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Manual scavenging, Human Rights, Bezwada Wilson, Ramon Magsaysay awardee, national convenor, Safai Karamchari Andolan, Mumbai news
January 14, 2019 03:27 IST

The act of manual scavenging is a human rights violation as it destroys the dignity of the person forced to carry someone else’s excreta, Bezwada Wilson, the Ramon Magsaysay awardee said.

Kerala woman starved to death over dowry; husband, mother held
January 14, 2019 03:19 IST

The accused, Surendra Yadav, ran a catering business in Nallasopara, police said. Yadav, who was from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh fled for his home after the crime.

January 14, 2019 03:15 IST

Last Sunday, Shah said in Latur that if an alliance happened, the BJP will ensure victory of the alliance and, if it did not, it will thrash them in the coming polls.

January 14, 2019 03:08 IST

In an interview to The Indian Express, the 1996-batch IPS officer talks about two decades of managing the largest religious gathering on the planet and his collection of pictures of the Kumbh Mela, which is being exhibited at the Jehangir Art Gallery.

End leprosy for good: 28,456 Maharashtra's gram panchayats to take vow on Republic Day
January 14, 2019 02:56 IST

According to Fadnavis, “ease of doing business is the key to Maharashtra’s success in establishing leadership in industrial growth and foreign investments.”

January 14, 2019 02:44 IST

Maharashtra’s Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar Jain, a 1983-batch officer, who is set to retire this month-end, was believed to be keen on landing the prestigious assignment

792 kg drugs, over 73,000 liquor bottles seized by Haryana Police during lockdown
January 14, 2019 03:22 IST

The accused have been identified as Naim Mehboob Shaikh, Samshujma Ansari and Mujahid Ansari — all employees of the BNMC anti-encroachment cell, police said.

January 14, 2019 02:31 IST

The modification allows Dr Nishigandha Naik to become eligible for the post. Naik, daughter of UP governor Ram Naik, is 57 years old.

January 14, 2019 02:28 IST

The four bidders interested in the project have sought extension to conduct contour survey and estimate calorific value of the waste.

January 14, 2019 02:23 IST

The scholar, Anton Zykov, worked for the Russian Embassy between 2011 and 2013, but in November 2017, he started working on a unique three-year project of recording and analysing the Parsi dialect (Parsi Gujarati or simply Parsi in India and Zoroastrian Dari or Gavruni in Iran).

CSIA ILS testing
January 14, 2019 02:12 IST

As per the information from the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), there will be no flight movements at the Mumbai airport between 11 am and 5 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from February 7 to March 30.

Amid protests, 3.5 hectares acquired for high-speed Ahmedabad-Mumbai rail corridor
January 14, 2019 02:00 IST

Thane Collector Rajesh Narvekar confirms receiving assent on land measuring process for 61 hectares

Govt rubs it in, tells Alok Verma to join work for a day today
January 13, 2019 08:17 IST

The Sena said Prime Minister should have intervened when the crisis between the two senior officers was brewing.

January 13, 2019 08:03 IST

While a focused jobs guarantee thrust could help mitigate financial distress for tens of thousands of rural families, Maharashtra’s performance on MGNREGA until now this year has been lacklustre on several counts.

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January 13, 2019 07:54 IST

Documents accessed by The Sunday Express show that just a month before WCD issued tenders for contentious EDNF in July 2017, the tribal department had warned against the proposed benefits of the packaged food to combat malnutrition.

January 13, 2019 07:44 IST

As many as 75 mills, including almost all the mills in the sugar bowl of Sangli and Kolhapur, have not paid anything to their growers.

Mumbai: Cancer patient cheated of Rs 1.4 lakh in card cloning case
January 13, 2019 07:36 IST

The complainant has earlier worked in a five-star hotel in Saudi Arabia for two years and after he returned to Mumbai, posted his resume on a job website, following which he was approached by alleged fraudsters.

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January 13, 2019 07:32 IST

Sources said the target has been set with an eye on Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls later this year.

Gujarat police, Gujarat news, Gujarat murder case, 3 year old boy murdered, Bhavnagar murder, indian express
January 13, 2019 07:26 IST

The woman had withdrawn Rs 25,000 from an ATM and purchased two dresses and a gold ring allegedly using a stolen debit card.

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January 13, 2019 07:21 IST

In this regard, the civic body will write to both the planning authorities regarding segregation and organic waste composting centres to be provided in their jurisdiction.

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January 13, 2019 07:11 IST

The police said the incident took place when the accused suspected that the victim and his son had stolen their pigeons.

January 13, 2019 07:01 IST

The HC quashed the magistrate court order after the son stated that he will repay Rs 15 lakh to his father in three months. The Court has held legally challenging such financial transactions shows deterioration of social values.

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January 13, 2019 06:50 IST

Sunday will be the sixth day of the strike called by over 30,000 BEST employees demanding, among other things, timely disbursal of their salaries and merger of the BEST’s budget with that of BMC.

January 12, 2019 10:43 IST

" I have an interest in English and French literature, hence I read 19th-century poets like Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud and Stéphane Mallarmé," says DGP D D Padsalgikar.

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January 12, 2019 10:42 IST

Among those in attendance were classical musician and Padma Shri awardee Umakant Gundecha and Bimlesh Kumar, Deputy Director, Uttar Pradesh Tourism.

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