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State drops CET percentile rule to zero for nursing admissions

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- The Nursing Council of India has permitted the Maharashtra government to drop the minimum percentile requirement in the nursing entrance exam to ensure that vacant seats in college... Read More


Ex Sena corporator's PA, three others held for extorting Rs.50K from supplier

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- The personal assistant of a former corporator from the Eknath Shinde camp, along with his accomplices and a local journalist have been arrested on Sunday for allegedly extorting mo... Read More


MLA Sana malik says deonar's crematory will pose hazards

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- MLA Sana Malik Shaikh on Monday wrote to the BMC's municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, objecting to a 500-kg animal incinerator in the Deonar abattoir. Already burdened with th... Read More


Body formed to aid self-redevelopment

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- In a significant decision, the Maharashtra government on Monday constituted a Self-Redevelopment Authority to assist citizens in redeveloping their old buildings themselves instead... Read More


NCP(SP) dist chief Chandrakant Patil switches to shiv sena

NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- In a significant political development, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday formally inducted Chandrakant Patil, the Navi Mumbai district president of the Nationalis... Read More


Infant found abandoned in public toilet

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- An infant was found abandoned in a public toilet in the Tulshitpada area of Bhandup on Monday. The police said they have registered an offence and taken the baby girl to Rajawadi H... Read More


Conference of flowers: Using colours to portray land struggles

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- When renowned artist Sudhir Patwardhan came across Anupam Roy's "very large, predominantly monochromatic" art works for the first time in 2019, he was struck by their "brute force"... Read More


Tushar Gandhi begins 3-day march against hate politics

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi, with support from Congress and Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar faction (NCPSP), has begun a three-day 73-km foot march, 'Samv... Read More


'It'll take 3 yrs to recover from these floods'

PARBHANI/BEED, Sept. 30 -- Pale yellow streamers trail from bridge railings, the branches of tall trees, and are strewn across roads everywhere - sugarcane stalks marooned five to six feet above groun... Read More


41,000 hit, crops on over 10 mn acres damaged

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- Although the rain receded on Monday, the situation was still grim in flood-affected districts across Maharashtra as water from dams continued to be discharged from their reservoirs... Read More