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CBI GRILLS ANIL DESHMUKH FOR OVER 10 HOURS IN RS 100 CR EXTORTION CASE

April 15, 2021

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh appeared before CBI in a Rs 100 crore extortion case. CBI on Monday issued a notice calling Deshmukh to join the agency’s probe into the allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh after he was removed from this post....

Maharashtra’s healthcare infra on the verge of collapse

April 13, 2021

From hospital beds to oxygen to Remdesivir injections to testing kits to healthcare workers, Maharashtra, the state worst hit by the Covid-19 second wave, is facing severe shortage, even as retailers, restaurants and theatres are reeling under the impact of harsh restrictions imposed last week by the authorities. While decision...

Vaze had been planning encounters in the name of terror, reveals NIA

April 10, 2021

Sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have revealed that suspended police officer Sachin Vaze did not just plan the Ambani residence bomb scare, but also the encounter of one or two people in the name of an ‘anti-terror’ act. In the investigation into the matter, former Commissioner of Mumbai...

Maharashtra Health Minister, Pawar at odds over Covid vaccine ‘shortage’

April 9, 2021

Even as Maharashtra’s Health Minister Rajesh Tope has expressed concerns over “vaccine shortage” and accused the Centre of “discrimination” against the state, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said that the Centre is cooperating with the state government in the ongoing pandemic. Talking to reporters, Tope said the state has...

Startup makes smokeless, safe sanitary pad disposal

March 15, 2021

Pune-based startup PadCare founded by 25-year-old engineering graduate Ajinkya Dahiya is playing the role of a game-changer in sustainable menstrual hygiene by coming up with the world’s first smokeless and safe sanitary pad disposal. “Did you know that it takes 800 years for a single sanitary napkin to decompose? Did...

3.1 CRORE PEOPLE IN ASSAM HAVE BEEN FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION IN NRC: RTI

March 12, 2021

Ahead of crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, information under RTI has revealed that the Centre is yet to take any decision to prepare the National Register of Citizens (NRC), at the national level. It has also emerged that the rules and regulations for...

MAHARASHTRA CM WARNS OF LOCKDOWN IF PEOPLE DON’T FOLLOW COVID-19 RULES, CASES IN INDIA ON THE RISE AGAIN

February 22, 2021

Amidst a surge in the number of Covid cases in Maharashtra, new restrictions have been announced in the state. In a virtual address on Sunday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that it would be ascertained in two weeks whether this is a second wave of Covid-19, adding that there might be...

After 40 days, FIR lodged in Bhandara hospital fire case, two nurses booked

February 20, 2021

After 40 days, police finally registered an FIR in heart-wrenching Bhandara district hospital fire tragedy that claimed lives of 10 infants. The two nurses—Shubhangi Sathavane and Smita Ambildhuke who were on duty while the fire broke—have been named in FIR. They are booked under Section 304 of the Indian Penal...

Sushant Singh case: HC quashes FIR against actor’s sister Meetu Singh

February 16, 2021

The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed an FIR registered by the Mumbai Police against Meetu Singh, sister of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. However other sister of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Priyanka Singh, will have to face prosecution. This FIR was filed by Mumbai Police after Rhea...

LATUR ZILLA PARISHAD CUTS SALARY OF 7 EMPLOYEES FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF PARENTS

February 15, 2021

Latur Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra has deducted 30% salary of seven of its employees for not taking care of their old parents, 15% each for mother and father who were neglected. After deduction, the amount was sent to the bank accounts of the neglected old parents. This proposal of slashing...

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