Maharashtra govt to cut workforce by 30%, asks depts to submit new plan by year-end
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is planning to reduce its workforce by 30 percent as part of efforts to reduce its wage bill. The government has sent notices to all departments and asked them to submit a new plan featuring a...
Ayodhya Case: Supreme Court Defers Hearing to February 8, 2018
New Delhi: A three-judge Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer on Tuesday fixed February 8, 2018 as the next date of hearing in the long-pending Ayodhya Ram Janmbhoomi land dispute. The...
Shashi Tharoor’s office gets condolence messages on Shashi Kapoor’s death!
New Delhi: Both guys handsome beyond description and oh so debonair! But one is very much alive - God bless! - and another tragically no more. Yet, it is the one who is alive and kicking who is getting the condolence...
Former JDU President Sharad Yadav Disqualified From Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Former Janta Dal (United) leaders Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar Ansari were disqualified from the membership of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Yadav’s membership was challenged by JDU’s floor leader Ram Chandra Prasad Singh. The veteran leader had...
Maha govt challenges HC order to hold bullock cart race
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Monday challenged the Bombay High Court’s orders of August 16 and October 11 witholding bullock cart race in the state till the final disposal of the matter pending with the court. The matter is likely to...
Cyclone Ockhi: Schools shut in Mumbai on Dec 5; Gujarat on high alert
Mumbai: Precautionary holiday has been declared in schools and colleges in Mumbai and adjoining districts on Tuesday due to 'serious weather predictions' in view of Cyclone Ockhi, Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde said on Monday. Schools and colleges in Mumbai Metropolitan Region,...
Thank you, Mr Shukla
Mumbai:The hero motorman Anurag Shukla was felicitated by the Central Railway for his prompt action of detecting the iron rods on the track between CST and Masjid stations on the suburban railway line. Officials said that the incident happened at around...
Major train tragedy averted in Mumbai; iron rods found on tracks near CST station
Mumbai: Thanks to an alert motorman, a major train tragedy was averted in Mumbai on Monday. The motorman of a Panvel-CST suburban train spotted iron rods on the track and halted the train in time. Officials said that the incident happened at...
Cop undergoes test for sex reassignment surgery
Mumbai: The woman constable, who had filed a plea in the Bombay High Court seeking permission to undergo sex reassignment surgery, on Monday underwent a medical test at Sir JJ Hospital in Mumbai. In her plea, the constable had also sought...
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Passes Bill Awarding Death Sentence For Rape of Girls Below 12 Years
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously approved a bill to award death sentence to those convicted of raping girls aged 12 and below on the first day of Winter Session. The bill was brought for discussion in the Cabinet last week...
High Court restrains Mumbai Metro from hiking fares
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today restrained the Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) from hiking the fares on the Mumbai Metro's Versova-Ghatkopar route. A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice M S Sonak set aside a...
Cyclone Ockhi effect: Pune to receive rains in next two days
Pune: The city is likely to experience light rainfall in the next 48 hours, while the minimum temperature is also expected to increase by one degree during this period, according to officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD). IMD officials said,...
1993 Mumbai blasts case: SC stays death sentence of Mohammed Tahir Merchant Read
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence of convict Mohammed Tahir Merchant in connection with 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case which killed 257 people and injured over 700. The court had earlier convicted and sentenced all the...
Mumbai: Medical student falls from train while fighting off thief
File Pic Mumbai: A 19-year-old medical student fell from a moving local train while trying to fight off a thief on board near Juinagar railway station on Saturday night. The victim, identified as Rituja, was travelling in the ladies compartment of...
National Consumer Commission New Delhi issues notice to MHADA for delay in possession
New Delhi: The National Consumer Redressal Commission New Delhi comprising of Shri Anup Thakur, {presiding member} has issued notices to Chief Officer, MHADA, and its Contractor M/s IVRCL Infrastructure and Project Ltd. on a “consumer complaint” jointly filed by flat...
Infosys appoints Salil Parekh as CEO and MD
Mumbai: IT bellwether Infosys has appointed Salil S. Parekh as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director with effect from January 2, 2018, a regulatory filing by the company said here on Saturday. "We are delighted to have Salil joining as...
JEE Main 2018 Online Registration Begins, Apply Before 1st January 2018
New Delhi: JEE Main 2018 Online Registration has begun on the official website of JEE Main - jeemain.nic.in. JEE Main is scheduled to be conducted on 8th April 2018 in pen and paper mode while the computer based exam will...
BJP set to sweep UP civic polls; Cong fares poorly in Amethi
File Pic Lucknow: The ruling BJP today forged ahead of its rivals, leading on 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in Uttar Pradesh where the civic bodies polls were held in three phases. In the remaining two places, the BSP was...
Maharashtra loan waiver: Latur farmers get SMS from banks, postcards from Fadnavis, but money’s nowhere
Latur: An ongoing Firstpost investigation into the implementation of the Maharashtra government's farm loan waiver scheme — known as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana — has established it has been botched because of the ineptitude of 66 banks....
Devendra Fadnavis praises North Indians, MNS condemns him
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lauded the North Indians and other states people staying Mumbai but the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of Raj Thackeray quickly condemned him. Fadnavis said, the commercial capital of this country has given place to many...
GDP Growth Improves to 6.3% In July-September Quarter
New Delhi: In what could provide the BJP government more substance to back its claims that country’s economy is on the right track, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the July-September quarter improved to 6.3 per cent from a year...
