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High court seeks state poll panel's reply on plea contesting non-use of VVPAT in local body polls

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday issued notice to the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on a petition challenging its decision to conduct the upcoming lo... Read More


Probe on to check if 2 commuters died due to flash protest by rly staff at CSMT

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- A day after two people died after being hit by a local train while walking along the railway tracks near Sandhurst Road station, the Government Railway Police (GRP) on Friday launche... Read More


Rly unions defend protest, commuter grps seek action

Mumbai, Nov. 8 -- A clutch of railway commuter groups on Friday met the divisional railway manager (DRM) with demands for a probe into Thursday's accident near Sandhurst Road station in which two comm... Read More


Asiatic Society's polls postponed indefinitely

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- The Asiatic Society on Friday postponed its elections, which were scheduled for Saturday, to an indefinite date, citing irregularities in the voters' list. The decision comes amid a ... Read More


HC allows 15-yr-old rape survivor to terminate 27-week pregnancy

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed a 15-year-old rape survivor to medically terminate her 27-week pregnancy, emphasising the need to protect her physical and mental well-being... Read More


MCA seeks land for women's cricket academy

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Friday wrote a letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis requesting to allot land within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for setting up ... Read More


Siddique murder probe 'totally misleading': Widow

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- Shehzeen Siddique, the widow of the slain former minister Baba Siddique, on Friday moved the Bombay High Court seeking an independent, impartial and court-monitored investigation int... Read More


2nd FIR filed just hours before land deal scrapped

Pune, Nov. 8 -- Hours before deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar announced on Friday evening that his son Parth Pawar had scrapped the controversial Rs.300-crore Mundhwa land deal, the Pune police regist... Read More


Husband can't be called 'cruel' just because wife was unhappy: HC

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that a husband cannot be convicted of charges of cruelty merely based on statements from the wife's parents that she was "unhappy and often used... Read More


Three ex-revenue ministers nixed bids on controversial Pune land

MUMBAI, Nov. 8 -- The aborted bid by a company linked to deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's son, Parth, to buy the 40-acre Mundhwa plot isn't the first attempt to gain control of the prime land in Pun... Read More