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no more stamp duty on enemy properties

Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- The Maharashtra government has decided to waive stamp duty registration charges on the sale and purchase of so-called "enemy properties" in a move aimed at boosting participation in... Read More


School bus runs over and kills toddler; grandmother injured

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- A one-year-old boy was killed and his 68-year-old grandmother was seriously injured after a school bus hit them while they were crossing a narrow street in Girgaon's Khetwadi area o... Read More


Long march likely to be called off

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- After an assurance from the state government that it would fulfil their demands in a time-bound manner, the farmers, labourers and fisherfolk whose long march reached Khardi, Shahap... Read More


Student bodies miffed with TISS' draft student council constitution

Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- Nearly two years after student unions were suspended at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, the institute has decided to bring back student representation. On Ja... Read More


A day in the life of overworked govt school teachers

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- M Ashish, a primary school teacher at a zilla parishad school in Wardha district, starts classes at 10am. Although classes end at 12.30pm, Ashish is not even halfway through his wor... Read More


7 hurt in LPG blast in Malad chawl

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- Seven persons including a two-year-old were injured after a gas cylinder leak triggered a powerful explosion and fire in a chawl in Malwani, in Malad west, early on Tuesday. The exp... Read More


HC seeks expert views on air pollution compliance

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said that while some steps have been taken to curb air pollution in the city in line with its earlier directions, these were "not sufficient", and s... Read More


35-km metro to link Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports

MUMBAI, Jan. 29 -- The state government has approved a 35-km-long metro line that will connect the Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports. The proposed metro corridor, Line 8, will include a 9.25-km-long und... Read More


Varun Dhawan fined Rs.500 for pull-ups inside metro

Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan's brief 'exercise' with his fans - doing a few pull-ups using the grab handles inside a Mumbai Metro compartment on Saturday - has landed him in trouble... Read More


NGT flags role of forest dept in illegal mining

Jaipur, Jan. 29 -- The Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Bhopal, has sought a personal affidavit from the divisional forest officer (DFO), Alwar, while expressing serious concer... Read More