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JJ Fine Arts students skip classes, protest lack of teachers, facilities
The Times of India Mumbai

JJ Fine Arts students skip classes, protest lack of teachers, facilities

Close to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate fine arts students from JJ School of Art have taken their class and practical work outside their classrooms, on their campus grounds, to mark their protest against non-availability of teachers and basic infrastructural facilities, including hostels, girls’ toilets and well-equipped studios.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

Now, road in Worli to be shut for works

Traffic movement from Senapati Bapat road and SS Amrutrao Road towards Worli Naka shall be diverted through Dainik Shivneri Road-Dr E Moses Road towards Worli Naka.

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November 19, 2022
‘Might have dumped some body parts on way to work in Gurgaon’
The Times of India Mumbai

‘Might have dumped some body parts on way to work in Gurgaon’

A Delhi police team travelled to Gurgaon on Friday to record statements from the employers and colleagues of Aaftab Poonawala, who strangled his partner and chopped her body for disposal before being arrested six months after the crime.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

Delhi police in Vasai, record friend’s statement, seek past assault details

For the first time since Aaftab Poonawala’s arrest in Mehrauli on charges of murdering and disposing the body parts of his live-in-partner Shraddha Walkar on November 12, a Delhi police team on Friday arrived in Vasai in connection with the case.

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November 19, 2022
He was on drugs; chats show victim wished to break off with him: Cops
The Times of India Mumbai

He was on drugs; chats show victim wished to break off with him: Cops

Did Aftab Poonawala kill Shraddha Walkar for fear of being exposed? Delhi police are trying to ascertain, by scanning chat records and other phone details, whether this was why Aaftab strangled Shraddha and dismembered her body.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

‘Statement of injured BPO staffer crucial’

The grievously injured 24year-old BPO employee’s statement will be crucial in nailing her boyfriend who allegedly pushed her off an 18foot-high water tank on the 15th floor of La Belleza building in Dahisar (East) this past Sunday, said the police.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

Qatar bans sale of beer at World Cup stadiums

Qatar banned the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums on Friday, a sudden U-turn on the deal it made to secure the soccer tournament—only two days before the opening game.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

Hyd startup launches India’s first pvt rocket

Hyderabad-based space tech startup Skyroot Aerospace created history Friday when it successfully launched India’s first privately built launch vehicle, Vikram-S, into suborbital space.

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November 19, 2022
2 kids drown in Worli, 3 rescued in nick of time
The Times of India Mumbai

2 kids drown in Worli, 3 rescued in nick of time

Two children drowned, while three others were rescued after they ventured into the sea near Worli Koliwada around 3 pm Friday. Even as a 79-year-old fisherman managed to rescue one of the kids, the other two were rescued by the parent accompanying them. His ward was one of the kids that drowned.

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November 19, 2022
Max tenure for PSU bank chiefs doubled to 10 yrs
The Times of India Mumbai

Max tenure for PSU bank chiefs doubled to 10 yrs

The government has doubled the maximum term for chiefs of public sector banks to 10 years from 5 years earlier by amending the Nationalised Banks Scheme, 1970. The notification, which applies to executive directors and MDs, allows for a term of five years, extendable for another five years. The retirement age remains same.

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November 19, 2022
Six dead, 4 hurt as SUV crashes into trailer on Mum-Pune eway
The Times of India Mumbai

Six dead, 4 hurt as SUV crashes into trailer on Mum-Pune eway

Six people died and four others were injured after their SUV crashed into a moving trailer ahead of it near Khopoli along the Mumbai-Pune expressway at 11.30pm Thursday.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

Shraddha went to cops in Nov 2020

Shraddha went to police in Nalasopara in Nov 2020 to complain about violence by Poonawala. She was asked to get medical test done. She, however, changed her mind

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November 19, 2022
Packet with Shraddha's head found in Ggn? Aaftab says cut body into 18 pieces
The Times of India Mumbai

Packet with Shraddha's head found in Ggn? Aaftab says cut body into 18 pieces

The police team probing Shraddha Walkar’s murder recovered a packet that could be the missing head of the victim. It was highly decomposed and has been sent for forensic examination.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

World Cup fallout: BCCI sacks men’s selection panel

BCCI on Friday decided to sack all four senior men’s national selectors—Chetan Sharma, Debasis Mohanty, Harvinder Singh and Sunil Joshi—following a disappointing T20 World Cup campaign.

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November 19, 2022
C’garh fights ED over choice of SC bench to hear PDS case
The Times of India Mumbai

C’garh fights ED over choice of SC bench to hear PDS case

The ED plea seeks transfer of the trial outside the state, alleging many witnesses turned hostile after grant of anticipatory bail by HC to accused Anil Tuteja and Alok Shukla, who are close to the state government.

