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As Eid draws near, MCOCA invoked against cattle trade

MUMBAI, May 22 -- In a move to curb illegal cattle trade and unauthorised slaughterhouses, the Maharashtra government has directed authorities to invoke provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organi... Read More


NCP seniors demand rejig of top party body

MUMBAI, May 22 -- Battle lines are now firmly drawn within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), with senior leaders pushing for a restructuring of the party's national working committee (NWC). The pa... Read More


Raj Thackeray, 6 others acquitted in '08 riot case

THANE, May 22 -- The Thane District Court on Thursday acquitted all the accused, including Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, in a 2008 case related to the alleged assault on Railwa... Read More


State coastal authority trims luxe Nerul project to seven towers over CRZ limits

NAVI MUMBAI, May 22 -- The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has reduced the '9 PBR Navi Mumbai' luxury housing project by Adani Realty and Mistry Construction in Sector 60, Nerul,... Read More


Two of Mumbai's poshest pin codes locked in Coastal Road exit row

MUMBAI, May 22 -- Two of the city's poshest neighbourhoods are battling it out over exits to the Mumbai Coastal Road. For at least a year, Breach Candy residents have been demanding an additional exit... Read More


HC: No personality rights breach on posts criticising chadha's bjp move

New Delhi, May 22 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that posts criticising Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha's decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party could not, prima facie, be treated as a... Read More


x withholds account of 'cockroach janta party'

New Delhi, May 22 -- The X account of the satirical online collective, Cockroach Janta Party, was withheld in India on Thursday, five days after the outfit launched and witnessed an explosive rise on ... Read More


CalCUTTA hc orders fresh cbi probe into rg kar case

Kolkata, May 22 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the 2024 RG Kar Hospital rape-a... Read More


Birth rate down; deaths, fertility Unchanged in 2024, says report

New Delhi, May 22 -- A flat death rate that remained above pre-Covid levels and an overall fertility rate unchanged in 2024 but below the replacement level for a fifth year, were among the key finding... Read More


Big housing societies must process their own waste: BMC

MUMBAI, May 22 -- Residential complexes that have a floor area of 20,000 square meters or more, and consume 40,000 litres of water or generate 100 kilograms of waste every day, will soon have to proce... Read More