The internal circular of an insurance company stating the exclusion of diseases from a medical insurance policy are not binding on the consumers, said the Mumbai district consumer forum while awarding Rs1.5 lakh as compensation to a man for health insurance claims that had been denied to him. Charul Shah reports.
NDA constituent Shiv Sena today termed the decision of the JD(U) to break away from the BJP-led alliance as unfortunate and said the hasty move will benefit the Congress.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's decision to usher the third generation leaders to handle the crucial 2014 polls has raised several eyebrows even in his own party.
Even as potholes have begun making an appearance on several roads across the city, contractors have quoted abysmally low prices to fill trenches dug on the roads. With low prices translating into low quality of work more often than not, your ride seems set to get bumpier this monsoon.
Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on public information infrastructure and innovations, today expressed confidence that the country will regain the growth rate of 8% soon.
One in five senior citizens in the country faces abuse, mostly in the form of disrespect and verbal abuse, revealed a survey by HelpAge India, a national non-profit organisation, on the eve of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day , which will be observed on Saturday.
The much awaited Eastern Freeway, which was partially opened for traffic on Friday, experienced normal traffic amid incessant rains on the first day. However, the entry points to the freeway witnessed traffic congestion in the evening.
The alleged Rs. 70,000-crore irrigation scam, which had rocked the Maharashtra assembly last year, and had led to a public blame game between alliance partners Congress and the NCP, has resulted in the government tightening norms for cost escalations in such projects. Ketaki Ghoge reports.
While more than 200 cases of card cloning have been registered with the cyber wing of the Mumbai police since late last year, not one has been solved till date.
Around 150 passengers were stuck inside a Jeddah-bound Air India aircraft for at least two hours today evening. Soubhik Mitra reports.
The Bombay high court on Monday issued a notice to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray following a contempt petition filed over his alleged remarks against the court in 2012.
While ignoring MPs from Mumbai, Vidarbha and Central Maharashtra during the Union cabinet reshuffle on Monday, the Congress high command gave a strong message to senior party leaders in the state: work harder ahead of elections.
Dharmendra Jore reports.
After accounting for the largest number of deaths on railway tracks and highways in the country, Maharashtra has also earned the notoriety of having the highest number of unidentified human bodies in the country last year. Pratik Salunke reports.
More than 30 years ago, Paul Durai, then a carefree adolescent from a village in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, failed his Class 10 board exams. If he had to give the exams again today — particularly the science papers — Durai is confident that he would sail through.
The Meghwadi police on Friday arrested Dilip Bhosale, a sub-inspector in the ATS's Nagpada unit, and four other for allegedly duping Irani, an Andheri (East) of Rs. 62 lakh. HT reports.