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HC directs ART to decide on plea to freeze eggs without husband's nod in three weeks

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the National Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and Surrogacy Board to consider a plea filed by a Pune resident seeking permission to freeze he... Read More


'Goongi Gudiya' jibe at Sunetra Pawar sparks political row

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- A political row erupted in the state after the Congress called deputy CM Sunetra Pawar a 'goongi gudiya' for leaving a press conference without answering any questions. While the Mah... Read More


Awaiting CID report to take action: Soren

India, Aug. 5 -- Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren assured protesting job aspirants that his government was sensitive to their concerns and that it was awaiting the Crime Investigation Department'... Read More


Modi meets Nitish after bypoll setback

India, Aug. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met JD (U) chief and RS MP Nitish Kumar, a day after the BJP lost the Bankipur assembly seat, its stronghold in Bihar, in the first electoral c... Read More


Will need 3 years to phase out PoP idols: State to HC

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- With just 40 days left before the Ganesh festival, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday asked the Bombay High Court for three years to gradually phase out Plaster-of-Paris (PoP) ido... Read More


Nod for felling 847 mangroves for bullet train power line

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) to fell 847 mangroves and 196 other trees and divert 3.3561 hectares ... Read More


BMC replaces high-rise committee nod with SOP for bldgs up to 180m

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- The BMC has issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for approving high-rise buildings between 120 and 180 metres on plots of 2,000 square metres or more. The SOP, issued... Read More


Contractor stabbed outside BMC ward office

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- A civil contractor was attacked outside the F-North office of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) by four persons, after allegedly being threatened over a civic contract. Th... Read More


22 BEST depots to be revamped to fund Rs.28,000-crore revival

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Committee on Tuesday approved an ambitious plan to revive the cash-strapped undertaking by redeveloping 22 of its 27 bus depots ... Read More


BEST to procure 1,500 electric buses to revive 100-125 routes

Mumbai, Aug. 5 -- The BEST Committee on Tuesday also approved the procurement of 1,500 new electric buses under the central government's PM E-Drive scheme, which will allow it to revive at least 100-1... Read More