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Satam objects to BMC's PPP model for six schools, cites low returns

MUMBAI, May 17 -- City BJP president and MLA Ameet Satam has raised strong objections to the BMC's public-private partnership (PPP) policy for municipal school plots and demanded that the allotment of... Read More


HC refuses stay on Mhada rdvpt bids in Bandra, Worli

MUMBAI, May 17 -- The Bombay High Court recently refused to stay the tender process for appointing a "construction and development agency" for the redevelopment of the city's two biggest Mhada layouts... Read More


Attempts were made to corner Fadnavis as he is Brahmin, says Ganesh Naik

MUMBAI, May 17 -- Amid rising caste politics, state forest minister and BJP leader Ganesh Naik said that despite being a smart and inclusive political leader, CM Devendra Fadnavis is cornered by some ... Read More


Jarange-Patil warns of fresh protest from May 30

MUMBAI, May 17 -- Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil has announced a fresh agitation, demanding implementation of the Satara Gazette to provide reservations to Marathas by issuing them Kunbi caste c... Read More


Water cut hits uphill areas as tanker dependence surges

MUMBAI, May 17 -- With the 10% water cut that came into effect in Mumbai from May 15 due to declining reservoir levels, several residents across the city are already feeling the strain, particularly t... Read More


BMC demolishes illegal Mulund sports complex structures

Mumbai, May 17 -- A day after mayor Ritu Tawde ordered action against unauthorised structures at the Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in Mulund, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ... Read More


Dawood aide Bachkana, Rajan gang widow to face trial in extortion case

MUMBAI, May 17 -- A special court constituted under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) has framed charges against Yusuf Suleman Kadri alias Yusuf Bachkana, once considered the righ... Read More


punjab mail fire: FIR filed over fake circuit breaker

MUMBAI, May 17 -- An FIR was registered on Friday against a Kolkata-based railway equipment supplier for allegedly supplying counterfeit and expired circuit breakers that failed during a fire incident... Read More


3 watchmen flee with Rs.5.2-cr gold from Kandivali unit

MUMBAI, May 17 -- Three watchmen allegedly escaped with gold jewellery worth Rs.5.28 crore from a jewellery manufacturing unit in Kandivali on Thursday night after one of them informed the owner via W... Read More


What's in a name and other pressing questions

India, May 17 -- Polyendochrine metabolic ovarian syndrome or PMOS affects one in eight women. It used to be called PCOS. The new name recognises it as a hormonal disorder. The old name just focused o... Read More