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State edu dept launches school inspection drive

Mumbai, Sept. 3 -- With CJP's 'School Thik Karo' campaign drawing attention to gaps in BMC schools, the Maharashtra school education department on Wednesday announced a statewide 'Chala Shalet Jauya' ... Read More


HC orders CBI probe into Disha Salian death case

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR and conduct a fresh investigation into the death of celebrity manager Disha S... Read More


5 held for bid to extort Rs.11-cr from builder

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- Five people have been arrested for attempting to extort money from a builder seeking to redevelop a prime plot in Bandra. The alleged extortionists used gangster Chhota Rajan's name... Read More


Jarange has water, to continue fasting

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- After BJP legislator Prasad Lad announced that the state government had agreed to all his demands, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil sipped some water and was put on an int... Read More


Metro 1's mixed-loop plan draws commuters' ire

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- The mixed-loop system introduced on the Metro 1 corridor to reduce wait time during peak hours has upset a section of commuters. Many have started an online petition to rally suppor... Read More


Fear of FDA raids sparks new extortion racket in Kolhapur

PUNE, Sept. 3 -- Amid a spate of routine inspections of hotels, restaurants and other food businesses across Maharashtra by authorities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the fear of raids amo... Read More


Family claims doc's body; booked med officer on the run

MUMBAI/ PUNE, Sept. 3 -- The family of the 27-year-old doctor from the Sub-district Hospital in Phaltan, Satara, who attempted suicide last week and died at Sion Hospital on Monday, claimed his body o... Read More


Teachers oppose plan to make principals responsible for mid-day meals at schools

MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- The Maharashtra Rajya Shikshak Sena, a teachers' organisation and union working to address service-related grievances of educators, staged a protest outside the education officer's ... Read More


Vashi man on ventilator after receiving expired saline

NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- A 50-year-old Vashi resident is in critical condition and on ventilator support at Hiranandani Fortis Hospital after his family alleged that he was administered expired intrave... Read More


woman, 36, killed as auto overturns, driver booked

NAVI MUMBAI, Sept. 3 -- A 36-year-old woman died after the auto-rickshaw she was travelling in allegedly overturned while crossing a speedbreaker on a road near Saigaon in Panvel taluka last week. Pol... Read More