Mumbai beat

Mendonca not fined, claim police
Mumbai police have denied that the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has fined police commissioner R H Mendonca Rs 5,000 for the inordinate delay in filing a reply to a notice issued by the court on September 29.

According to an official statement, police claimed the newspaper report stating that the commissioner had been fined was carried 8220;without ascertaining facts.8221; It claimed that the amount is to be paid by the government towards 8220;expenses8221; which the release does not specify. The money is not to be paid by the commissioner, it adds.

Supplementary exams in June n THE Maharashtra government is planning to hold supplementary examinations for students who fail their tenth and twelfth standard, within a month of declaration of results in June, to save one academic year of the unsuccessful candidates, according to Minister of State for School Education Anil Deshmukh.