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Unseasonal rain brings relief from heat, pollution

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- After a week of hot and sticky weather, a spell of steady rain on Sunday finally brought relief to Mumbai. The downpour, caused by a depression over the Arabian Sea, ended days of h... Read More


'Kunbi-lineage Marathas granted OBC status in 2004 when Bhujbal was dy CM'

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- While protests against the September 2 Government Resolution (GR)-which enables Marathas to get Kunbi certificates, paving the way for their inclusion in the Other Backward Classes ... Read More


CM gives clean chit to former BJP MP over Satara doctor's suicide

PUNE, Oct. 27 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday gave a clean chit to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Madha, Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar, and the sitting Nationalist Congress Part... Read More


15k docs across Maha to go on strike if probe is biased

Mumbai, Oct. 27 -- Around 15,000 doctors representing four major medical organisations in Maharashtra have threatened to launch a statewide strike if an impartial inquiry is not conducted into the dea... Read More


HC upholds 9-year limit to finish BDS

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- The Bombay High Court recently dismissed the petition of a 27-year-old student who couldn't complete his Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in nine years as per the course's rules. Wh... Read More


Will probe all four rape incidents mentioned in suicide note: Police

Pune, Oct. 27 -- The Satara police on Sunday told a local court that they will probe four alleged incidents of rape mentioned in the suicide note inscribed on the palm of the government medical office... Read More


Battle before the poll war

India, Oct. 27 -- Shiv Sena Pune city chief Ravindra Dhangekar's tirade against the BJP's Pune MP and union minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol has become a headache for the saffron p... Read More


CM's war room for health schemes a snub, allege Shinde's aides

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- The announcement of a separate 'war room' for health schemes and the appointment of Devendra Fadnavis' trusted officer and MITRA CEO Praveen Pardeshi to head it is being perceived a... Read More


HC directs BMC to release retirement dues of ex-employee who did not clear Marathi test

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- The Bombay High Court recently directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to release retirement dues of a former Surveillance Investigator that they withheld because he h... Read More


Peripheral hosps in the grip of a crippling drug shortage

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- Outside the gates of Ghatkopar's Rajawadi Hospital, one of Mumbai's biggest civic-run peripheral hospitals, private pharmacists hover just beyond the entrance. Waving used prescript... Read More