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HC issues notice to state over 1-km limit for RTE admissions

Pune, March 6 -- The Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench on Thursday issued a notice to the Maharashtra government over its decision to restrict admissions under the 25% quota of the Right of Children to... Read More


Nomination for RS polls ends, voting on Mar 16

New Delhi, March 6 -- Nominations for 37 Rajya Sabha seats going to the polls across 10 states later this month were filed on Thursday with contests likely in Odisha and Bihar. In Maharashtra, where s... Read More


West Asia conflict puts 23k Indian seafarers at risk

MUMBAI, March 6 -- With three Indians feared dead due to attacks on ships in the US-Iran war, unions of seafarers and others in the shipping industry have asked the government to protect and evacuate ... Read More


engineering student held for suspected links with jem

MUMBAI, March 6 -- The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an engineering student from Govandi for allegedly being in contact with a Pakistan-based sympathiser of the banned terror out... Read More


Speaker seeks report on all construction sites

MUMBAI, March 6 -- The issue of rising air pollution in Mumbai was raised in the Maharashtra Assembly on Thursday, prompting speaker Rahul Narwekar to direct the state government to submit a detailed ... Read More


CID questions VSR owner over crash

Pune, March 6 -- The state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday questioned VK Singh, owner of VSR Ventures, the company that operated the aircraft involved in the fatal plane crash at B... Read More


Caregiver assaults 77-yr-old man with Alzheimer's, held

MUMBAI, March 6 -- The Charkop police have booked a caregiver on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a 77-year-old Alzheimer's patient in his Kandivali home. An FIR against the caretaker was registered... Read More


Man who sent over 50 bomb threats held

MUMBAI, March 6 -- The police have tracked down a 28-year-old man from North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal who allegedly sent more than 50 hoax bomb threat emails to institutions and public infr... Read More


Thane, Navi Mum adding to city's bad air, says HC

MUMBAI, March 6 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday observed that pollution originating from adjoining cities such as Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel could be significantly contributing to Mumbai's det... Read More


22-yr-old held for killing wife, dumping body in Raigad forest

Mumbai, March 6 -- A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 20-year-old wife, dumping her body in a forested area in Raigad and attempting to cover up the crime by filing a missin... Read More