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Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress said its agitation over the NEET paper leak would continue as it demanded criminal action against Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan after his resignation from the post on Saturday. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended Pradhan, praising his education reforms, including the National Education Policy.Congress state-chief Harshwardhan Sapkal made serious allegations against…

Among the AAIB’s safety recommendations were strengthening controller handover procedures, reinforcing training and supervision in procedural air traffic contro Mumbai: A chain of air traffic control lapses, including failure to assign a different flight level, inadequate shift handovers and non-updating of aircraft estimates in the automated system, have been listed as the probable causes that…

The report proposes a stakeholder action matrix that maps the most common issues affecting parks and open spaces, assigns responsibility to the govt agency concerned and tracks resolution Mumbai: Days after the BMC launched a dedicated WhatsApp helpline for citizens to report open manholes following the death of a 55-year-old man who fell into an…

Poet-academic Kalim Ajiz captured his reason for penning ghazals in a perceptive couplet:Woh jo shairi ka sabab hua woh mamla bhi ajab hua/Main ghazal sunaun hun isliye ke zamana usko bhula na de(The reason for my becoming a poet was a strange incident/ I say ghazals because people should not forget those painful incidents)Whatever the…

Mumbai: Prabha wants just one thing: a rented home for herself and her 9-year-old daughter. Unable to afford one, the 29-year-old beautician from Ulhasnagar travelled nearly two hours by train and bus to a doctor’s clinic in central Mumbai for 11 consecutive days to take hormone injections to stimulate her ovaries before doctors retrieved her…

Vasai: A Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) jawan posted with the Vasai Traffic Division has been booked for allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a traffic police storage yard where seized and abandoned vehicles are kept.The case came to light after traffic police noticed that an unclaimed motorcycle was missing from their vehicle yard near the crematorium…

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached Hotel Rangsharda in Bandra and a land parcel in Prabhadevi belonging to Rang Sharda Hotels Pvt Ltd, collectively worth Rs 332 crore, in connection with a money laundering case involving Prabhudas Virchand Lotia and others.It is alleged that Mhada had allotted a land parcel to Rang Sharda Pratishthan…

Both Thackeray cousins have supported Sonam Wangchuk Mumbai: The Thackeray cousins Uddhav and Raj announced that the public rally slated for 10 am on Sunday will go ahead as a victory march to congratulate the student movement whose agitation led to the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.They had on Friday announced a Tiranga…

Mumbai: The city crime branch arrested three more servants of Shiv Sena deputy speaker Sachin Ahir for allegedly stealing gold, diamond jewellery, silver and other valuables worth Rs 2.6 crore.On Friday, police arrested Pravin Solanki for his alleged involvement in the case. During the course of investigation, Unit 3 on Saturday arrested Satishkumar Mistry (26),…

Film personalities welcomed the education minister’s resignation following protests. MUMBAI: From calling it a “victory of students” to hailing Gen Z as a “tsunami of hope”, film personalities on Saturday welcomed Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation following weeks of protests over the NEET paper leak issue.Pradhan stepped down earlier in the day amid growing…