Maha govt extends EWS quota to Marathas
The Maharashtra government on Monday extended benefits under the the economically weaker section quota to the Maratha community, days after the Supreme Court scrapped a separate reservation in jobs and education for the dominant social group. A government order to this...
WB chief secretary retires amid row with Centre
Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay retires amid tussle with Centre. He has now been appointed chief adviser to Mamata Banerjee. Earlier, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to withdraw the...
1.52 lakh Covid cases reported in 24 hrs, lowest in 50 days
India reports 1,52,734 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in 50 days, 2,38,022 discharges and 3,128 deaths in last 24 hrs, as per health ministry. Active caseload further declines to 20,26,092 after cases decreased by 88,416 in last 24 hours, the ministry said. Recovery...
Hospitals can’t offer vaccine packages with hotels: Centre
The Centre has asked states and union territories to initiate legal or administrative action against institutions which are giving package for Covid vaccination in collaboration with hotels in violation of prescribed guidelines. In a letter to all states...
Corona footprint withdrawing
The Coronavirus footprint is receding in India with 1,86,364 new infections recorded on Friday, the lowest single day figures in 44 days. The death toll in the country also dipped to 3,660 in the past 24 hours, as per the...
5 dead, several feared trapped as slab of building collapses in Thane
Five people were killed and 3-4 people are feared trapped after the slab of a residential building at Ulhasnagar of Thane district in Maharashtra collapsed on Friday. A huge portion of the slab from fifth to ground floor completely collapsed in...
Maharashtra Board SSC Result by June-end, Assessment Based on Internals, Class 8 Marks
The Maharashtra State Board Of Secondary And Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) or Maharashtra Board will announce the results for class 10 students by the end of June, State Minister of School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said. The Maharashtra Board will...
PM’s nautanki reason behind Covid 2nd wave: Rahul
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi addressing the media on the pandemic. -- The Prime Minister's 'nautanki' is the reason behind the second wave of COVID-19 in India. He did not understand COVID-19. India's death rate is a lie. The government should...
Get Covid tests done only at ICMR-approved labs: Nagrale
Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale on Friday urged citizens to get their COVID-19 tests done only at ICMR-approved laboratories as cyber criminals are taking advantage of the pandemic by posing as employees of lesser known labs and giving fake reports....
Toolkit: Congress withdraws from investigation
Nine days after its initial complaint against Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the "toolkit" matter, the Congress on Thursday withdrew from the investigation and termed the Delhi Police's preliminary inquiry illegal and in violation of the law. Congress...
Govt asks states to extend Covid rules till June 30
The Union ministry of home affairs has ordered states to continue the ongoing Covid guidelines till June 30. It has also asked the states to ensure local containment measures in high caseload districts. The ministry said strict implementation of containment measures has...
Maharashtra government lifts liquor ban in Chandrapur district
MUMBAI: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Thursday decided to lift the liquor ban imposed in Chandrapur district. Vijay Wadettiwar, guardian minister of Chandrapur district and relief and rehabilitation minister speaking to the media after the state cabinet meeting said that...
2,290 kids in Maha lost parents due to Covid
As many as 2,290 children in Maharashtra have lost either one or both their parents due to the coronavirus infection so far, sources said on Thursday. While 2,183 children lost one parent, 107 others lost both the parents during the...
Hand Choksi over to India: Antigua PM to Dominica
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has asked neighbouring Dominica, where fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi was caught, to hand the diamantaire over to India directly, local media reported. After news of Choksi's arrest in Dominica came on Tuesday...
Sushil Kumar’s mother moves HC against media trial
Delhi High Court likely to hear today a petition moved by arrested wrestler Sushil Kumar's mother seeking to make standard rules for reporting in criminal cases by considering the rights of accused and to put a stop to media trial...
Govt seeks compliance details from social media cos
The ministry of electronics & information technology on Wednesday asked all social media intermediaries compliance details over the new 'the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules, 2021', which kicked in today. Non-compliance with the rules could take...
Centre responds to WhatsApp’s law suit
The Centre responds to WhatsApp moving the Delhi High Court, says it respects the Right to Privacy and has no intention to violate it. "Any operations being run in India are subject to the law of the land. WhatsApp's...
Governor pays tribute to Bhagwan Buddha on Buddha Pournima
The Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari offered floral tributes to Bhagwan Buddha on the occasion of the Buddha Pournima at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Wednesday(26th May). Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas...
IMA sends Rs 1000 cr defamation notice to Ramdev
The Uttarakhand unit of Indian Medical Association has sent a defamation notice of Rs 1000 crore to yoga guru Baba Ramdev. The notice states that if he doesn't post a video countering the statements given by him against allopathy and...
Param Bir asked me to pay Rs 10 cr to Sharma to escape arrest, bookie alleges
Cricket bookie Sonu Jalan in a statement before the Criminal Investigation Department has alleged that IPS officer Param Bir Singh had asked him to pay Rs 10 crore to former police inspector Pradeep Sharma if he wanted to avoid arrest...
Yaas makes landfall at Dhamra port in Odisha
Landfall of cyclone Yaas began at 9 am near Dhamra port in Odisha's Bhadrak district, to continue for 3-4 hours. Over 11.5 lakh people have been evacuated from vulnerable places in West Bengal in view of the impending cyclone Yaas,...
