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Activist files petition against state govt for not filling child rights body vacancies for six months

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) has been without a chairperson and members since May, leaving 1,431 cases related to child welfare unresolve... Read More


Can't artificially divide 1 building in 2 societies: HC

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- The Bombay High Court has held that a promoter cannot carve a mixed-use building into two separate housing societies for residential and commercial units unless the structure is gen... Read More


No alliance with Mahayuti, MNS, AIMIM: Cong

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- Citing ideology, the Congress will not have any alliance with the Mahayuti, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the local ... Read More


Lawyer accused of facilitating Rs.22L bribe denied anticipatory bail

Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday denied anticipatory bail to advocate Priyanka Singh, accused of facilitating a Rs.22-lakh bribe for a Directorate G... Read More


BJP, Sena woo north Indians in MMR

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- Addressing a gathering of North Indians on Tuesday, Kisan Kathore, the BJP legislator of Ambernath-Badlapur, announced that two of the candidates being fielded by the party in the c... Read More


state to draft guidelines to monitor direct-selling companies

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- The Maharashtra government has moved to regulate the fast-growing direct-selling sector, setting up a committee to draft guidelines for monitoring companies that operate outside tra... Read More


Consent not required for slum cluster redevpt

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- In a move that will expedite the redevelopment of Mumbai's slums, the state government on Thursday said the consent of slum residents is not required for the slum cluster redevelopm... Read More


Banker dies as two-wheeler rams into stalled JCB

Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- A 40-year-old man from Lalbaug died after his two-wheeler rammed into a stalled JCB in a no-parking zone in Sewri early on November 8 while returning from a dinner party in Wadala. ... Read More


Dahisar toll plaza moved by only 100 m instead of 2 km

Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- After the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) rejected a proposal to shift the Dahisar toll plaza by 2km, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Thurs... Read More


Serve notices to Malegaon blast accused: HC to ATS

MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to serve notices to two persons accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case while hearing an appeal... Read More