Already cash-strapped, private aided schools in the city are now worried about how they will support reserved students. The state government is not going to reimburse the cost of educating children admitted in these schools through the 25% quota.
Dr Ambedkar Municipal School, a civic run school in Worli, is not far behind private city schools in terms of providing students with good education. The school has a tie-up with the non-profit group Muktangan, which has taken part of the school under its wing.
The Bandra police arrested three persons, including a female office bearer of a political party, for allegedly attempting to kidnap a 16-year-old girl on Thursday. The accused also tried to force the girl into marriage with her neighbour, the police said.
Rajesh Sawant, 10, who studies in a civic school, got the chance to study in the air-conditioned classrooms of Oberoi International School in Goregaon for 10 days two years ago. Sawant was part of Oberoi International’s community outreach programme.
In a major development, the crime branch on Thursday came across 12 live rounds of ammunition at the Andheri (West) residence of Vijay Palande, the main accused in the murder case of aspiring film producer Karan Kakkad and senior citizen Arun Tikku, during a search.
The top score this year at the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology is 385 out of 401 marks. JEE results were announced at midnight on Friday. Chairperson of the JEE office at IIT-Bombay confirmed the top score but declined to say anything further until the results were officially announced.
In a temporary reprieve for Venkateshwara Hatcheries Pvt Ltd and eight other group companies, the Bombay high court, last week, restrained the Maharashtra Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (MSEDCL) from recovering electricity charges at commercial rates from the group companies.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has claimed that the construction of Middle Vaitarana dam has been completed in a record time of less than three years. But the project took five years to get started, after environment clearance from the Centre came through in 2004.
It took one hour for Chembur resident Amit Palav to purchase a ticket for Nerul at Govandi station, and barely 15 minutes to reach the destination. Like Amit, many other passengers have been complaining about increased waiting period in ticket queues since the past few months.
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday dismissed rumours of political instability and ruled out any danger to his government from coalition politics.
“We have nothing against Anna Hazare’s meetings,” said Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Manikrao Thakre, refuting the allegations that his party had conspired to attack a vehicle in the social activist’s convoy in Nagpur on Wednesday.
The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) failed to take any action against the Adarsh society for 15 months despite complaints from a non-government organisation (NGO) pointing out various irregularities including violations of Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) norms.
The autorickshaw fare could increase considerably in the coming days as the one-member Hakim Committee appointed to restructure taxi and auto fare formulae is of the opinion that auto drivers should be compensated for the strenuous job of sitting in one position for hours.
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.