A series of lectures in schools and colleges was planned on the theme ‘Ask Why’, apart from the public lecture at TIFR. By Monday, over 10 lectures in schools and colleges had been completed and 18 more are planned in the next week.
Among those listed is ‘Mumbai SP’, a reference to the SP with the CBI, Nandkumar Nair — the investigative officer in Pune-based rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder case.
At 2 am on Saturday, three guards employed with a private security firm allegedly attacked Avadhprakash Pandey, one of several drivers who was waiting in queue outside the airport.
Many support groups in Mumbai have provided relief material, including food packets, stationery and funds, to the affected victims.
On April 6, Indrani was rushed to the state-run JJ Hospital from the jail in a semi-conscious state. In her bail plea, Indrani had claimed that there was an attempt to overdose her by the jail staff.
Sources said there are approximately four lakh thermocol ‘makhars’ or temple-decorations of various types currently in stock with traders, along with a few other decorative items made of thermocol.
The police said Solanki’s body was found inside Shukla’s office at 2.40 am on Monday. “The AC was switched on, so, the body had not decomposed much,” said Navinchandra Reddy, DCP (Zone X). The police are looking for Shukla, who has not been seen since Friday, he added.
Officials said that in July, around 11.04 lakh and eight lakh light motor vehicles had passed through the Mulund and Airoli toll plazas, respectively. The toll collection at Mulund toll plaza was Rs 5.5 crore while it was Rs 4.31 crore at Airoli last month.
The Congress has alleged that the 24-acre plot under question had been placed under the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited’s (CIDCO’s) disposal and had been dubiously “parceled out” to benefit a private builder with links to the BJP.
While Rs 5.86 crore was granted to the university under the RUSA 1.0 scheme — first phase — the university missed out on the funds allocated to the state this year, as there was not accreditation for the university from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
Two back-to-back telephonic conversations between the two, both of which were initiated by Modi earlier this month, have thrown a hint of a thaw in the tense ties
The arrests were on the basis of a ballistic report of firearms seized from the duo when they were arrested by Mumbra police in an extortion case on August 20, 2013, the day Dabholkar was murdered.
Speaking to mediapersons in Aurangabad, Andure’s wife Sheetal alleged that the CBI had arrested him “under pressure of the August 20 deadline”, referring to Dabholkar’s death anniversary.
The MPCB has already served the hospital a violation notice. “We are going to take action against the hospital after we have a board meeting,” a senior official said.
Acting Chief Justice Naresh H Patil and Justice G S Kulkarni passed an order on July 4, directing the committee of the Maharashtra State Board to take an appropriate decision.
"We are in the process of getting tigers, lions, leopards, swamp deer (barasingha) and have already written to zoos across the country to procure them."
BMC also conducted a test among 1,388 workers for the recruitment, which also included employees currently employed in cleaning cremation grounds.
The accused Chintan Gangar befriended the complainant on Facebook in December 2017. On learning that she wanted to become a model, he approached her on Instagram through a fake handle ‘mad_maker_production’.
A consignment carrying 30 tonne of relief materials, including dry food, medicines, toiletries, sanitary napkins, innerwear, blankets and candles, was flown through cargo plane on Sunday.
As Mumbai reaches out to the flood-affected state, the All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council has collected close to Rs 25 lakh.
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said the state government is in constant touch with its Kerala counterpart for its requirements and necessary support since Friday.
The survey mapped other aspects like debt, saving, investment, insurance, pension and financial aptitude and behaviour of individuals apart from annual income.
Introduced on December 25, 2017, the single AC local train makes 12 fast trips a day between Churchgate and Virar stations. Till July, it had recorded a total ridership of 22.4 lakh commuters, carrying an average 1,500 commuters daily.
In the senior survey, 33 per cent of the respondents said they were ‘liberals’ but 51 per cent of the students said they did not subscribe to any political ideas.
According to Powai police that registered an FIR, this is a case of a Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) scam, where fraudsters intercept the company’s communication, impersonate the hacked parties and get money transferred to their own accounts.


