The colleges being conferred autonomous status should experiment with their curriculum, said higher and technical education minister Vinod Tawde, in a statement issued on Tuesday.

Honorary Major Deepak Rao was the chief guest at the event. Advising students based on his own life experiences, Rao encouraged them to opt for courses which satisfy their aptitude, passion and skill.

Total loan waiver sanctioned to 50 lakh farmers is Rs 23,000 crore. At present, Rs 17,500 crore have been disbursed to 41 lakh farmers across Maharashtra.

On January 13, the government will observe 100 days of Ayushman Bharat. Since its launch on September 23, 11 patients have undergone hip and knee replacement procedures in the state. The surgeries have taken place in Jalgaon, Pune, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Latur and Yavatmal. The state has spent Rs 60,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh on each procedure.

The editorial added that Fadnavis might also have avoided the event. “So, by canceling the invitation of Sehgal, the authors and the litterateur have killed self respect and freedom of expression with their own hands.”

Amarjeet Singh Chawla (63) is preparing to run his 101st half marathon at the Mumbai marathon. Visually impaired, Chawla had participated in one of the world’s most difficult treks in China’s Dolma pass.

The NGT had initiated action after it received a complaint regarding improper waste management at the three dumping sites.

"Factory workers, anganwadi workers, midday meal workers and others gathered at Azad Maidan while workers of BEST, BSNL, LIC and other central government employees held protests outside their offices,” said Vishwas Utagi, convener of the committee.

Sunder Singh (28) was running a pav-bhaji and vada-pav stall in Diva besides doing odd jobs, including as a waiter, in the months that followed the investigation into the kidney racket. He had donated his right kidney to a Gujarat recipient in April 2016 for Rs 55,000 after his employer at a Grant Road-based video parlour allegedly lured him to illegally donate his organ.

Outside the Wadala Road station, a 69-year-old woman waited for a bus to go home. She waited for about half an hour before learning about the strike. Unwilling to shell out an extra penny, she decided to walk 3 km to get home, instead of taking a taxi.

The court said that while the screenwriter has submitted before the court that after she read about the #Metoo movement against sexual harassment in October last year, she gathered the courage to report about the incident, it added that she had not lodged the report immediately after the incident due to “her own benefit”.

Besides, the state government also and also gave its nod for the development of the shipyard cluster and cargo jetty at Belapur, at a Maharashtra Maritime board(MMB) meeting convened by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday.

The labour unions’ demands include withdrawal of “anti-labour” changes in laws, immediate steps to control unemployment, minimum wages for all labourers, social security benefits such as employees provident fund to all labourers.

Like the Union Cabinet’s decision on Monday, the Maratha quota also does not extend to those who are above the creamy layer income mark of Rs 8 lakh per annum.

In 2013, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Energy, which used to supply power to the suburbs of Mumbai, had entered into a power purchase agreement with the VIPL for the supply of 600 MW electricity at Rs 1.75-Rs 1.79 per unit.

Prakash Ambedkar says decision of Centre panic reaction ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election, purpose is to alter framework of the Constitution.

The conclave, being held in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal, is being organised jointly by the Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal (ABSM) and Yavatmal’s Dr V B Kolte Sanshodhan Kendra Ani Vachanalay.

For the over 200 shops along Lamington Road, major customers are now those looking for specialised technical tools that are not easily available online, or those making bulk orders.

While the dean, Ramesh Bharmal, said the issue was resolved and the nurses ended their protest after an apology from Lokhande Monday, the corporator denied the nurses’ allegation and alleged that hospital staff had been negligent towards her relative.

Rai is the former driver of Indrani who was arrested on August 21, 2015, for allegedly possessing an illegal firearm. This arrest had led police to Bora’s alleged murder in April 2012.

Responding to the accusations, Shiv Sena corporator Yashvant Jadhav said, “We will not allow plots to fall into the hands of builders. The plots will be acquired and developed as per the reservations.”

Damodar Tandel, president of the Akhil Maharashtra Macchhimar Kriti Samiti, told The Indian Express that the Municipal Commissioner has promised to set up a committee, comprising four members of the fishing community and municipal officials, to look into their issues.

Five people died on December 27 when a major fire broke out in the high-rise building in Chembur. Two others, including a fireman, were injured in the incident. The fire broke out on the tenth floor of the 16-storey building.

Earlier on December 24, the BEST workers’ union had announced that all its buses will be off the roads from the midnight of January 7 after talks with the management failed.