Javdekar spoke via video conference at “Skill India - The Way Forward In Higher Education”, a three-day seminar, which began at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on Monday.

The NGO’s data compiled through Right to Information (RTI) shows cases of underweight children have dipped drastically by 84 per cent from 73,112 children in 2016-17 to 11,720 in 2017-18.

For many commuters travelling daily for years on a particular local, Dussehra has special significance. Over a week before the festival, many like Salve contribute some money from their pockets and assign tasks.

Harsha Lobo (52), who was rushed to the Nanavati Hospital in Vile Parle, suffered serious injuries to her back, chest and right leg

On Monday, the court recorded Ashu’s statement. The court has now scheduled the hearing for November 1 when statements of other witnesses on their behalf will be heard, said Ashu’s advocate, Ashok Saraogi.

Dentists claimed that the ballot papers sent to all registered voters had an unauthorised sticker with disclaimer that dates for election had changed. Some of them claimed that their registered number on electoral roll and on the ballot paper differed.

A resident of Byculla, Lahane is required to change the saree every day during the festival as the idol’s sarees are changed according to the colour decided for that day.

The 31-year-old, who is an assistant vice-president at the Powai branch of the bank, told police that he met one Radhika Dixit on a matchmaking website in August 2017 and exchanged phone numbers with her.

The accused, Mohammad Tabish Malik, a resident of Jogeshwari, had befriended the doctor in October 2017 while working at a mall in Taif city in Saudi Arabia.

As many as 2100 employees of the ground handling company at the airport were rendered jobless after the company declared bankruptcy and folded its operations in India in August 2016.

Arvind Singh, Principal Secretary, state energy department, talks to The Indian Express about the shortage and the state’s plans for stepping up its production from renewables.

Gawade had sought quashing of the FIRs registered against him at Virar, Tulinj and Kasarvadavali police stations, accusing him of extortion.

The prosecution had claimed that the accused had enticed a 17-year-old girl from the legal custody of her parents with the promise of marriage and committed rape.

The training facility in Dadar was inaugurated in September last week by Director General (Anti-Corruption Bureau) Sanjay Barve, who earlier held additional charge, SID. Rashmi Shukla, a 1988-batch IPS officer, was appointed SID commissioner last week.

The actor stated she had attended a party in July that Ghai had thrown at his home for her birthday. She claimed that he had been “very flirty” at that party.

The SIES, which runs educational institutions in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, has earlier successfully adopted a 500-member Adivasi village in Kawthewadi, in Raigad district.

Almost 800 workers of the ground-handling firm at the airport are on an indefinite hunger strike since October 10. While the company declared bankruptcy and folded operations in India in 2016, workers demand payment of their pending salaries between February and August 2016.

Police suspect the involvement of a group of contractors who were unhappy with the Sena MLA's opposition to their activities

Last month, the Bombay High Court had allowed Bhujbal to travel outside Maharashtra in connection with money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

While the direction came on Tuesday, in the absence of a formal communication from the government so far, the police had already constituted a committee under the ADGP in June and submitted a report to the DGP stating that only 54 cases need to be investigated.

Speaking to mediapersons, state Congress president Ashok Chavan said, “The Congress and the NCP have started pre-poll alliance talks. A formal decision on seat sharing remains inconclusive.”

MPCB officials said only two industries have submitted their plans for the buyback mechanism to the state government. “Our focus is on developing a buyback mechanism for multi-layered and tetra packaging and putting it in place.

“Transparency, accountability, sensitivity and compassion are integral aspects of a politician or leader. Without them, one cannot expect the same qualities and commitment from bureaucrats,” Fadnavis added.

The Maharashtra government collected 33 per cent more taxes from petrol consumers in the first five months of this year compared to last year.