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Ex-MP, principal booked for school snakebite deaths

NAGPUR, Aug. 13 -- The principal and two wardens of Japtalai Ashramshala (boarding school for tribal students) in Gadchiroli district were booked on Wednesday in connection with the death of three stu... Read More


July 2011 triple blasts: Accused gets bail after nearly 15 years in custody

MUMBAI, Aug. 13 -- Nearly 15 years after his arrest as an accused in the 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case, a special MCOCA court on Wednesday granted bail to Zainul Abideen Abdul Razaque Shaikh alias Za... Read More


Panel to overhaul exam system

MUMBAI, Aug. 13 -- Amid the public outrage over a series of paper leaks, the Maharashtra government has decided to undertake a comprehensive overhaul of its recruitment examination system. The process... Read More


BMC to resume water supply to pools as lake levels rise

Mumbai, Aug. 13 -- The city's swimming pools can get their water supply back, as the city's seven reservoirs now hold nearly 90% of their maximum stock. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ha... Read More


Pawar meets NCP (SP) MPs, Sule takes car ride with BJP's Tawde

Mumbai, Aug. 13 -- Amid speculation over a possible reunification of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, president of the NCP (SP), held a meeting with all eight of... Read More


Nisha da Cunha, writer and beloved literature professor, dies at 92

India, Aug. 13 -- Veteran author and educator Nisha da Cunha passed away at her residence on Tuesday evening at the age of 92, leaving behind a literary legacy as rich as her fiction. Remembered for h... Read More


Minister's kin held for duping man seeking Kumbh tenders

MUMBAI, Aug. 13 -- Two relatives of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and water resources minister Girish Mahajan have been arrested by the Nashik police for forging documents to collect a Rs... Read More


FDA cancels licences of 10 Ayurvedic drug firms

MUMBAI, Aug. 12 -- The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has permanently cancelled the licences of ten companies manufacturing ayurvedic products after serious violations of the Drugs and Cosme... Read More


2 years on, 7.5k candidates for German jobs scheme still await language classes

Mumbai, Aug. 12 -- Two years after the Maharashtra government signed an agreement with the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg to provide skilled manpower, around 7,500 candidates selected for the progr... Read More


HC revokes stop-sale order against Cadila

MUMBAI, Aug. 12 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted relief to Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd while pulling up the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for stopping the sale and distribut... Read More