THANE: A sessions court in Bhiwandi on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former BJP MLA Narendra Pawar for gang-raping a 22-year-old married woman, holding that his custodial interrogation was necessary to recover a pistol, vehicle and mobile phone allegedly linked to the crime, besid...
schools
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has officially released Understanding Society: India and Beyond, Social Science Textbook for Grade 9, Part 2, with the new textbook set to be available for purchase from September 29. Launch of Understanding Societ...
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The Rajya Sabha MP claimed that the rates for “closing notices” had risen from ₹12,000 to ₹75,000, and in some cases as much as ₹2 lakh, since the 51-year-old IAS officer took charge in May, with businesses fearing strict action...
safety
MUMBAI: A day after two men died after suspected exposure to toxic fumes inside a public toilet in Goregaon, the Vanrai police on Monday arrested the owner of the land on which the adjacent metal plating workshop operates...
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According to an FDA statement, its inspectors found cats, rat droppings, live flies, and dead cockroaches in the 120-year-old Irani restaurant’s kitchen’s food preparation and storage areas...
government
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and Maharashtra government, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and other authorities on a petition challenging the reappointment of Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, vice-chancellor Anirudd...
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The foundation stone for the project was laid in 2017, with the new facility originally expected to become operational by December 2023. However, construction delays that began during the Covid-19 pandemic have continued well beyond the scheduled completion date...
business
The petition, filed by businessmen Sagar Ramesh Gawai and Rafiquellahi Khan, alleges numerous flaws in the implementation of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra...
library
The 200-page book, published by Shabda Malhar Prakashan, a Nashik-based publishing house, offers a racy account of Gandhi’s numerous tours across the Indian peninsula amidst the rising graph of the freedom movement...
schools
IIT-B constituted the 10-member committee on September 22, four days after the incident, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the student’s death...
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Considering the response received so far, the number of eligible beneficiaries submitting their documents was expected to cross 10,000 soon
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The government has also set a target to develop Pune as a growth hub with a $200-billion economy by 2036
