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Sena (UBT) forms group, 1 corporator unreachable

Mumbai, Jan. 22 -- The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday registered its group with the Konkan divisional commissioner, but faced an early setback with one of its 65 corporators, Sarita... Read More


Global patent index launched to track young innovators

Mumbai, Jan. 22 -- Senior patent and legal expert Dnyaneshwar Kamble has launched the Global Youth Patent Index (GYPI), a new initiative aimed at tracking and encouraging patent activity among school-... Read More


A trial outlasting memory: 24-year-old MPSC exam scam drags on

MUMBAI, Jan. 22 -- When the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) started conducting examinations in 1999 for recruitment to posts like Mantralaya assistants, sales tax inspectors and police su... Read More


Seven out of 277 pvt nursing colleges got no students this year

MUMBAI, Jan. 22 -- Data released by the state Common Entrance Test Cell has revealed that out of 277 private nursing colleges in the state, a staggering 47 colleges have had admissions ranging from ze... Read More


Oldest Parle-G factory in Vile Parle to be replaced by commercial buildings

MUMBAI, Jan. 22 -- The aroma of freshly baked Parle-G biscuits stopped drifting through Vile Parle in mid-2016. Now, the landmark Parle Products factory itself is headed for the history books. Parle P... Read More


Redevelopment of unsafe bldgs in Navi Mumbai gets a policy boost

NAVI MUMBAI, Jan. 22 -- The state government has taken a key policy decision to speed up the redevelopment of dilapidated residential buildings in Navi Mumbai under the Urban Renewal Scheme (URS), end... Read More


SGNP tribals protest eviction attempts from ancestral land

MU, Jan. 22 -- Raising slogans and holding placards, around 150 residents from tribal hamlets inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) staged a peaceful morcha outside the park on Tuesday, protesting... Read More


65-yr-old actor loses Rs.1.6 crore to online forex trading fraud

MUMBAI, Jan. 22 -- A 65-year-old film and television actor was cheated of Rs.1.60 crore in an online forex trading scam after being lured by a woman he befriended on social media, who later threatened... Read More


Raigad-Pen Growth Centre will be first city in Third Mumbai: Fadnavis in Davos

MUMBAI, Jan. 22 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday announced that the state government will develop a Raigad-Pen Growth Centre as the first city in the proposed "Third Mumbai". The growt... Read More


Teen star Andreeva charts her own path to the summit

Mumbai, Jan. 22 -- By dismantling Maria Sakkari, a former world No.3, through the first eight games to pick up a 6-0, 6-4 win on Wednesday, 18-year-old Mirra Andreeva collected her eighth singles vict... Read More