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Court orders FIR against Shiv Sena MLA for land grab

MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- A special court under the Prevention of Corruption Act on Wednesday directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to register an FIR and conduct a detailed investigation into allegation... Read More


State amends law to curb delays in polls

Mumbai, Dec. 18 -- The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to an amendment in the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961, removing the clause that allowed candidates to ... Read More


14% of users on TISS helpline are from Maha

Mumbai, Dec. 18 -- Young people in Maharashtra are emerging as the country's largest users of digital mental health services, reflecting growing emotional distress, academic pressure and suicide-relat... Read More


goa Court sends Luthras to 5-day police custody

PANAJI, Dec. 18 -- A Goa court on Wednesday remanded nightclub Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra - accused in the December 6 fire at their restaurant Birch by Romeo Lane that killed 25 people - to five days' ... Read More


HC rejects plea seeking higher compensation

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday declined to entertain a petition seeking directions to the Centre, and IndiGo to pay four times the full ticket price as compensation to all pas... Read More


India summons B'desh envoy over threat to Dhaka mission

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- India on Wednesday summoned Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah and registered a protest over the deteriorating security environment in the neighbouring country and plan... Read More


NCERT book links Arthashastra to UPI

NEW DELHI, Dec. 18 -- A new Class 7 NCERT social science textbook released recently, has linked India's modern economic achievements with ancient thoughts to highlight how ideas first articulated in K... Read More


NDA allies press govt on rural job scheme funding

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Centre on Wednesday backed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or G RAM G Bill in the Lok Sabha even as two National Democratic Alliance mem... Read More


In Bengal, EC to turn lens on oddities in post-SIR voter roll

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- More than a million voters in West Bengal were born when their parents were less than 15 years of age, data shared by the Election Commission has revealed. While at least 1,076,981... Read More


parl passes bill for 100% FDI in insurance

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to allow 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance in a move aimed at boosting capital inflows and expanding one of the world's fas... Read More