Mumbai: Buffeted by an anti-Hindi campaign led by the Thackeray cousins, CM Fadnavis Sunday announced that the state cabinet had decided to scrap two govt resolutions (GRs) to introduce Hindi as a third language for Class 1 students.The announcement came on a day when public protests against introducing Hindi in primary school started with Uddhav…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has planned to start a DTC inter-state, electric bus service to 17 cities across six states, senior officials have said.Transport minister Pankaj Singh recently approved the proposal during a board meeting that would allow DTC buses to operate beyond NCR.The places that the buses will travel to include five cities in…
Pune: Several educators in the state on Sunday reiterated that govt’s decision on the three-language policy announced earlier in June was taken in haste and without consultation with experts, leading to complete chaos that resulted in the resolution being revoked.Many asserted that the widespread opposition to the policy was not against the Hindi language, but…
Nagpur: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the Maharashtra govt under him took the historic decision of setting up three national law universities (NLUs)—at Mumbai, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar—to settle the debate over its location nearly a decade ago. He pointed out that no state in the country has such an arrangement,Fadnavis highlighted the role…
New Delhi: Cataract remains a significant source of preventable blindness, especially for elderly individuals. Unfortunately, many Indians postpone treatment because of widespread misconceptions and insufficient knowledge. In light of June being Cataract Awareness Month, health experts said detecting cataracts early could prevent unnecessary vision loss.Worldwide statistics indicate that cataract is responsible for 33% of blindness…
Pune: Jharkhand governor Santosh Gangwar said the true value of receiving graduation degrees extended beyond personal achievement, highlighting the importance of sensitivity towards others and a willingness to uplift those in need.Gangwar was speaking at the 15th convocation ceremony held on Saturday at The Pune Institute of Business Management (PIBM). He addressed the graduating class…
Mumbai: Although India recognised the living will through a landmark Supreme Court judgment in 2018, many remain uncertain about how to go about the process. To address this, a local hospital has established a weekly clinic to help patients and families prepare this legal document.Hinduja Hospital in Mahim began the living will clinic last week,…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has sought the stand of police on a plea that has alleged lapses in the handling and safety of girls rescued from being exploited sexually in a racket in the capital.The plea alleged that the authorities did not ensure the proper transfer of custody of the girls who were rescued…
Pune: Cyber crime investigators in the city said they’ve now been approached by five more women who said they’ve been cheated by an Australia-based Indian man who was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly duping a Pune techie of Rs 3.6 crore in a case of matrimonial fraud.“The five women are mostly from Mumbai and Delhi….
Thane: The Special NIA Mumbai court gave permission to Shamil Nachan to attend the funeral of his father, Saquib Nachan, which is to be held on Monday at Padgha village in Thane District. Sixty-three-year-old former SIMI activist Saqib Nachan, who was arrested by NIA in the ISIS Maharashtra module case in 2023, died on Saturday…
