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Airtel hikes postpaid tariffs after 2 years

India, Oct. 8 -- India's telecom tariff battle is back in play after an over two-year lull in postpaid charge revisions. Bharti Airtel Ltd on Wednesday raised prices across postpaid plans by 3-11%, a ... Read More


Safety overhaul, fleet expansion drive Rs.1,317-cr deficit BEST budget

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- A major safety push in the BEST's transport division was the highlight of the undertaking's budget estimates for FY 2027-28 presented before the BEST Committee on Wednesday. To curb ... Read More


BEST conductors exam asks 'UPSC level' questions

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- What do slash-and-burn farming, National Technology Day and the UN's International Year of Cooperatives have in common? They all featured in a recruitment exam that left aspiring BES... Read More


GLC student 'distressed' over fee waiver denial

Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- The Government Law College (GLC), the city's premier institution for legal education, has acknowledged that a student enrolled under the orphan category had submitted a handwritten n... Read More


'How did you join dots?': HC asks NIA for proof on Waze

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the evidence it relied upon to establish that former police officer Sachin Waze had parked th... Read More


'Clean SoBo doesn't mean clean Mumbai'

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to spell out the steps it had taken to improve cleanliness across Mumbai, observing that just be... Read More


VJTI to get new boys', girls' hostels; faculty posts cleared

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), one of the country's oldest government engineering institutes, is set to get new hostels for boys and girls, while the Maharashtra go... Read More


IIT-B puts stricter exam misconduct rules on hold, reverts to 2015 process

Mumbai, Oct. 8 -- Weeks after a second-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) died by suicide following an alleged examination malpractice incident, the premier institute's ... Read More


CBI court refuses to release Choksi's aide in PNB fraud

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- A special court constituted under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday rejected a plea by Sunil Bajranglal Varma, former international business head of fugitive diama... Read More


don't panic if you hear sirens in fort today

MUMBAI, Oct. 8 -- The civic body has asked citizens not to panic or assume there is an emergency if they hear sirens go off in South Mumbai on Thursday and Friday. The BMC will be testing prototype si... Read More