MAHA GOVT GIVES NOD TO ACB FOR PROBE AGAINST PARAM BIR SINGH

July 16, 2021

Further trouble brews up for former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh, as the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau received permission from the state government to conduct an “open inquiry” against Singh on corruption charges. The probe is based on a letter that was written to the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)...

300 units of free electricity to Goa households if AAP wins, says Kejriwal

July 15, 2021

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal addressed a press conference during his two days visit to Goa. He said each family in Goa will get up to 300 units of electricity free per month if Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power in the state Assembly elections, due in February...

NCB arrests Mumbai doctor, seizes 10kg baked brownie made from hashish

July 14, 2021

NCB seized 10 kg of baked brownie cake made of Hashish, 320 g of Opium, 50 g Hashish and an intermediate quantity of Cocaine along with cash Rs 1,72,000 in Mumbai. Three people, including one Nigerian, got arrested. Officers said that interrogation is going on. Charania is a practicing Consulting...

PM Modi, Shah are my leaders, says Pankaja Munde as supporters protest

July 14, 2021

Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Pankaja Munde are unhappy over her sister Pritam Munde Khade not getting a ministerial berth in the recent Cabinet expansion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Miffed over not being accommodated in the Cabinet, 100 BJP workers from Beed and 50 workers from...

IIT-MADRAS RESEARCHERS DEVELOP AI-BASED MODEL TO FIND CANCER-CAUSING ALTERATIONS

July 13, 2021

Indian Institute of Technology Madras researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based Mathematical Model to identify cancer-causing alterations in cells. The algorithm uses a relatively unexplored technique of leveraging DNA composition to pinpoint genetic alterations responsible for cancer progression. Cancer is caused due to the uncontrolled growth of cells driven mainly by...

DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, ONLY 5 LAKH PATIENTS BENEFITED UNDER MJPJAY SCHEME

July 12, 2021

The United India Insurance Company has been appointed as the insurer for the flagship Health insurance scheme of the Maharashtra government, known as MJPJAY (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana) since 1st April 2020, co-incidentally exactly when the Covid Pandemic started. As of 31st March 2021, a total of 28,129,80...

ED SUMMONS PARAM BIR SINGH IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE

July 10, 2021

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to interrogate Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in a money laundering case linked to his allegation of a Rs 100 bribery-cum-extortion racket in the state police establishment that led to the resignation of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, officials said on Friday....

BMC BUILDS A COMMUNITY TOILET IN MUMBAI, AMENITIES INCLUDE TV AND FREE WI-FI

July 9, 2021

MUMBAI: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) built the city’s largest public toilet at Juhu Galli in Andheri (West). Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) President Bhai Jagtap inaugurated the facility on July 3.Spread across 4,000 sq. feet, the lavatory will cater to around 60,000 slum dwellers. Each family has to pay Rs...

Ex-Maha minister Deshmukh skips ED summons for 3rd time

July 6, 2021

While moving the Supreme Court for protection against coercive action by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the embattled ex-Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh skipped ED summon for the third time in a week. This time, he accused the central agency on Monday that its probe against him is ‘not transparent’....

12 BJP MLAS SUSPENDED FOR ABUSING MAHA SPEAKER, BJP CALLS IT CONSPIRACY

July 6, 2021

Twelve BJP MLAs on Monday were suspended for the period of one year from the Maharashtra Assembly for allegedly creating ruckus in ongoing monsoon session of the House and “misbehaving” with Speaker in-chair Bhaskar Jadhav. The motion to suspend the MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab...