Maha: Ajit Pawar warns officials against taking advantage of their position
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday warned officials against taking advantage of their posts like in case of the alleged malpractices in the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) and asked them to ensure proper functioning of educational institutions.
(With inputs from agencies)
Meme war in Maharashtra politics: Nawab Malik, Nitesh Rane lock horns
Stepping ahead of verbal attacks and slogans, Maharashtra politics has delved into the cutting-edge meme war. Taking to Twitter, BJP leader Nitesh Rane mocked Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Saturday.
On 60th b'day, visionary Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar gifts 'eyesight'
Turning 60 today (December 25), Mumbai's busy-bee Mayor Kishori Pednekar did not celebrate her birthday alone - but saw to it that around 100 unfortunate "sightless" people could look forward to a better life.
Maha govt's refusal to slash excise duty on fuel exposes hollowness of its leaders: Fadnavis
Two hours mega block planned on Pune-Mumbai expressway next week
Lockdown in Maha only if daily oxygen demand touches 800 MT: minister
Fresh lockdown will be imposed in Maharashtra only if the demand for medical oxygen touches 800 metric tons per day, public health minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday.
Panel probing allegations against Anil Deshmukh makes COVID-19 test mandatory
The Justice K U Chandiwal commission which is conducting inquiry into corruption allegations against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Friday made RT-PCR test mandatory for everyone attending its hearings here.
Mumbai records 757 COVID-19 cases, rise for third straight day; no deaths
Bus routes 11,87,316,317,255 etc. restored via Ramakrishna Paramhans Road MIG , Bandra East in both the directions from 14.30 hrs today.
2 new cases of Omicron variant have been reported from Aurangabad in Maharashtra today
Gujarat has topped the composite ranking in the Good Governance Index (GGI), followed by Maharashtra and Goa while Uttar Pradesh showed an incremental growth of 8.9 per cent in the indicators launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the occasion of the Good Governance Day on Saturday.
Maharashtra: 1485 new Covid-19 positive cases
Sudden rise of new Covid cases in Navi Mumbai
Amid the rising concern of the Omicron variant, there is a sudden rise in the number of active cases of Covid under the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. In the last 15 days, the civic body saw a sharp rise of 31% in the number of active cases. The number of new cases reported per day has increased from 20 to 60.
In a First, MBMC Introduces Ambulance for Stray Dogs
In a first of its kind initiative in the district, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has introduced a special mini ambulance to ferry injured stray animals-especially dogs in the twin-city. The ambulance which has been procured from Mayor- Jyotsna Hasnale’s development funds was flagged-off from the main administrative building of the MBMC on Friday.
Maha: 3 held for using skimmer machine, card writer to dupe people in ATMs
Three people have been arrested for allegedly stealing money from ATMs by obtaining bank account data with the help of skimmer equipment and card writer, police in Thane in Maharashtra said on Saturday.
Three arrested for card cloning and cheating people
The Shil-Daighar police in Thane have arrested three people for cheating a 65-year-old woman to a tune of Rs 73, 200. The accused based from Uttar Pradesh use to come to Thane and Mumbai for cheating. The police found data of 414 ATM card in the laptop seized from the accused and suspect cheating of crores by the accused.
FPJ-Ed: Omicron scare - some education institutes issue new guidelines, others strengthen older ones
Educational institutes, especially post graduate ones seem to have taken the new variant Omicron seriously, and rightly so it seems. From issuing fresh timings for hostel and campus entry and exit, even taking a stroll in the evening is bound by rules.