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Two decades on, no oversight for private coaching classes

MUMBAI, May 20 -- More than two decades after the Maharashtra government was directed to introduce legislation to regulate private coaching classes, it is yet to put in place any oversight mechanism f... Read More


Court nod for Kharat's arrest in Rs.70-cr money laundering case

MUMBAI, May 20 -- A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Tuesday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to arrest self-styled godman Ashok Kharat in connection with an alleged ... Read More


Rents in nearby areas have spiked: Khair

India, May 20 -- Abdul Khair, 53, along with his family comprising 12-15 members, who lived in three separate tin rooms stacked one atop the other, was seen seated under the recently opened skywalk in... Read More


We will move court now: Abdul Ansari

India, May 20 -- Abdul Qayyum Ansari, 51, and his family of eight waited patiently outside the Bandra (East) police chowky for the anti-encroachment drive to end on Tuesday. The family has lived here ... Read More


We will return to the spot of our broken home: Amjad Pathan

India, May 20 -- Watching their homes get bulldozed, Amjad Pathan, 42, who came to Garib Nagar 40 years ago, patiently waited for the drive to end. He and seven members of his family were seen seated ... Read More


Govt failed its promises: Asya Bano

India, May 20 -- Asya Bano, 45, watched her second floor home built with tin sheets several years ago, being demolished on Tuesday. The house, illegally built, was bulldozed along with her clothes sti... Read More


WR clears 20% of slums in Garib Nagar

MUMBAI, May 20 -- The Western Railway (WR) launched a largescale anti-encroachment drive to remove unauthorised dwellings on railway land in Garib Nagar, Bandra (East), on Tuesday, amid protests from ... Read More


We did not expect eviction: Zakir Ansari

India, May 20 -- Zakir Ansari, 36, a small-scale artisan, was seen filling a large blue drum with blocks of ice, water and rose syrup along with his friend Baban Malik, as the demolition of their home... Read More


HC allows teen rape survivor to end 25-week pregnancy

MUMBAI, May 20 -- Holding that a woman's reproductive choice and bodily autonomy are constitutionally protected rights, the Bombay High Court on Monday allowed a 17-year-old rape survivor to medically... Read More


Woman, 66, strangled to death; body dumped in sack

NAVI MUMBAI, May 20 -- A 66-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by an unidentified person in Turbhe, Navi Mumbai, and her body was stuffed into a gunny sack and abandoned on a roadside near a reside... Read More