The government’s move, to create a separate category for Maratha reservation, was mere “wordplay”, said Bapat. “The term social and educationally backward is applicable to all OBCs. Therefore, to put Marathas in the OBC category or outside, is one and the same,” said Ulhas Bapat, the constitutional expert.

“This time it is more severe than the 1972 drought. He claimed that even 22 days after drought was declared, the government was yet to undertake relief measures and provide water tankers to the people,” NCP leader Dhananjay Munde said.

“There is absolutely no material to proceed for the trial against the accused. At the relevant time, admittedly, she was above 16 years of age. The case is of love affair and elopement. There is nothing on record that both had sexual intercourse,” the court said.

“We have asked the department to form a scrutiny committee to shortlist candidates, and a selection committee to appoint one candidate,” said Dr Pravin Shingare, the director at DMER.

“I always loved partner dancing. In Salsa, the footwork is constant and the dancer takes to the music and turn patterns quite easily,” explains Avan Mehta.

According to a complaint filed by the 11-year-old boy’s family, the accused had been taking the boy to school for the past six years.

On Tuesday, the Chief Minister-led Urban Development department notified revised regulations for integrated township, where the developers will now be permitted to exploit anywhere between 3-3.6 times the existing building rights on green belts, depending on the size of the township.

On Tuesday, amidst heavy bandobast by the Navi Mumbai Police, MIDC officials emptied the temples of the idols and then started the process of demolition around 3 pm. The process continued into the night.

Sub-inspector Hitendra Vichare said the accused led the police team to the other two men from whom they had bought the cocaine. They have been identified as D K Christian (38) and Oliver Christopher (40).

With the completion of the ninth round, natural gas will be available in 178 GAs comprising 290 districts spread over 26 states and UTs covering more than 46 per cent of the country’s population and about 35 per cent of the geographical area.

MMRDA wants state to expand its jurisdiction, seeks special status to regulate construction near train corridor.

From drought mitigation plans to implementing the Maratha reservation, the government made additional budgetary provisions through the supplementary demands. The maximum funds, worth Rs 2,200 crore, have been incurred for drought relief to farmers for kharif crop loss.

A day after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis declared reservation for Marathas under ‘Socially and Educationally Backward Class’, there are apprehensions among OBCs over Marathas misusing the quota politically in local bodies.

While speaking to one of the investigating officers in the case, he said it was shocking that the accused was acquitted by the court. But there was no appeal against his acquittal filed as of now.

The museum, inaugurated on October 2, is a joint initiative between the railways and Google Arts and Culture Association to make the wait of the commuters at the station more interesting.

The police said the constables were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident and they allegedly misbehaved with the restaurant staffers. The two also allegedly abused and manhandled police officers at Malad police station where they were taken later.

In an editorial in Saamana, the party mouthpiece, the Sena said NCP state unit chief Jayant Patil has claimed that the height of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji has been decreased to ensure that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue stays the tallest in the world. Some incidents seem to be proving his claims, it added.

According to civic officials, in 2006, around 2,100 sqm of the land, inside Love Grove pumping station at Worli, was reserved for the Art and Craft Centre on the lines of Dilli Haat in the capital.

The WTO, a Singapore-based, global not-for-profit organisation, held the 18th edition of the World Toilet Summit in the city with the theme ‘Can the World be Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2030’.

The Bawakhaleshwar temple was built at Pawane village in Navi Mumbai in 2007 over 32 acres of land, which allegedly belong to MIDC. The temple was inaugurated by then guardian minister Ganesh Naik.

As the city prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, Nariman House is being converted into a living memorial, including one section that will be called the Nariman Light House.

The incident took place when manager Rajkumar Yadav left his home at ATC Colony in Vile Parle East to go to the domestic airport for his night shift. Police said he spotted a group of seven-eight young men drinking and he scolded them for consuming alcohol in the area.

According to police, Panchal was beaten to death by four people — that included his three siblings who were from his neighbourhood in the Chandan Nagar area of Vikhroli — on suspicion of mobile theft, while his family said it was a fallout of a former rivalry.

While a section of activists has questioned the government’s move to dispose of public land itself, eyebrows are being raised over the cabinet’s move to permit such ownership transfers at concessional rates.