Mumbai
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Maha: New policy proposes making Marathi mandatory for 4 yrs in schools
Mumbai: In the run-up to the upcoming Assembly election, the Maharashtra Cabinet on Monday approved a new cultural policy which has recommended making the Marathi language subject mandatory for a minimum of…
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ECI team to visit Mumbai to review Maharashtra Assembly election preparations
Mumbai: A 14-member Election Commission of India (ECI) team will visit Mumbai from September 26 and 28 to review preparations for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, and also hold discussions with various…
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Tension in Dharavi as locals thwart BMC’s move to raze ‘illegal’ portion of mosque
Mumbai: Tension prevailed in Dharavi slum here on Saturday after hundreds of local residents gathered on a road and opposed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s plan to pull down an alleged illegal portion…
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Shiv Sena MLA announces Rs 11L reward for cutting off Rahul’s tongue, booked
Mumbai: Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has kicked up a row by announcing a Rs 11 lakh reward to anyone chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tongue for his remarks on scrapping…
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Maharashtra polls likely in 2nd week of November: CM Shinde
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Sunday, September 15, that the state assembly polls are expected to be held in the second week of November and seat-sharing among the ruling…
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BMC suspends Associate Prof of Mumbai’s Nair Hospital over sexual harassment
Mumbai: In a significant decision, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has suspended an Associate Professor accused of sexual harassment of a female medical student of the BYL Nair Hospital, an official said…
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Veteran journalist Vijay Vaidya dies
Mumbai: Veteran journalist Vijay Vaidya passed away at his residence in Mumbai on Saturday morning due to old age, his family members said. He was 82. Vaidya is survived by his wife,…
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13 suffer from suffocation after fire in Mumbai building; around 90 rescued
Mumbai: Thirteen persons suffered from suffocation after a fire broke on the ground floor of a seven-storey building in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area in the wee hours of Saturday, an official said. The…
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More than 66,000 idols immersed on 2nd day of Ganesh festival in Mumbai
Mumbai: More than 66,000 idols were immersed in various water bodies in Mumbai on the second day of the Ganesh festival, civic officials said on Monday. The festival began on Saturday with…
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We will not allow Waqf Amendment Bill to be passed: Pawar
Mumbai: NCP SP Chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday assured the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) that the opposition will not allow the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 to be passed in…
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Mumbai: Over 10k Ganesh idols immersed till late evening on Sunday
Mumbai: Thousands of devotees bid an emotional farewell to Lord Ganesh on Sunday by immersing the idols of the elephant-headed deity across Mumbai. More than 10,000 Ganesh idols have been immersed in…
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Society doesn’t like anybody breaking own family; have realised my mistake: Ajit Pawar
Gadchiroli: Noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said he experienced it and has already admitted his mistake, an apparent reference to the contest…
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No malpractices in Ladki Bahin scheme will be tolerated, warns CM Shinde
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday warned that the government will not tolerate any malpractices in the implementation of the ambitious ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana’, under which a monthly…
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Mumbai: 9 walkers hurt as drunk passenger grabs steering wheel of BEST bus
Mumbai: Nine pedestrians were injured, three of them seriously, when a drunk passenger grabbed the steering wheel of a BEST bus during an argument with its driver on Sunday evening, an official…
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Porsche case: Father of juvenile’s friend & another person sent to judicial custody
Pune: Two persons arrested last week in connection with the May 19 Pune Porsche car crash case were on Monday remanded in judicial custody by a court here. Aditya Avinash Sood (52)…
