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Dedicated policy for Maharashtra's 7.5 mn single women on anvil, roll-out later this year

MUMBAI, May 24 -- The Maharashtra government is drawing up a policy for single women, to offer financial assistance for entrepreneurial ventures, extend legal aid in property claims, provide reservati... Read More


5 arrested for duping man of Rs.15 lakh with fake gold in Raigad

NAVI MUMBAI, May 24 -- A man from Raigad was allegedly duped of Rs.15 lakh after five members of an interstate gang sold him fake gold jewellery in Mhasla by posing as people in urgent need of money, ... Read More


19 get life term in '16 Odisha violence

Bhubaneswar, May 24 -- A sessions court on Saturday sentenced 19 people, including a former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) functionary, to life imprisonment in connection with a 2016 triple murder and arson ca... Read More


MIDC notice for closure sparks panic among coaching centres in Latur

PUNE, May 24 -- Coaching institutes in Latur have been gripped by panic after the District Industries Centre (DIC) directed the closure of all non-industrial activities operating inside the Latur Indu... Read More


Court REFUSES TO DROP ed case against drug trafficker

MUMBAI, May 24 -- A special PMLA court has refused to drop the money laundering case against alleged drug trafficker Ali Asgar Shirazi, ruling that the proceedings can continue despite his discharge f... Read More


Man gets 7-yr term for murder attempt

MUMBAI, May 24 -- A sessions court on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for attempting to murder a toy-factory supervisor by repeatedly stabbing him in Kanjurmar... Read More


Civic bodies can't seal premises over unpaid property tax, says HC

MUMBAI, May 24 -- Holding that civic bodies cannot seal premises to recover unpaid property tax in the absence of a statutory provision, the Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Ulhasnagar Munici... Read More


Heat wave claims 16 in Telangana, 3 in Odisha

Hyderabad/ Bhubaneswar, May 24 -- At least 16 people have died due to suspected heat stroke across seven districts in Telangana this summer season to date, while no deaths were reported in the neighbo... Read More


The relevance of people's poet Narayan Surve, 100 yrs on

MUMBAI, May 24 -- The true measure of a poet's legacy is not found under the lock-and-key of a government archive or the endorsements of state awards, but in the improbable moments of human transforma... Read More


BMC's kitchen-waste-to-biofuel plan faces hurdles

MUMBAI, May 24 -- Even as the BMC is pushing for greater segregation of garbage and has mandated large housing societies to process their own waste, it is struggling to deal with kitchen waste, which ... Read More