May 02, 2013 01:34 IST
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has given the go-ahead to invoke the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act against teachers on strike,even though no date has as yet been fixed for enforcing the law.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 30, 2013 06:17 IST
AROUND 18 per cent of people in low-income slums are moving from above poverty line to below it,reveals a new study on the health of urban poor by International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS),Mumbai.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 30, 2013 06:14 IST
Alcohol an important factor in violence against women by their husbands.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 28, 2013 03:27 IST
CRACKING the whip on technical/management institutes offering poor quality education,the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has issued notices to 23 colleges across Maharashtra.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 28, 2013 03:22 IST
WHILE residents associations are meeting in Mumbai Sunday to push for better norms governing mobile phone tower antennas,the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reiterated that DoT and the Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) cells are sole authorities responsible for enforcing norms as well as compliance with respect to cellphone towers and EMF (electromagnetic field) radiation levels.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 22, 2013 04:05 IST
NEARLY two years after a report by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) recommended effective vocational training programmes to improve employability of prisoners post release,the higher and technical education department has decided to extend its facilities to prisons in the state.
Wed, Apr 16, 2014April 18, 2013 02:04 IST
A first-of-its-kind masters programme by Tata Institute of Social Sciences will allow students to work with undertrials,children in conflict with law,victims of abuse and disabled.
Wed, Apr 16, 2014
April 16, 2013 02:16 IST
The tablet was launched in October 2011,but there were some delays.
Tue, Apr 16, 2013April 14, 2013 02:48 IST
ISSUES pertaining to use and access to public spaces,construction including housing and infrastructure,and encroachments are an integral part of life in Mumbai.
Sun, Apr 14, 2013April 14, 2013 02:37 IST
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya to start Museum on Wheels,Discovery Tent to reach out to people,chiefly students.
Sun, Apr 14, 2013April 09, 2013 06:16 IST
FOR the first time,the All India Council for Technical Education has decided to allow private corporate groups to start degree colleges in the 2013-14 academic year.
Wed, Apr 16, 2014
April 09, 2013 04:31 IST
FACULTY members from the biosciences and bioengineering department of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have written to the institute authorities,requesting them to remove a cellphone tower opposite their labs.
Tue, Apr 09, 2013
April 09, 2013 03:24 IST
Madras Cements,Bharat Forge,TechMahindra among four groups in queue
Tue, Apr 09, 2013April 02, 2013 04:41 IST
The state has taken the lead in implementing RTE Act.
Wed, Apr 16, 2014March 20, 2013 04:49 IST
In Maharashtra,seven districts were identified under the project.
Wed, Apr 16, 2014March 15, 2013 02:53 IST
Institutes across the country have been expressing concern over Indias annual research funding being a pittance compared to those in China or the US but at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay,there has been almost four-fold jump in annual research funding in six years.
Fri, Mar 15, 2013
March 14, 2013 01:29 IST
Showcause notices to levy penalty has been issued to service providers concerned in 72 of these cases.
Thu, Mar 14, 2013March 08, 2013 02:05 IST
FDA has issued notices to the establishments to comply with norms.
Fri, Mar 08, 2013February 28, 2013 00:32 IST
IIT Bombay students have designed a helmet that will not allow a two-wheeler to start unless the rider is wearing it.
Thu, Feb 28, 2013February 27, 2013 02:29 IST
Citizens groups write to apex court
Wed, Feb 27, 2013February 24, 2013 02:02 IST
A museum showcasing the life,culture and heritage of East Indians,the original inhabitants of Mumbai,will be thrown open later this year.
Sun, Feb 24, 2013October 11, 2012 01:38 IST
Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education has issued a notification that if irregularities are detected in surprise checks,it will shut down institutes affiliated to it without notice.
Thu, Oct 11, 2012October 08, 2012 03:06 IST
Companies offering employment to students who interned with them and did a good job.
Mon, Oct 08, 2012October 05, 2012 03:18 IST
Grooming undergraduate students in soft skills and research are part of the initiatives being taken by the student body of IIT Bombay.
Fri, Oct 05, 2012October 04, 2012 02:00 IST
Such institutions will be allowed to admit double the number of students
Thu, Oct 04, 2012




