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HC restores 6-year-old child's RTE admission, rejects 'rigid' distance rule

Mumbai, Oct. 23 -- The Bombay High Court has set aside a state order denying a six-year-old underprivileged child admission to a private school under the Right to Education (RTE) Act quota on account ... Read More


'KEM Hospital chemist contract renewal to hurt poor patients'

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- A proposal to extend the contract of a medical store at KEM Hospital in Parel for another five years without inviting fresh tenders has come under scrutiny in the BMC. Opposition co... Read More


Male nurse gets 5-yr jail term for molesting patient in ICU

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- A male nurse who molested a female patient while she was undergoing treatment for acute abdominal pain in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Joy Hospital in Chembur has been sentenced... Read More


'College staff not liable for 2016 beach drowning'

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- Ten years after 14 third-year students of a Pune college drowned at Murud beach, the Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against 17 people, including the inst... Read More


Diveagar drownings: 5 coaching institute officials booked

PUNE, Oct. 23 -- Five people associated with Winners Academy, a coaching institute, were booked by the Dighi Coastal Police on October 18 for alleged negligence in connection with the drowning deaths ... Read More


Up to 500k flagged electors may get axed

Mumbai, Oct. 23 -- Up to 5% of the 12.2 million electors across Maharashtra flagged for discrepancies or non-mapping with the 2002 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls may have their na... Read More


City gets first paediatric heart transplant in a public hospital

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- In a couple of days, Tanmay Shinde, 17, will walk out of hospital with a second chance at life - thanks to his new heart. Tanmay's surgery - Mumbai's first-ever paediatric heart tra... Read More


Influencer held over racial jibes at NE man

NEW DELHI, Oct. 23 -- The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested content creator Amir Shokeen for allegedly using racially derogatory remarks against a man from Tripura in a clip which surfaced on social m... Read More


Govt to tighten learner licence requirements

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Centre has proposed making several driving-licence services free and tightening the requirements for obtaining a learner's licence, as part of a wider overhaul of the Central... Read More


Sonia joins Instagram, shares first look of her upcoming memoir

NEW DELHI, Oct. 23 -- Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi joined Instagram on Wednesday, sharing the first look of her forthcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. The 79-year-o... Read More