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Jaipur Express shootout accused seeks bail again

Mumbai, Nov. 25 -- A second bail application was filed on Monday on behalf of Chetan Singh Chaudhary, a former Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable who is standing trial for the murder of his seni... Read More


Trailer driver killed in pile-up on Mum-Pune Expressway

NAVI MUMBAI, Nov. 25 -- A high-speed, multi-vehicle collision on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway early Monday morning claimed the life of a 36-year-old container driver and left two others injured. The acc... Read More


maha set to roll out hpv vaccination for 14-yr-old girls

PUNE, Nov. 25 -- Maharashtra is among a few states in the country that are set to begin Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer. A single-dose Gardasil ... Read More


Anti-submarine vessel INS Mahe commissioned

Mumbai, Nov. 25 -- The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned INS Mahe, an anti-submarine warfare shallow-water craft, at the naval dockyard in the city. Named after the former French colony on India's we... Read More


Hindu, Dalit homes razed under b'deshi garb: congress

Mumbai, Nov. 25 -- The Mumbai Congress on Monday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of demolishing the homes of several Hindu and Dalit families in Malad's Malwani earlier this month, fal... Read More


Student's death reveals scale of crisis: 9% illegal schools of MMR are in Vasai-Virar

MUMBAI, Nov. 25 -- The death of a 13-year-old student ordered to do 100 sit-ups for reporting to school late has revealed some disturbing truths - 9% of illegal schools in the Mumbai Metropolitan Regi... Read More


HC orders top state officials to visit Melghat

MUMBAI, Nov. 25 -- Nearly two weeks after sharply criticising the Maharashtra and Union governments for their "extremely casual" approach to recurring malnutrition deaths in Melghat -a remote, tribal-... Read More


Pothole-accident victims await payment; HC irked

MUMBAI, Nov. 25 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned why the district-level committees directed to compensate victims of pothole-related deaths were not acting as told. A division-bench of ju... Read More


Kolkata man held with 5kg hashish

THANE, Nov. 25 -- The crime branch on Saturday seized 5.5 kg of hashish valued at more than Rs.5.05 crore in the illicit markets and arrested a 38-year-old Kolkata resident who was allegedly moving th... Read More


Scholarships for 75 minority students to study abroad

Mumbai, Nov. 25 -- The Maharashtra government has approved scholarships for 75 students from minority communities to pursue higher studies in reputed foreign universities. Among the grantees, 67 will ... Read More