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3 education officers suspended over Vasai student death

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- Three officials from the Palghar Zilla Parishad's education department have been suspended for alleged negligence, following an inquiry into the death of a 13-year-old student last m... Read More


GMLR flyover delayed by a yr; BMC fines contractor Rs.2.09 cr

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has imposed a penalty of over Rs.2.09 crore on contractor S P Singla for delays in Phase 3 of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) projec... Read More


Be aggressive, fend off BJP unions: Uddhav

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- After the two recent attempts by BJP-led employee unions to take over the unions of five-star hotels from the Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Bhartiya Kamgar Sena (BKS), Uddhav Thackeray has stepp... Read More


Conservation versus modernity at the Art Deco hub of Mumbai

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- A classic conservation versus modernity battle is gathering steam at India's most famous sea-front. Marine Drive, described by UNESCO as the "Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles ... Read More


HC orders fresh check on Pedder Road 'illegal flat'

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- The Bombay High Court has ordered a fresh verification of whether a premises inside the historic Art Deco Marlboro Housing Society on Pedder Road can legally be treated as an indepen... Read More


Nigerian man walks free after over 8 yrs in jail in drug case

MUMBAI, Dec. 8 -- The Bombay High Court has acquitted a Nigerian national, Mathew Okako Okofor, 42, in an NDPS case after holding that investigating officers failed to follow the mandatory procedure f... Read More


Sion plot allotted to VHP at Rs.10k/yr for cancer home expansion

Mumbai, Dec. 8 -- The Maharashtra government has allotted a prime plot measuring 7,658 square metres in Sion to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) for a period of 30 years, at an annual rent of Rs.10,186... Read More


MVA boycotts tea party ahead of winter session over alleged graft, farm distress

NAGPUR, Dec. 8 -- The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday boycotted the government's customary tea party on the eve of the legislature's winter session, citing unprecedented agrarian distress, the ... Read More


Milind Sathe named new advocate general

Nagpur, Dec. 8 -- The state cabinet, in its meeting held in Nagpur on Sunday, approved the appointment of senior advocate Milind Sathe as the new Advocate General of Maharashtra. Sathe has handled sev... Read More


Suspended sub-registrar arrested in land case

Pune, Dec. 8 -- The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Sunday evening arrested suspended sub-registrar Ravindra Taru, 58, for his alleged role in stamp duty evasion and fraudulent land registration linked to ... Read More