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1,417 reserved category candidates cross minimum qualifying mark

In Kota, one of the country’s biggest coaching hubs for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), one family has reason to be proud.

More girls on merit list compared to last year

More girls have made it to the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) merit list from the Bombay zone this year compared to last year.

Adarsh panel summons Ashok Chavan

Former chief minister Ashok Chavan, who had to resign due to the Adarsh society controversy, will appear before the commission probing the episode next week.

State topper secures eighth position on all-India merit list

When the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) merit list was announced on Friday, Maharashtra topper, Manik Dhar, was happy but not surprised.

State in talks with VW, auto companies: Chavan

A day after Volkswagen reportedly decided to put the proposed Rs.2,000 crore investment plan in the state on hold, over the Value Added Tax (VAT) refund dispute, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said that the government was in touch with the car manufacturing giant.

Cop mocked us, we had to do his job, says Kakkad’s family

From speculating that Karan Kakkad could be in Goa after committing a crime, to alleging that he had made a temporary passport to visit Bangkok, Saifuddin Shaikh, assistant inspector at Amboli police station, gave several reasons to delay investigation into the missing complaint which was lodged on March 9, the aspiring producer’s family alleged.

Country’s first monorail to get operational in December

Though delayed by almost 18 months, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has claimed that the country’s first monorail service, between Wadala and Chembur, will be commercially operational by the end of the year.

CM orders probe to clear name in housing project controversy

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is trying to clear his name after allegations were made that he favoured a builder in redeveloping a housing society in Thane.

Start work, don’t wait for directive: state to schools

The state government wants schools to begin the process of admitting 25% poor students in their schools and not wait for any official notification.

200 policemen want posts in Thane rural

Nearly 200 police inspectors, who have completed their tenure in the city, want to be posted in Thane rural area.

15,000 paper vendors go on day-long strike

Around 15,000 newspaper vendors from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar and Thane will go on a one-day strike on Saturday, protesting the death of a vendor during a civic drive against hawkers.

Registered car outside city to evade tax? Get ready to pay up

If you live in Mumbai but own a car registered outside the city, then get ready to pay 4.5% octroi duty to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Failure to do so may result in your car being seized and auctioned.

Poor students will not get to study in city’s top schools

Students falling under the Right to Education Act’s 25% quota for poor and socially disadvantaged students will not get a chance to study in the city’s top schools, a s a majority of them are minority unaided schools.

CR collects trains, engines from decades ago for heritage gallery

In a bid to preserve the country’s industrial heritage, the Central Railway (CR) inaugurated a heritage gallery at its Matunga Workshop on May 11. Huge wagons, trolleys, engines and other spare parts from decades ago have been collected and kept here. Prajakta Chavan reports.

Croc found at Mulund released in Tulsi lake

Forest officials rescued a six-feet-long crocodile stranded in a dry nullah in a residential area of Mulund late on Thursday night. The eight-year-old reptile was kept captive in a small pond in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) before being released in the Tulsi lake in Powai on Friday.
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