In June 2019, the Bombay High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Maratha quota under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018.

On Monday morning, a delegation of civic engineers, accompanied by MLA Ameet Satam, visited the spot along with a group of locals.

The proposal says that the areas have a mix of urban and rural population and has seen communal incidents in the past.

The officer said the woman is currently admitted in the same hospital where her infant is in the ICU.

The gazette for the first time prescribes the procedure for removal of the Vice-Chancellor.

As the order instructs the university to complete the translation work by the end of September, it has also asked to submit a report to the office of the director of higher education.

Firoz Ahmed Bashir Khan was acquitted from charges including kidnapping and wrongfully restraining a witness in the case.

Police seized Rs 15 lakh cash of the robbed money and also seized two bikes and a weapon used for the crime, an officer said on Monday.

Even as the IMD has forecast moderate showers in the coming days, in the past 24 hours ending Monday morning, IMD’s Santacruz weather station recorded 0.2 mm of rain, while Colaba observatory received 6 mm rain.

Manoj Jarange-Patil says the protesters are open to a dialogue with the Maharashtra government provided the official delegation comes with a copy of a resolution or ordinance on the reservation.

Following a letter from MLA Ravindra Waikar, the petitioner alleges, permission has been granted to immerse idols in the lakes in violation of a court order and central norms.

He was addressing a press conference with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, after a meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee on Maratha reservation.

The high court will hear Pednekar’s anticipatory bail plea on Wednesday. She moved the court after a sessions court on August 29 rejected her pre-arrest bail plea, observing that the allegations prima facie showed a conspiracy involving misuse of power and public money.

Pune city Congress chief Arvind Shinde said the Maratha community should not beg before the Eknath Shinde- Devendra Fadnavis regime as the next MVA government will ensure them reservation.

The police said that when the deceased woman’s family in Chhattisgarh could not reach her over the phone, her friends tried to visit the flat, but it was locked.

CM Eknath Shinde clarified that Pawar did not attend the event as he was not well, while Fadnavis was in Leh for a Union government function.

The three accused sexually assaulted the woman between June and August. They also uploaded the recorded sex videos on a porn site.

Bandra police on Saturday filed an FIR against Garima Amit Singh Makhija on the complaint of Dr Amarjeet Singh, 62, the founder of EduEdge Pro Private Limited, which has an office in Hill Road, Bandra (West).

Despite ranking second in cancer incidence, the state lacks advanced dedicated cancer facilities and heavily depends on a single institution---Tata Memorial Hospital---leading to issues of overcrowding.

Pravin Gaikwad, who heads the state unit of Sambhaji Brigade, said, “BJP's game plan has boomeranged. The Maratha community is mighty upset, and the government has rubbed salt into their wounds.”

It had also said that biometric survey by SRA and further Aadhaar-based identification was necessary to prevent fraud, illegality and trafficking in rehab units and entitlements.

Maharashtra’s additional chief secretary of the public health department, Milind Mhaiskar, spoke to Rupsa Chakraborty about initiatives by the state that range from strengthening healthcare infrastructure to promoting healthier lifestyles through awareness campaigns and preventive measures for NCDs.

The rescued cows have been sent to a civic-run facilit

According to civic officials, the idea of building a watchtower was proposed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during one of his inspection visits at the chowpatty recently.