Bombay high court fines ex-deputy education director Rs 5L for withholding teacher’s pension | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Bombay high court imposed Rs 5 lakh cost on Sandeep Sangve, former deputy director of education (DDE), Mumbai region, for depriving a retired college teacher of pensionary benefits and directed him to pay the amount “from his pocket” to the Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund.Justices Ajey Gadkari and Milind Sathaye on July 24…

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Vacancies, full-time hiring delay push colleges to clock-hour basis teachers | Mumbai News

Mumbai: “What was once a stop-gap arrangement has now become the new normal,” said a senior faculty member from a city college, referring to the increasing dependence on clock-hour basis (CHB) teachers across Mumbai and state’s higher education institutions.Over the years, the number of ad hoc appointments has steadily risen, raising concerns about the “casualisation”…

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Record 10-tier human pyramids lend thrill to Mumbai’s rainy dahi handi in poll year | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Amid driving rain during Saturday’s festival of dahi handi, two govinda teams from Jogeshwari achieved a new record by forming 10-layer pyramids at three different venues in Thane and Ghatkopar. The upcoming civic polls served as a catalyst to fire up prize money and grand entertainment shows.In Mumbai, Maharashtrian enclaves like Dadar, Worli and…

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Extremely heavy rainfall forecast for Konkan and Madhya Maha till Aug 18 | Mumbai News

Pune: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday upgraded weather warnings for Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra to ‘red’, forecasting extremely heavy rainfall till Aug 18 as a low-pressure area over south Chhattisgarh continues to influence weather patterns. Incessant rainfall led to three deaths in two rain-related tragedies in Nanded following monsoon revival in Marathwada. Meanwhile, significant rainfall…

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