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Tourist exposes Elephanta ticket 'scam'

Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- A visit to the Elephanta Caves left Irish author Paul Waters questioning the ticketing system at the UNESCO World Heritage Site after he found that foreign tourists could not book t... Read More


Man acquitted in 2012 kidnap, murder case

Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- Eight years after a sessions court sentenced Manishprasad Gaud to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of a five-year-old boy in 2012, the Bombay High Court on Thursday a... Read More


State lifts ban on granting minority status to schools

Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- The Maharashtra government on Thursday revoked the suspension on granting religious and linguistic minority status to educational institutions, months after a controversy erupted ov... Read More


Ugandan gets bail after 4 yrs of custody in drugs case

MUMBAI, Oct. 30 -- The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a Ugandan national who was arrested at the Mumbai airport in 2022 after allegedly swallowing 91 capsules containing over 1kg of narcotics, ... Read More


Meenakshi Shinde resigns as Sena women's wing president

Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- Exactly a month after Thane Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar was murdered by four masked assailants at his office at Manpada, Thane, former mayor and leader of the rival Shiv... Read More


Govt sets BDD Chawl flat prices at Rs.72L-Rs.1.48 crore for police

MUMBAI, Oct. 30 -- The Maharashtra government has fixed the construction cost police personnel must pay to be allotted a rehabilitation flat on an ownership basis in the redeveloped BDD Chawls at Worl... Read More


TB drug patent rejected, but 6-month treatment may remain out of reach

MUMBAI, Oct. 30 -- Two days after the Indian Patent Office rejected the patent application of the US-based Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, or TB Alliance, for BPaL, a combination regimen for ... Read More


Farmers set to reclaim 3,000 acres seized by the British a century ago

MUMBAI, Oct. 30 -- The Maharashtra government is set to return over 3,000 acres of land spread across nine villages in Shrirampur tehsil, Ahilyanagar district, to more than 1,000 farmers or their lega... Read More


rly commuter injured in drone crash at churchgate

Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- Two drones which were part of a drone show at the Wankhede Stadium crashed onto platform number three at Churchgate station on Wednesday, leaving a railway commuter injured. The inc... Read More


Maha contractors to ring up top ministers over Rs.86,000-cr dues

Mumbai, Oct. 30 -- Contractors across Maharashtra will launch a statewide phone campaign from Friday to demand clearance of Rs.86,000 crore in pending dues, with calls planned to the offices of chief ... Read More