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November 19, 2022
HC Questions NIAs Claim Of Terror Links, Gives Bail On Merit To Teltumbde
The Times of India Mumbai

HC Questions NIAs Claim Of Terror Links, Gives Bail On Merit To Teltumbde

Milind was killed in an encounter with security forces in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli last November.

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November 19, 2022
Can't ascribe motive to judge, says SC, issues contempt notice
The Times of India Mumbai

Can't ascribe motive to judge, says SC, issues contempt notice

Observing that judges are not infallible and can pass wrong judgements that can be corrected, the SC on Friday said that this does not allow parties to attribute motive to a judge, adding it will not tolerate parties scandalising the court.

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November 19, 2022
SC slams NIA, asks it to shift jailed Naviakha to house arrest in 24 hrs
The Times of India Mumbai

SC slams NIA, asks it to shift jailed Naviakha to house arrest in 24 hrs

Warns It Not To Seek Loopholes To 'Defy Our Orders’

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November 19, 2022
Cow attacks rescuers to 'free’ monkey friend
The Times of India Mumbai

Cow attacks rescuers to 'free’ monkey friend

The rescuers lured it with food and captured him with a butterfly net. Just at that moment, a cow came charging at the team.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

Woman’s body wrapped in plastic, Stuffed in bag near Yamuna e-way

At a time when Delhi’s Shraddha Walkar murder case has shocked the country, the body of a woman, in her early 20s, was found wrapped in plastic and stuffed inside a red trolley bag on the service lane near the busy Yamuna expressway in Mathura on Friday morning.

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November 19, 2022
In last 21 years, 22 of 74 chopper accidents fatal
The Times of India Mumbai

In last 21 years, 22 of 74 chopper accidents fatal

In the past 21 years, 74 helicopter accidents took place in India, out of which 22 were fatal ones.

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November 19, 2022
300 schoolkids made to attend Dera chief's e-satsang, probe on
The Times of India Mumbai

300 schoolkids made to attend Dera chief's e-satsang, probe on

Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) in UP’s Shahjahanpur has ordered a probe after a clip showing over 300 children in school uniform—who were with their teachers—attending an online satsang of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, a murder and rape convict, was widely circulated on social media.

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November 19, 2022
3rd cheetah moved to hunting enclosure at Kuno
The Times of India Mumbai

3rd cheetah moved to hunting enclosure at Kuno

Almost 12 days after cheetahs ‘Elton and Freddie’ were released into a larger enclosure at Kuno National Park as stage-II of their familiarisation with the new habitat, a third male named Oban was released on Friday.

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November 19, 2022
Women secure 2nd, 3rd ranks in NDA, Naval Academy finals
The Times of India Mumbai

Women secure 2nd, 3rd ranks in NDA, Naval Academy finals

Two women candidates have secured the second and third ranks in the final results for the tri-Service National Defence Academy (NDA) and the Naval Academy after the written examination and subsequent interviews conducted by the Services Selection Board (SSB) this year.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

12 killed, 5 hurt as truck falls into gorge in Uttarakhand

Twelve people, including two women, were killed and five others injured after a pickup vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a 700m-deep gorge on Dumak Road in Palla Jakhol village of Chamoli district on Friday evening.

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November 19, 2022
Airfares for popular year-end destinations soar on demand
The Times of India Mumbai

Airfares for popular year-end destinations soar on demand

After two straight years of damp squib New Year eves, revellers have started putting party plans into action as sky-high airfares for yearend travel to popular destinations such as Goa, Dubai, Singapore have indicated that third time’s going to be a charm.

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November 19, 2022
Court disagrees with NIA on Teltumbde role in Elgar plot
The Times of India Mumbai

Court disagrees with NIA on Teltumbde role in Elgar plot

Teltumbde surrendered on April 14, 2020, on SC orders and was taken into custody.

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November 19, 2022
EOW seeks to probe firms linked to Ajit Pawar in co-op bank scam
The Times of India Mumbai

EOW seeks to probe firms linked to Ajit Pawar in co-op bank scam

Mumbai police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has sought permission to investigate companies linked to leader of opposition Ajit Pawar and his MLA nephew Rohit Pawar in the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam, saying the companies had acquired sick sugar mills via auctions through suspicious transactions.

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November 19, 2022
The Times of India Mumbai

HC pulls up BMC over hawkers, says 'not one walkable road' in city

Observing that it is “disgraceful” that Mumbai’s roads have no space for walking, the Bombay high court on Friday slammed the BMC for making it a city for motorists, and not pedestrians.

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November 19, 2022
'It's a big deal that Miss India pageant is coming to Manipur'
The Times of India Mumbai

'It's a big deal that Miss India pageant is coming to Manipur'

I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT: ZUCHOBENI TÜNGOE, FEMINA MISS INDIA NAGALAND 2020

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November 19, 2022