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MUMBAI: With the high court and state govt having lifted multiple curbs on plaster of paris (PoP), giant creative Ganpati idols have risen across Mumbai this Ganeshotsav. TOI launches its annual series on festive sarvajanik Ganesh pandals that display remarkable grandeur and creativityChinchpokli Cha ChintamaniThe venerable 106-year-old Ganpati of the Girangaon (mill land) belt lords…

MUMBAI: A row has erupted within India’s scientific community over the conduct of faculty members at the recently concluded International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Mumbai. What was meant to be a showcase of young talent and India’s scientific leadership has turned into a flashpoint over academic activism, with nearly 300 scientists petitioning…

Palghar: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has taken suo motu cognizance in the fatal gas leak where four employees of Medley Pharmaceuticals died and two were injured after inhaling poisonous gas. The leak was later established as Nitrogen gas which was generated during the production of Albendazole.The NHRC has issued notices to the chief secretary…

Pune: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has insulted the community by granting one-day permission for their agitation and demanded that the state govt withdraw all conditions set for their protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.Jarange, who has cranked up pressure on the state govt, said the indefinite hunger…

Mumbai: A sessions court has acquitted four members of the Republican Party of India (Athawale Group) who were accused of attempting to murder a party official in 2017 over a minor dispute. The judge noted that the act of pouring flammable material on the victim appeared to be more of a political stunt than an…

Mumbai: Maharashtra school education department has, for the first time, released a monthly timetable of academic and administrative activities that each govt school must complete within the year, signalling an intent to exercise more control over teachers and students.The timetable specifies slots for preparation for 10th and 12th standard boards, annual proficiency test, scholarship exams,…

Mumbai: Bombay HC refused to permit medical termination of over eight-month pregnancy of a 15-year-old girl, a survivor of child abuse, in view of a JJ Hospital medical board’s opinion to continue it to full term, reports Rosy Sequeira.“Conscious of the right of the petitioner to reproductive freedom, her autonomy over the body and her…

Mumbai: The airport customs seized suspected hydroponic weed weighing 19.6 kg, with an illicit market value of approximately Rs 19.6 crore across three cases on Tuesday and Wednesday. Four passengers were arrested. In the first two cases, officers intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok and recovered 11.6 kg of narcotics. In the third case, they…

Kalyan: With MSEDCL‘s replacement of old electricity meters with new Time of Day (TOD) meters, Kalyan’s Badlapur and Vasai divisions saw the first instance of tampering with the TOD meters. One consumer tampered with a TOD meter by creating a hole in it, while another customer has been accused of attempting to reduce the meter’s…

Mumbai: The city crime branch on Thursday arrested one more accused in the murder case of former minister and NCP neta Baba Siddique. The accused, Amol Gaikwad, was detained from Pune. So far, 27 accused, including Gaikwad, have been arrested in the murder case.The police filed a 4,590-page charge sheet against the accused persons in…