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EWS quota in pvt med colleges scrapped

MUMBAI, July 31 -- The state government has scrapped the contentious EWS quota in private medical colleges, after fierce opposition from parents who refused to back down. The 10% reservation for the E... Read More


'Former VVCMC chief built the cartel behind illegal constructions in Vasai'

MUMBAI, July 31 -- Enforcement Directorate (ED) sources on Wednesday claimed that former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar, an IAS officer, was responsible for org... Read More


BJP leader uses AI voice, forged documents to impersonate MLC to divert Rs.3.6 crore funds

MUMBAI, July 30 -- An office-bearer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jalgaon has emerged as the prime accused in a bizarre case involving the impersonation of BJP MLC Prasad Lad to fraudulently ... Read More


Daya Nayak promoted to ACP two days before retiring

MUMBAI, July 30 -- Senior police inspector Daya Nayak, who gained recognition as an "encounter specialist" in the 1990s, was promoted to assistant commissioner of police on Tuesday, two days before hi... Read More


CM decides not to act against errant mins, warns them instead

MUMBAI, July 30 -- While their respective party chiefs abstained from taking any action on them for courting controversies, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis shot a sharp message to errant ministers of... Read More


Parents protest against EWS quota in private medical colleges, seek hike in seats

MUMBAI, July 30 -- Concerned over the shrinking share of seats available to general category students, a group of parents of medical aspirants and education activists met state medical education minis... Read More


Minister: Wait for verified Ladki figures

MUMBAI, July 30 -- State women and child development minister Aditi Tatkare is scrambling to contain the damage caused by a government report, which revealed that 26.34 lakh (2.63 million) individuals... Read More


Surrogacy-like deal not consent, rape case to proceed: HC

MUMBAI, July 30 -- The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition to quash a rape case, observing that the woman's consent was obtained through an illegal, surrogacy-like... Read More


Cong announces jumbo team of 351 members for Maha unit

MUMBAI, July 30 -- In an attempt to rebuild the party, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has approved a jumbo committee for the Maharashtra unit. Five months after changing its leadership, the p... Read More


Sena leader fined Rs.1L for misusing law to settle scores

MUMBAI, July 30 -- The Bombay high court on Monday imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh on Lalita Shinde, Nashik taluka president of the ladies wing of Shiv Sena and a former trustee of the Trimbakeshwar Templ... Read More