“It is an attempt to control the Commission. This government has interfered in the independence and autonomy of every institution. Wherever they have gone, they have tried to diminish independence,” Aruna Roy told Indian Express

On Tuesday, the TISS management, through its registrar, filed a fresh notice of motion, seeking a restraint on students from displaying posters, banners and defacing campus walls, protesting, obstructing normal movements of staff and others.

Thane Crime Branch (unit 1) Senior Inspector Nitin Thakre said, “We arrested Shellar on Monday in connection with the case. He was produced before the court today and remanded in police custody till June 25.

While one person Taha Kazi (26) — who gave the technical backing to Lakhanpal’s venture — was arrested, the others are on the run. Lakhanpal is currently in Dubai, the police said.

The accused was arrested on Monday evening and booked for rape and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

Purohit had filed an appeal before the High Court in February, against the sessions court’s order passed in December 2017, rejecting his discharge application.

Shiv Sena leaders said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called up Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday to apprise him about the situation in Delhi.

A student at IIT-Bombay allegedly 'came out' on social media last week and revealed that he was molested by a senior student who graduated this year.

Last month, Fadnavis had criticized Bandekar for releasing purported audio clip of him during the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll. In the tape, Fadnavis had reportedly urged the party workers to ‘use all means’ to win the poll.

Before going abroad, the Chief Minister had appointed candidates to key government-run corporations. Some more appointments in the corporations, which are pending, would be completed in the next one week, the Finance Minister said.

"The defence minister is very weak, incompetent, faceless person and is causing damage to the country. We have complete faith on our soldiers but the leadership is not strong,” said an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana.

Taking into account the climate change, the Maharashtra government has put in place a long term action plan to make farmers adapt to the growing challenges ahead.

Officials from the State Environment Department said that it had issued an amendment on April 11 to the plastic ban notification issued on March 23.

The senior citizen, Bhikhalal Jhanjrukiya, went for an evening stroll with his wife Manjula in Dombivli on April 4. “We walked for half an hour. After that he took a right turn and disappeared,”

On June 8, an employee of a private security firm that provides guards to ATM booths was informed of the discovery of a skimmer fixed over the card slot in an ATM booth at Poonam Nagar, Mira Road East

Aimed at serving commuters taking the north-bound trains, the new platform has been on track in serving its purpose of decongesting the island platform of the station.

Speaking at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Lohani called the proposed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad as “extremely essential” for the country.

An officer from Ghatkopar police station said A More, the chemist, approached them on June 8. He said someone had created a Facebook page in the name of ‘Pawan Karegaonkar’.

“Last year, the woman’s tattoo was identified by her family, who contacted us. Eventually, we solved the murder and put the husband behind the bars,” Pramod Jadhaw, inspector at Rabale MIDC police station said.

“Patil had gone to a picnic spot on Sunday night. When he was returning, he was attacked by a group of men, all brandishing sharpened weapons and hockey sticks,” said an officer from Shivaji Nagar police station.

Advocate General A A Kumbhakoni informed the court about a latest Supreme Court judgment which requested Chief Justices of all the High Courts to consider setting up of children-friendly courts.

Of the Rs 94 lakh the BMC will pay for the repairs, Rs 56.67 lakh is meant to be spent on replacing the damaged parts of the machine, Rs 23.60 lakh for servicing and 13.79 lakh for filling up helium gas.

An official said that payment has not been received from these customers at Siddharth Colony since 2005, amounting to arrears of Rs 63 crore.

In April, Indrani had sent a notice to Peter, lodged in Arthur Road Jail, stating that their 16-year-old marriage had no chance of a reconciliation.