There were widespread protests by doctors last year over the decision to include homeopaths in modern medicine Mumbai: On Friday, Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) convened a meeting between doctors’ organisations and the homeopathy council to set a standard operating procedure (SOP) to integrate homeopaths into modern medical practice. The inclusion of homeopaths in medical practice…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition by a retired IPS officer challenging BMC’s action for removal of obstruction to the terrace adjoining his flat on the eighth floor of Bullet Building in Hindu Colony, Dadar East, which is a reserved refuge area.Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande on Wednesday refused to interfere…
The relaxation will allow thousands more to be covered by the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar farmers’ loan waiver scheme. Mumbai: Amid protests, including from political circles, CM Devendra Fadnavis announced on Friday that the state govt is broadening some of the criteria of the latest farm loan waiver scheme, raising the cap from Rs 50,000 to…
Mumbai: Two MBA students arrested in connection with the suspected drug overdose case at a music concert in Goregaon in April, which left two of their batchmates dead, told fellow students over a WhatsApp group that “pills” would be available at the concert, the chargesheet has revealed. A 3,500-page-long chargesheet was filed before a magistrate…
The police complaint was lodged on Thursday by one of the two girls who suffered electric shock Navi Mumbai: An FIR was registered against the suspended NMMC (zone-1) executive engineer (electrical) Pravin Gade at Nerul police station Thursday evening in the incident of two college girls Ujwala Wagh (19) and Shubhangi Balkhande (17) sustaining severe…
Citizens fill forms and submit documents during the SIR drive in Khadki, Pune. Pune: The state govt may write to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) seeking an extension to the timeline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Congress MLC Satej Patil flagged the mounting workload on booth-level officers (BLOs), manpower shortages…
Mumbai: A television actor has been arrested by the city police for allegedly stalking, repeatedly calling, harassing and assaulting a 16-year-old girl in an eastern suburb. Police have booked him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.Besides the stringent Pocso Act, Pant Nagar Police have also invoked the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)…
Mumbai: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has criticised the implementation of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Laadki Bahin Yojana, saying it was marked by “significant deficiencies” in budget estimation, expenditure control and financial management.The CAG report released on Friday said state govt had spent over Rs 33,237.2 crore on the scheme, exceeding its budgetary provision by…
Pic used for representation purpose Nagpur/Mumbai: CBSE Class 10 students who were counting on their second board exam results to improve scores and secure seats in top state board junior colleges have been left disappointed as admissions are winding up and the central board has still not declared the results. The state board’s common admission…
The bill removed the six months’ imprisonment provision for individuals found guilty of violating the law by selling saplings that are fake, or of poor quality Mumbai: Despite objections from BJP MLAs, including Sudhir Mungatiwar and Ashish Deshmukh and opposition MLAs, the Legislative Assembly on Friday passed the Maharashtra Fruit Nurseries and Sale of Fruit…
