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Disbursal of loan waiver benefits for 930,000 farmers to start from Tuesday

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- Although around 40% of 1.69 million farmers in the first list of beneficiaries of the government's farm loan waiver are yet to complete their e-KYC process, the government will begin... Read More


Leaked tapes of phone calls rattle BJP

India, Aug. 3 -- A leak of phone call recordings purportedly of BJP leader Vijay Chaudhary has rocked the BJP in Maharashtra. Several audio tapes of Chaudhary's alleged conversation with different lea... Read More


Homoeopaths to stage dharna at Mantralaya on Tues over mmc registration

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- Homoeopathic doctors have threatened to stage a dharna outside Mantralaya on Tuesday, coinciding with the state cabinet meeting, to press for their long-pending demand for registrati... Read More


Kasarvadavli-Kharbhav bridge runs into land acquisition hurdle

Mumbai, Aug. 3 -- More than two years after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) approved construction of the 3.93-km Kasarvadavali-Kharbhav creek bridge, the project is langui... Read More


Rs.50L transaction leads police to close aide who planned to murder Vasai businessman

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- It was a Rs.50 lakh transaction, not the bullets fired at him, that exposed the alleged conspiracy to kill Vasai businessman Mohansingh Laxmansingh Parmar, with police naming his tru... Read More


'Vadhavan link may affect Vaitarna dam'

Mumbai, Aug. 3 -- The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has deferred clearance to the proposed Tawa-Bharvir road project, which would conne... Read More


HC backs sacking of RPF cop accused of molesting woman

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- The Bombay High Court has backed the dismissal of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable accused of molesting a woman at Kalyan railway station, saying his conduct was "truly dep... Read More


No pension for staffers, says HC, 9 yrs after DD show shut

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- Nearly a decade after Balchitravani, the State Institute of Educational Technology (SIET) that once brought educational programmes to children across Maharashtra through Doordarshan,... Read More


7 years on, Vasai-Virar civic body yet to act on NEERI-IIT flood plan

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- For six days from July 4 to July 9, torrential rains disrupted the lives of the residents of Vasai, Nalasopara and Virar. Roads, shops and buildings were all submerged under several ... Read More


Pedestrian rescued after falling into slush-covered drain

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- A man was rescued after he fell into an open, mud-filled drain in Nalasopara East on Saturday, a mishap that raised fresh concerns over unsafe road conditions in parts of the Vasai-V... Read More