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HC bench to hear pleas against Maratha quota

MUMBAI, May 17 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday constituted a three-judge bench to hear a batch of petitions challenging the 10% reservation granted to the Maratha community under the Maharashtra ... Read More


100 trees to go for Malabar Hill reservoir work

Mumbai, May 17 -- After three years of delays and sustained public opposition, efforts to preserve the green cover at Malabar Hill have fallen short. The felling of trees for the construction of an al... Read More


Speeding car crashes into bike, kills 2 on the spot on Pen-Khopoli Road

NAVI MUMBAI, May 17 -- Two men on a bike died on Thursday after an allegedly speeding car hit them along Pen-Khopoli Road early in the morning on Thursday. The accused driver fled and was booked for c... Read More


SC: Iskcon B'luru owns Hare Krishna temple

New Delhi, May 17 -- "Show me the money". That immortal pop-history line forms a pillar in the defence of justice Yashwant Varma, according to people familiar with the matter and excerpts from the 55-... Read More


SEC push sets the ball rolling for local body polls in Oct-Nov 2025

MUMBAI, May 16 -- The state government is all set to begin the process of ward formation, nearly 10 days after the Supreme Court (SC) directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct polls in 6... Read More


Lokhandwala Lake to be cleaned after six years

MUMBAI, May 16 -- After six long years of waiting and petitioning, finally, success. The semi-wild Lokhandwala Lake, which has lately been draped in invasive species and algae and littered waste, is f... Read More


Central, Western Railway suburban corridors to expand as MMR grows

MUMBAI, May 16 -- The state's push to develop the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) will see the expansion of the suburban rail corridors on both the Central and Western railways. On the agenda are new... Read More


India's precision strikes and drones met twofold goals

New Delhi, May 16 -- India resorted to a mix of precision strikes with drones targeting key Pakistani security and intelligence facilities and attacks with heavier long-range weapons such as the BrahM... Read More


Restore illegally allotted forest land: SC

New Delhi, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the states and Union territories to constitute special investigation teams (SITs) to restore forest lands that have been illegally allot... Read More


SC pulls up MP min for Col Qureshi comments

New Delhi/Bhopal/Jabalpur, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his controversial comments on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and said that by virtue ... Read More