The centre will be set up by the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai. In its first phase, a lab is expected to come up in the city next year. The second phase, a greenfield project, is expected to come up on 203 acres of land owned by ICT in Jalna by 2021, said GFI India Managing Director Varun Deshpande.

The project, set to take off by May at a proposed plant at Aheri, will be the second project in the country to be run by women’s SHGs — the first such project is operational at Dongalpur in Rajasthan.

The trial run took place under the supervision of an 11-member team of Research Design and Standards Organisation, functioning under the Ministry of Railways.

Sources said that the BJP workers believed that Palghar Lok Sabha seat — currently occupied by the ruling party — will be handed over to the Sena.

The announcement of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance has evoked mixed reactions from Shiv Sainiks. While some welcomed the decision, a section of Sainiks said the move is not in the interest of the party.

While the Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have almost finalised a seat-sharing pact, leaders from both the parties are also in talks with smaller parties.

More than 50 shortlisted sites from Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have been listed. Nine sites are listed in Maharashtra.

An HC division bench was hearing final arguments in four petitions challenging the state government’s notification published on November 30, 2018, to provide 16 per cent reservation to members of the Maratha community.

Old timers say there were just a handful of camera shops and photography studios, including Central Camera, on D N Road in the thirties. In the later decades, several shops and studios sprung up in Jivaji Lane.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will prepare a marine biodiversity conservation plan and conduct a tidal pattern study to understand the effect on the quality of seawater from the Coastal Road Project.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) on Monday awarded the contract to the firm for the project’s phase-I, which includes the tunnel from Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to Aarey colony.

The passenger had allegedly told the driver not to speed when the accused stopped the car and tried to force him out of the car, police said.

The housing authority will refurbish the water pipes, sewerage system and electric connections spread across these colonies, an official said.

Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice N M Jamdar were hearing a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to restrain from any form of advertisements, videos or messages, 48 hours before the election.

While police have not been able to identify the gender of the child, the possibility that the victim was sexually abused before the murder has not been ruled out.

Dr Kalpana Apte, Secretary General of Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), tells The Indian Express why population control needs a multi-pronged approach and explains why population growth cannot be attributed to an increase in births alone

The alleged forgery was detected after the accused, Brijendrasingh Vaidya (56), who works at Kasturba Hospital, applied for promotion to the post of manager last year.

In an order issued on Friday, the commissioner of polcice used his powers under Article 311 of the Indian Constitution, noting that the “indisciplined and irresponsible” conduct of the inspector had “besmirched the reputation of the police department”.

Rahul Indure, who was appearing for the exam for the first time, claimed his train from Pune got delayed by an hour. He reached the centre by 9.33 am, but was turned away by the exam coordinators.

HC had passed an order directing the state to immediately install and maintain CCTV with rotating cameras in every corridor, room and lock-up of each police station so that every part of the police station is covered 24x7.

According to the police, the theft took place on Thursday when former judge, Justice Abhay Thipsay, along with his family, had gone out while leaving the accused, Leena More (40), alone in their Khar (West) house.

The farmers would go ahead with the march from Nashik to Mumbai as planned on February 20. They will reach Mumbai on February 27 during the Budget Session of the state legislature. The Budget Session is slated to begin on February 25.

Two days after 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a terror attack in Kashmir, Ismail said that if the government accepts his demand, he will raise a force of 25,000 Muslim men who can be absorbed in this regiment.

Earlier, the maximum amount granted through loans to the SHGs was Rs 60,000. Revolving funds are continually replenished as and when withdrawals are made.