured pedestrian for treatment. However, his condition is currently said to be critical. Meanwhile, while the news of the horrific BEST bus accident in Dadar was fresh a few days ago, now the accident in Bhandup has created chaos in the area, so the police are investigating how the accident happened.

On the other hand, on Monday night, a tire of a BEST bus burst while passing through the Vashi toll plaza. The accident was averted due to the presence of mind of the BEST driver. This incident took place around 9:30 pm when the bus number 8230 of Wadala depot was passing through the toll plaza. At that time, the driver Kiran Jadhav suddenly burst, due to which he lost control of the moving bus. However, the driver Kishore Gaur immediately controlled the accident and stopped the bus safely before it hit other vehicles or pedestrians.

Speaking on this, Assistant Police Inspector (API) of Vashi Ravinder Nirod said, “Kiran Jadhav (aged 32) was a BEST bus driver who was taking passengers from Wadala bus depot towards Ghansoli. At around 9.50 pm, Jadhav suddenly got a tyre burst and lost control of the vehicle. In this accident, the driver Jadhav suffered minor injuries as he hit the steering wheel and the front windshield of the bus was broken in the accident.” Senior Police Inspector of Vashi Shashikant Chandikar said, “Fortunately, the BEST bus driver got a tyre burst while passing over the Vashi Creek bridge but the BEST driver avoided the accident.”

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