June 7, 2026

Mumbai news

‘IIT-Bombay as IIT-Mumbai’: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to write to PM Modi, HRD minister for name change

‘IIT-Bombay as IIT-Mumbai’: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to write to PM Modi, HRD minister for name change | Mumbai News

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MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Education Ministry requesting that IIT-Bombay be officially renamed IIT-Mumbai, after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) criticised Union minister Jitendra Singh’s recent comments on the issue.The row erupted after Singh, Minister of State for Science and…

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UBT's Aditya Thackeray claims MMRDA's drone 'peeped into his house'

UBT’s Aditya Thackeray claims MMRDA’s drone ‘peeped into his house’ | Mumbai News

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MUMBAI: UBT’s Aditya Thackeray raised an objection over a drone “peeping into his home” at Bandra East on Sunday morning. Police clarified that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) was conducting a survey using the drone in Kherwadi area for the proposed pod taxi service. Thackeray questioned why residents hadn’t been informed of this.Taking…

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