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HC says no to blanket ban on detention of anti-CEC protesters

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to issue blanket orders restraining the police from detaining protesters seeking the removal of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Ku... Read More


Maha to deploy home guards on Konkan beaches

NAVI MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- Less than a fortnight after eight junior college students from Alandi in Pune drowned at Diveagar beach in Raigad district, the Maharashtra Police decided to deploy 440 home gu... Read More


Increase no of JEE-Advanced attempts to 3: IIT aspirants

mumbai, Oct. 14 -- More than 12,000 IIT aspirants have petitioned the union education ministry, IIT Council and Joint Admission Board for increasing the number of attempts for the Joint Entrance Exami... Read More


state halves orchestra bar licence renewal fee hike to 5%

Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- The Maharashtra government on Tuesday reduced the annual increase in licence renewal fee for orchestra bars from 10% to 5%. It also decided to defer the implementation of the licenc... Read More


Sarnaik targets Musk over 'PM Ambani' taunt

Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- Transport minister and Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik, who was among the first buyers of a Tesla car after the Elon Musk-owned company opened its first showroom in India at Bandra ... Read More


TPG head to intervene in Rs.17.9-cr fake art case

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- A special PMLA court has allowed Puneet Bhatia, the India head of US-based private equity firm TPG Capital, to intervene in money-laundering proceedings arising from an alleged Rs.1... Read More


SIT probing Purnekar murder questions ex-mayor's husband

THANE, Oct. 14 -- The Thane police special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar on Tuesday interrogated Rajendra Shinde, the husband of former mayor a... Read More


State halts registration of unauthorised bldgs to protect flat buyers

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- To curb illegal construction and protect home buyers from being cheated, the state government has decided to stop the registration of sales agreements and documents related to unaut... Read More


HC allows 21-week abortion, citing 'reproductive autonomy'

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- The Bombay high court on Monday permitted a 22-year-old unmarried woman to medically terminate her 21-week pregnancy, despite a medical board finding no grounds for the termination.... Read More


Doctor, grandmother booked for selling baby born to minor

MUMBAI, Oct. 14 -- The Tulinj police on Tuesday booked a woman, along with a civic doctor, for allegedly selling a child born out of sexual assault on her minor daughter in Nalasopara. The man who all... Read More