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After HC rap, pune withdraws 13-day ganpati liquor ban

Mumbai, Sept. 12 -- The Pune district administration withdrew its decision to impose a 13-day blanket liquor ban during Ganeshotsav after the high court questioned its rationale and called it "arbitra... Read More


Youth uses chilli powder to rob bank, caught in 30 minutes

NAGPUR, Sept. 12 -- An unemployed graduate armed with chilli powder staged a dramatic bank heist in Nagpur, but was arrested within 30 minutes. On Thursday evening, a masked man posing as a customer a... Read More


SC: Corporal punishment in itself not a Pocso offence

India, Sept. 12 -- A teacher may be guilty of poor judgment or inappropriate corporal punishment, but that alone cannot turn classroom discipline into a Pocso offence, the Supreme Court has held while... Read More


After years of delay, MRI machines arrive at 4 BMC hospitals

MUMBAI, Sept. 12 -- After a prolonged delay, four major civic hospitals - Sion, KEM, Cooper and Nair -- run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) received four Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR... Read More


serial cat killer held a grudge after cat bite

Mumbai, Sept. 12 -- A 50-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing several stray cats in the Panjrapole area of Govandi. Police said the accused is mentally unstable, lives on the footpath ... Read More


Kamathipura revamp deal to be inked next week

MUMBAI, Sept. 12 -- The deal to redevelop Kamathipura, Mumbai's red-light district and an iconic heritage precinct, will be signed on September 17. The agreement will be signed between the Maharashtra... Read More


3 held for blackening MPSC secretary's face

NAVI MUMBAI/ MUMBAI, Sept. 12 -- The furore surrounding the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) paper-leak controversy turned into a confrontation on Friday when three activists from the Samb... Read More


Mira Road school served notice over tiffin diktat

thane, Sept. 12 -- The Thane district education authorities have issued a show-cause notice to the management of Seven Square Academy in Mira Road over its instructions to students not to consume, or ... Read More


22 years after Nafisa Joseph's suicide, bizman set to face trial for abetment

MUMBAI, Sept. 12 -- Twenty-two years after model and winner of the 1997 Miss India pageant Nafisa Joseph died by suicide, her fiance, city businessman Gautam Khanduja, 54, will stand trial for abetmen... Read More


HC: Probe into Palghar assault an eyewash

PALGHAR, Sept. 12 -- The Palghar police on Friday apprehended Rohit Gavit, former Shiv Sena deputy taluka chief and son of MLA Rajendra Gavit, in connection with the assault on doctors and medical sta... Read More