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State urges pvt universities to set up cells to promote Marathi learning

India, Aug. 28 -- Following its push to make Marathi mandatory for taxi and autorickshaw drivers, the Maharashtra government has urged private universities to facilitate Marathi-language learning amon... Read More


Parliamentary panel to study noise, light pollution: Kulkarni

India, Aug. 28 -- The parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment, forests and climate change will review noise and light pollution across the country at a meeting on Septe... Read More


Ex-Meham MLA, 6 others get life term in 2011 Rohtak murder case

Rohtak, Aug. 28 -- A local court on Thursday sentenced former Meham MLA Balbir Singh, alias Bali Pehlwan, and six others to rigorous life imprisonment in the 2011 murder of a grain trader in Rohtak. ... Read More


Himachal: No new ethanol plants to come up, minister tells assembly

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- Himachal's industries minister Harshwardhan Chauhan on Thursday announced in the assembly that no new ethanol plants would be set up in the state. Replying to a query of Congress' N... Read More


HC grants bail to former RCom executive in rRs.r19k-cr loan default case

India, Aug. 28 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former Reliance Communications (RCom) senior vice-president Vishwanath Rao in connection with a Rs.19,694.33 crore loan default case,... Read More


MPSC paper leak: High-scoring candidates under scanner; reforms panel on the cards

India, Aug. 28 -- As the investigation continues into the question paper leak of the drug inspector (Group B) exam conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the state government s... Read More


Anxiety grows as prominent Mumbai doctor-mountaineer and group of 61 go missing

India, Aug. 28 -- Dr Milind P Chitley, the Andheri-based family physician, prominent mountaineer and co-founder of Hills & Trails - a trekking agency - is among five doctors missing from Mumbai, inclu... Read More


Charuni seeks alternative solutions as delivery of last year's custom-milled rice remains pending

Karnal, Aug. 28 -- Amid the dispute between the rice millers and Food Corporation of India (FCI) over pending delivery of Custom Milled Rice (CMR), farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni on Thursday deman... Read More


PIL challenges closure, proposed demolition of New Mahim municipal school

India, Aug. 28 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Bombay High Court on Wednesday challenging the closure and proposed demolition of the New Mahim Public Municipal School based ... Read More


Will enact law if BBMB fails to return surplus land: CM

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- If the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) does not return Himachal's surplus land in its possession, the state government will enact legislation to vest this land in the state, chi... Read More