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'Despite 2014 SC order, no policy yet for transpersons'

Mumbai: A transgender applicant for police sub-inspector post approached Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) saying the state has made no reservations for transpersons.

Deduct maintenance from salary accounts, says court

Ensure It Is Accessible To Victims Of Domestic Violence

Neglected spaces under Aarey, Oberoi flyovers to get a makeover File nic

Mumbai: The areas underneath the flyovers of the Western Express Highway near Aarey and Oberoi junctions will undergo a transformation as part of the beautification works under the PSouth ward.

Youth can get education, not jobs, says Rahul as he attacks Centre in Nanded

Aurangabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Maharashtra at Nanded while leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, on Tuesday criticized the Centre by saying that the youth in the country can get education but not employment.

112 of 123 MoUs with MIDC in MVA regime had progressed

91% IN STAGE OF BEING ALLOTTED LAND

Truck driver and cleaner run away with goods worth ₹13L

Thane: A driver and a cleaner working at a transport company stole mobile phones and other articles from an e-trailer worth over Rs 13 lakh that was bound from Bangalore to Bhiwandi.

Fake motorman dupes 8 of ₹21L by promising rly jobs

Kalyan: Kalyan police have arrested a 45-yearold conman who posted a video of himself as a train motorman on social media and allegedly used it to dupe unsuspecting victims of a total of Rs 21 lakh by promising them railway jobs for a “commission”.

Sule to Sattar: When at centre of power, need a civil tongue

Mumbai: MP Supriya Sule of the NCP on Tuesday reacted to the apparent use of a swear word against her by agriculture minister Abdul Sattar of the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, saying the “statements made by a minister are not the culture of Maharashtra and are not expected from people sitting at the power centre”.

FIR against two for tampering with ATM, withdrawing ₹1.4L

Mumbai: One-and-a-half month after a bank manager complained about fraudulent extraction of Rs 1.4 lakh from the bank’s ATM, the Goregaon police registered an FIR against two unknown individuals on Monday.

Cartelisation allegation hits ₹20cr beautification works; bids junked

Mumbai: With allegations of rigging and cartelisation plaguing almost all the BMC tenders, the civic body on Monday scrapped tenders worth nearly Rs 20 crore for beautification works in the Andheri (West) area.

Shinde Sena: Will send Ajit, Aaditya defamation notices for khoke taunt

Mumbai: Hitting back at the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balsaheb Thackeray) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for alleging that the MLAs from the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena had taken 50 khoke to rebel against the Uddhav Thackeray-led party and join the government with the BJP, Shinde faction spokesperson Vijay Shivtare has said that defamation notices will be sent to NCP leaders Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule and Thackeray faction Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray.

Amid an outbreak of measles in 5 Govandi localities, 3 kids dead

Mumbai: There is an outbreak of measles, one of the most contagious viral diseases, in at least five localities in and near Govandi since September 2022, and at least one child has reportedly died due to complications of the disease along with malnutrition.

Toxic air linked to heart attack risk: Study

In cities like Delhi that are already having chronic elevation of air pollution, it predisposes people at high risk to develop heart disease, said Dr Mohit Gupta, professor of cardiology at G B Pant hospital, Delhi

After cattle hits, Vande Bharat runs over woman in Guj

The woman was crossing rly tracks at Anand station

7 CMC Vellore MBBS students suspended in ragging case

Chennai: Christian Medical College in Vellore has suspended seven senior medical students for ragging after videos of first-year MBBS students being beaten up, stripped and tortured went viral on social media

Quota for J&K terror victims in MBBS seats across India

Srinagar: The Centre has reserved medical seats this year in government-run colleges across the country for children maimed by terrorism in J&K or whose parent(s) either died or suffered permanent disability in a terrorist attack.

UN acts against 'greenwashing' climate pledges

A high-level expert group of the UN on Tuesday recommended regulatory provisions to crack down on businesses or non-state actors pledging net-zero emission goals without credible action on the ground.

MAT to Maha: Reserve one police post for transpersons

The state was told to create the post from this year itself after the petitioner pointed out the sub-inspector’s exam was held on October 8. The state also has to reserve one spot for all next promotional posts

Evelyn de Rothschild, scion of banking dynasty, dies at 91

Evelyn de Rothschild, who as a London scion of the European banking dynasty helped Britain privatise its railroads, steel and coal, died on Monday in London.

Facing a tide of criticism, Musk's tweeting through it

Under pressure and fa-cing a wave of criticism, Elon Musk has increasingly turned to his favourite release valve: Twitter.

Sex assaults, druggings: Cornell halts frat parties

VARSITY UNDER SCANNER

China is accused of 'aggressive election interference' in Canada

Ottawa: China is playing “aggressive games” with democracies and Canadian institutions, PM Justin Trudeau warned on Monday following a report of foreign interference in its elections.

Zelensky: Will talk with Russia on our terms

A Ukrainian soldier fires artillery towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut on Tuesday

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' request for new trial rejected

Theranos founder Eliza-beth Holmes’ request for a new trial was denied by a federal judge in California on Monday, court documents showed.

Do not 'greenwash' climate pledges: UN panel to pvt entities

UN chief Guterres said, ‘Using bogus net zero’ pledges to cover up fossil fuel expansion is reprehensible’

Pak police open probe, name lone shooter in gun attack on Imran

Islamabad: Pakistani police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into a failed assassination attempt on former PM Imran Khan and said just one shooter was involved.

Poll results may cripple Biden, turbocharge Trump for WH bid

Dems’ Loss Of House Majority Likely Certain, But Hope Alive For Senate Win

Monalisa celebrate 20 yrs of being Mona and Lisa

Kolkata: It’s a story that might make even Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa flash a less enigmatic smile.

Parab named in cheating FIR over Dapoli resorts

Navi Mumbai: A cheating case has been registered against MLC Anil Parab of Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction and 2 others over sea-facing resorts in Dapoli, Ratnagiri on a complaint by the BDO.

Andheri gridlocked for 2nd day, but BMC & WR pass buck on razing key bridge

Locals want the Army to reconstruct the bridge “on a war-footing”