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The state school education department has directed schools across Maharashtra to ensure that students school bags weigh no more than 10% of their body weight. The directive, issued by the school education commissioner on September 1, applies to all schools gov
Mere hours after the Maharashtra government told the Bombay high court that a 17-day hunger strike by tribal students protesting poor facilities across state hostels had finally ended following the chief minister s intervention, a fresh crisis rocked the state
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday announced that retired state police dogs would no longer be put up for external adoption after 10 years of service. Fadnavis announced that a dog who had served in the police forces for the stipulated pe
With the Opposition sensing an opportunity following the youth-led protests in Delhi and Ranchi and the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) launching the School Thik Karo (Fix Rural Government Schools) campaign, the BJP-led Maharashtra government is working on a stra
In Maharashtra s 25 of 288 Assembly constituencies, all of which are urban, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) forms of over 40 per cent voters could not be collected their names would not find place in the draft roll that would be published on August 31. An
The committee, set up in May to examine legal options for dealing with defamatory content online, has submitted its recommendations to the state Law and Judiciary Department. According to sources, the committee has settled on a state amendment to the BNS, whic
At Dadar s Swaminarayan Temple on Thursday, the usual bustle of taxis picking up passengers gave way to roadside Marathi tests, with RTO officials stopping drivers and asking them to respond in Marathi to everyday requests about destinations, fares, travel tim
The 35-year-old woman s death in Ghatkopar has now led to four more arrests, with police saying that her mother-in-law, the key accused, paid Rs 3 lakh to her domestic help and her family members for committing the murder. The mother-in-law, 65-year-old Dhanla
A new History textbook for Class 6, introduced by the Maharashtra state board this year, states that diet during the vedic period was "plant-based". A line about varna giving rise to birth-based caste and inequality, present in the previous version of the book
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation s (BMC) general body on Tuesday night cleared the proposal to change the reservation of the iconic Neville D Souza football ground in Bandra to a convention and exhibition centre. The BMC cleared the proposal amid objecti
Mumbaikars may soon have to spend more on paying taxes the civic body has proposed a sewage tax for those not paying property taxes, and a hike in water tax by 6-7 per cent. From next year, over 50,000 homes in Mumbai are likely to be imposed a sewage charge a
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday ordered permanent cancellation of the licence of a government-aided residential school for tribal children in Gadchiroli after three girls died of a snakebite there. A month more, and the incident may not ha
From Dadar to Ghatkopar, four of Mumbai s busiest traffic bottlenecks are set for a major overhaul over the next two years as new road overbridges come up across suburban railway lines. Together worth Rs 1,179 crore, the projects are being jointly executed by
Mumbai is set to get a new sea-viewing deck by July 2027, but unlike the city s existing waterfront promenades, this one will stand atop a sewage treatment plant. The viewing deck, currently under construction at the southern edge of Bandra adjoining the Bandr
More than a month after a 28-year-old law graduate died after attending a techno music event at the NSCI Dome in Worli, a forensic report has confirmed the presence of MDMA and alcohol in his samples, prompting the Mumbai Police to widen their investigation to
The Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to resume its water city in the city from July 15, mayor Manjusha Nagpure said on Monday. Following heavy rains over the last ten days in and around city, which led to increased water levels in dams, the Pune civic bo
Three women pilgrims of Ashadhi Wari were killed and four others were critically injured after a truck carrying them ploughed into a group walking on Saswad Jejuri Road in Pune district in the early hours of Monday. The Pune Rural police said that a truck carr
Nearly four in every 10 women enrolled under Maharashtra s flagship Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana have been removed after a state-wide verification exercise, with government records reviewed by The Indian Express showing that over 92 lakh beneficiaries
A BEST bus allegedly suffered a brake failure and rammed into four cars and an autorickshaw in Mumbai s Andheri (West) on Friday evening, officials said. No fatalities have been reported in the incident
In the wake of the fatal Chembur tree collapse that killed 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava, an internal committee appointed by Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide has proposed sweeping reforms to strengthen the protection of the city s trees, including m
Days after a 55-year-old man lost his life after falling into a sewer manhole, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) records show that 2,205 sewer manholes across Mumbai are yet to be fitted with protective grills or manhole covers as a safety measure. The
Between July 1 and 7, the India Meteorological Department s (IMD) Colaba observatory recorded 791 mm of rainfall, surpassing its entire July climatological average of 768.5 mm. Meanwhile, the weather bureau s Santacruz observatory recorded 879 mm of rainfall a
She said, My appeal to citizens is to take care, especially those living near rivers, should remain vigilant and strictly follow instructions issued by the administration. Do not step out of your homes without reason. Monday was declared a holiday for all scho
Amid a red alert and high tide, torrential rain crippled life in Mumbai on Saturday. With over 200-mm rain lashing pockets of the city in a span of 10 hours, traffic came to a standstill and people were left wading through knee-deep waters after the Mogra nall
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a stay on the Maharashtra Right to Information Rules, 2026, days after social activist Anna Hazare threatened an indefinite hunger strike against the new provisions. The rules, notified on June 12, had t
When Maharashtra Cyber, the state police s specialised cybercrime unit, registered an FIR this week against stand-up comedian Pranit More and two audience members over remarks made during a comedy show in Gurugram, it marked the latest instance of an agency se
Mumbai s KEM Hospital on Saturday sent MBBS student Sejal Pawar on a 15-day forced leave over her remarks on male cadavers during stand-up comedian Pranit More s show. The hospital administration also proposed a five-member committee to conduct a detailed prob
Tulsi and Vihar. The two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), which will excavate the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project s twin tunnels, are likely to be christened after Mumbai s oldest man-made...