Mumbai: In a significant move to revive fee oversight in private schools, the state govt has reconstituted the long-dormant revision committee under the Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fee) Act, 2011, restoring a key appellate mechanism that had remained largely defunct for the past few years.Retired Bombay High Court Judge M G Gaikwad has been…
Scientists have found a new species of mahogany in Zanzibar. This represents a significant finding for those working on rare forests in East Africa. But there is an ominous warning that only 30 adult trees of this new mahogany species exist in the wild. This means that the newly found plant has been critically endangered…
Trump has warned that any ship in international waters that had paid transit fees to Iran could be intercepted. (AI image) The Donald Trump administration has implemented a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Iran ceasefire even as peace talks have failed. What does this blockade of the crucial Strait of Hormuz by…
Pune: The Pune city police have implemented a mandatory helmet rule for police personnel following orders from the state director general of police (DGP) office.The state DGP office issued a circular on Friday directing all police personnel travelling on two-wheelers to wear helmets while riding. The order noted that, except in Mumbai and Nagpur, police…
Ludhiana: A group of robbers targeted a building construction material shop on 33 Feet Road in Jamalpur and decamped with cash and a mobile phone on Tuesday. The shop owner managed to briefly nab one of the accused, but the accomplices pelted bricks at him and helped their aide escape.The victim, Ram Nath Gupta, a…
Pune: Residents of temple town Alandi are paying a hefty cost to survive because irregular and inadequate potable water supply by the civic council has forced them to buy water on a daily basis upping their financial burden.“We spend Rs30 to Rs50 on water every day. It adds up to a huge monthly expense for…
Mangaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) plans to issue II PU mark sheets exclusively through DigiLocker from the next academic year, raising concerns among students applying to foreign universities that still require physical copies.Officials said the digital documents are legally valid under the Information Technology Act and can be used for college admissions. However,…
China’s export growth slowed sharply in March, with a year-on-year rise of just 2.5% as the Middle East war continues to cast a shadow over global demand and energy markets. The latest customs figures not only fell below expectations but also marked a sharp slowdown from the 21.8% growth seen in the first two months…
Calangute: Calangute police on Tuesday evening launched a special drive against touts in Calangute and Baga, arresting 13 individuals, each fined Rs 5,000 under the Tourist Trade (Prevention of Unlawful Activities) Act. The crackdown follows two viral videos that surfaced showing drugs being sold openly on the Calangute beach promenade and a Russian woman soliciting…
CHENNAI: Former Union minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the representation of southern states will reduce to 20.7% while the representation of northern states will increase after delimitation.Calling delimitation exercise a “mischievous, diabolical move to radically alter the federal balance”, Chidambaram said on X that the southern states will lose their representation after delimitation.“When…
