Kanekar’s work involves understanding the formation of the galaxy and its evolution, the interstellar medium along with atomic and molecular spectroscopy, and he is presently an associate professor at NCRA.

CITU state president Subhas Mukherjee on Sunday said that their workers will be on the streets to resist any attempt by the state government to foil the shutdown.

2018 had ended on a cold note for most cities in Maharashtra, with night temperatures dropping to as low as 3 degrees Celsius, as reported from Nagpur.

Yash was found hanging from a ceiling fan in their one-room tenement on New Year. His father believes he got strangled accidentally while trying to imitate a stunt shown on TV shows.

The Congress, however, said the statement was “sort of an admission” from the state BJP chief, who probably knew that the chances of the saffron party returning to power at the Centre after this year’s general election were “slim”.

“The emergency landing was handled quite well and all the passengers were safe,” an airport official said. However, an Air India spokesman said that it was more of a “precautionary landing rather than emergency landing” after the pilot suspected some technical glitches.

Initially doctors suspected that he had suffered a stroke but further investigations showed he had a shoulder injury, Bomi Bhote, CEO of Ruby Hall Clinic, said. Bhote said he has been shifted to a private room and would be discharged soon.

Jejuri, a small municipal town in Pune district, which houses the temple of Lord Khandoba, will be the first such station in Pune division, officials said.

The move follows an instruction from Shivaji Daundkar, chief education officer, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), to all municipal-run schools.

A statement released by the Special Task Force (STF) Sunday said that during a joint operation by the STF and local police, 9 were arrested in Lucknow and 4 in Prayagraj during surprise checks in various schools.

While the postmortem report is still awaited, police said that prima facie, there were no indications of foul play, and that apart from the rope marks around their necks, there were injuries on their bodies.

The incident took place on Saturday evening at Markal Chowk, where 49-year-old assistant sub-inspector Shrikrushna Mhetre, posted with the Dighi traffic division, was on duty.

There were no passengers when the incident took place. While Shivshahi buses are under the scanner for being involved in too many road accidents, this is the first time a bus has caught fire

In the run-up to the mega event, the entire city of Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad) is under construction. Footpaths and speed-breakers are being built. The roads are dotted with digital hoardings where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet are welcoming visitors to the Kumbh.

All eight persons were produced in a local court Saturday, which sent them to judicial custody, said Gonda Superintendent of Police Rakesh Prakash Singh. He added, police are collecting background of all eight accused.

“What Lodhi and Mughal dynasties or the Britishers did not do to us (tribals), the Indian government is doing today through force of law. Schedule V of the Constitution is in our favour, but not in a single state it has been implemented with full effect,” Jayant Munda said.

According to officials, the boy, Chirag Rathwa, was sleeping a few metres away from his house when the leopard attacked him. The leopard allegedly held the child’s neck and tried to run towards the forest.

The examination was for filling 9,713 posts of Unarmed Lok Rakshak, Armed Lok Rakshak and Jail Sipai. LRD jawans get fixed wage employment of around Rs 19,000 per month for five years. After five years, they get into regular constabulary.

BJP spokesperson Jagdish Bhavsar, who visited the workshop on Sunday and with whom the manifesto was shared, said, “We will work on the child rights policy demand, and try to incorporate it in the manifesto.”

Shamsher Singh, SHO, Sehna police station confirming the same said, “On the day of polling, Jaswant was booked for putting ballot box on fire. He was arrested and is on judicial remand."

Balkaur had won the 2014 Assembly election with the support of SAD’s political alliance partner Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) from Kalanwali constituency of Sirsa district.

Sources said the state unit and the Punjab CM were in no mood to have an alliance with AAP and the CM would convey the sentiments of the state unit to the party chief during the meeting.

Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann said that indiscipline within the party could never be tolerated and that many attempts had been made to make Khaira see reason, but they did not succeed.

Says not resigning from his Assembly seat yet. In a letter addressed to Arvind Kejriwal, national convenor of AAP and Delhi Chief Minister, Khaira accused him of dictatorial attitude and political opportunism by hobnobbing with the Congress.