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INS Betwa slips at Naval dockyard

INS Betwa slips at Naval dockyard

INS Betwa is a Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate and was on a refit as it had met with an accident. (HT file photo)

INS Betwa, a front line Brahmaputra-class frigate of the Indian Navy, which was undergoing refit at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai slipped on the dock blocks while the vessel was being undocked around 1.50pm on Monday. Two sailors are reported to be missing. Search operations to track them are underway. Read

Maharashtra govt scraps CET for medical admissions

The Maharashtra government on Monday announced that there won’t be any Common Entrance Test (CET) for medical admissions from 2017. After the confusion over NEET and MH-CET exams this year, the state has now made it clear that starting 2017, admissions to all medical courses will be conducted on the basis of NEET scores only. Read

Bal Thackeray’s will: Sanjay Raut likely to depose before HC today

The Bombay high court is likely to cross examine Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP and the executive editor of the party’s mouthpiece Saamana, on Monday in the ongoing case of validation of the will of late Sena chief Bal Thackeray. Raut was initially scheduled to appear before the court on October 10, but he had failed to do so and instead sent a message through a party member stating that he was out of town. Read

Demonetisation brouhaha: Opposition plans to corner Maharashtra government, CM says he is ready

Demonetisation will be the main weapon in the arsenal of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party-led Opposition, which will try to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government over various issues in the winter session of Maharashtra Legislature that begins in Nagpur on Monday. Read

Cashless economy may boost cyber crime: Experts

India’s move towards a cashless society could see a spurt in cyber crimes, said cyber security experts. Many people belonging to the lower middle class, especially senior citizens, are not educated when it comes to using the Internet for monetary transactions and will therefore become easy targets for cyber criminals. Read