India sees new single-day record of 77,266 cases

India has once again posted a massive spike in new coronavirus cases with over 77,000 new cases being recorded in the past 24 hours. Coronavirus cases in India have crossed the 33 lakh-mark with the death toll going past 61,000. Among...

Higher Education Deptt makes presentation on NEP 2020 to Governor

The Department of Higher and Technical Education today made a presentation on the New Education Policy 2020 and the proposed Action Plan of Government of Maharashtra for its implementation before Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. Additional Chief Secretary...

Invoking ‘act of God’, Centre gives states 2 options on meeting GST shortfall

The Centre on Thursday placed before the GST Council two options for borrowing by states to meet the shortfall in GST revenues, pegged at Rs 2.35 lakh crore in the current fiscal. Briefing reporters after the 41st meeting of the GST...

SC refuses permission for Muharram processions

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined permission for carrying out Muharram procession across the country and asked Lucknow-based petitioner to move before the Allahabad high court with his plea. The apex court said how can it pass a general order for...

Defence Ministry to announce new air defence command by Oct

Amid the ongoing conflict with China, the department of military affairs has hastened the process of restructuring the armed forces as the new air defence command under the Indian Air Force may come up at Prayagraj around the second week...

Maharashtra govt transfers 16 IAS officers

Mumbai/Nagpur: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Maharashtra government has transferred 16 IAS officers which include NMC Comm Tukaram Mundhe. Here are the latest reshuffles from the Maharashtra government: 1. Shri S.M.Deshpande, IAS (1991) has been posted as Principal Secretary...

Unlock 4: Local trains, metros likely to resume

To increase economic activities and employment opportunities, the Government of India is considering to give a breather to various sectors in Unlock 4. According to the sources, the government may give some more relaxations but its implementation in the respective states...

SC gives Bhushan 30 minutes to reconsider apology

The Supreme Court is hearing in the 2020 suo moto criminal contempt case against lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Attorney General KK Venugopal tells the Court that Bhushan may be allowed to go with a warning. The SC gives 30 minutes to Prashant...

“Question Of Faith In Judges”: Top Court On Prashant Bhushan 2009 Remarks, send to another bench

New Delhi: In a 2009 case involving comments by lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan on judges, the Supreme Court today requested Chief Justice SA Bobde to place it before an "appropriate bench". The court has raised several questions to be examined in...

A five-storey building crash in Maharashtra kills two, injures over 10

At least two persons were killed and several others are still trapped in the rubble of a five-storied residential building which crashed last evening, officials said here on Tuesday. With rescue operations in full swing in the huge mound of rubble...

Maha Governor launches new website of Bhamla Foundation

The Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari today launched the new website of the well known social organization Bhamla Foundation at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. (bhamlafoundation.org)

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Gloves for voters, thermal scanners among new election guidelines

A group of five people, including candidates but excluding security personnel, is allowed to take part in door-to-door campaigning. For roadshows, convoys of vehicles should be broken after every five vehicles instead of 10 (excluding security vehicles). Public gatherings and rallies can...

Covid patients aged 50+ can’t home-isolate: BMC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has modified quarantine guidelines and made institutional isolation compulsory for all COVID-19 patients above 50 years of age from this week in a bid to bring down morality rate. According to the modified guidelines issued on August...

SC nod for Paryushan prayers in Mumbai

SC permits devotees to offer Paryushan prayers in three Jain temples on a case to case basis in Mumbai amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Court allows Jain temples at Dadar, Byculla and Chembur in Mumbai to open for worshippers for...

Fire at hydroelectric plant in Telangana, 9 trapped

Nine persons are feared trapped in Srisailam hydroelectric plant located underground on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border after a fire broke out on Thursday night and "huge smoke" was preventing rescue personnel from entering in, officials said on Friday. Nagarkurnool district Collector...

PM writes to Dhoni: We’re eternally grateful

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the latter announced his retirement from international cricket. The PM in his letter wrote, "In your trademark unassuming style you shared a video that was enough to...

SC rejects submission of Prashant Bhushan for hearing on sentence by another bench

The Supreme Court today gave two-three days to lawyer Prashant Bhushan to “reconsider his defiant statement”, news agency PTI reported. Bhushan has been held guilty of contempt for two of his tweets. The lawyer, who intends to file a review...

Indore gets cleanest city tag for 4th time in a row

Indore was adjudged India's cleanest city for the fourth straight year in the central government's cleanliness survey announced on Thursday. The second and third positions in the category were grabbed by Surat and Navi Mumbai respectively. Varanasi has been the adjudged the...

Governor Koshyari sworn in as Goa Governor Takes oath in Konkani

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was given oath as the Governor of Goa (Additional Charge) on Wednesday (19 Aug). At an oath taking ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula, Panaji, the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar...

CBI to investigate Sushant Singh Case

New Delhi: CBI is directed to investigate the Susahant case, SC verdict on Rhea's plea. The Supreme Court is convinced and has handed over the case to the CBI. The SSR death case gets the decision from the Supreme Court today,...