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Mumbai: A day after the controversy over expletives in course registration forms and hall-tickets of students from Bandra’s Government Polytechnic College came to light, an internal inquiry committee report found that the documents were “externally tampered with” and not from within the college. Higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil, taking cognizance of the matter,…

Mumbai: Bombay high court has set aside Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s directions for closure of a ready mix concrete plant in Ghodbunder village, Mira Bhayandar, observing it was at the behest of transport minister Pratap Sarnaik. “Quite clearly the communication dated Oct 8 containing the closure directions has been issued by the regional officer, MPCB…

Mumbai: The state forest dept has been instructed to submit a proposal to the cabinet to declare the increasing incidents of leopard attacks on humans as a state disaster. Further, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed for a proposal to be submitted to exclude leopards from Schedule-1 of the Wildlife Protection Act and to include…

Mumbai: After three civic staffers, including a medical health officer, were suspended over irregularities in issuance of birth certificate, the BMC is drafting a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) to standardise how ward-level medical officers should handle requests, especially for those concerning delayed registration of births.On Tuesday, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, who was the first…