The Supreme Court on Wednesday didn’t stay a new Maharashtra law to prevent obscenity in dance bars, but it allowed the state’s dance bars – that have been granted a license – to operate without having to implement the law that puts these bars under CCTV surveillance. The court said putting CCTVs in dance bars may violate the privacy of people patronizing the […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah completed his five-year term today and he has not been given any extension as expected. A communication from President’s Office stated that Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra, will discharge the functions of the Governor of Tamil Nadu, in addition to his own duties, until regular arrangements for the office of the Governor of Tamil […]
» Read moreWadala girl Malvika Joshi (17), who dropped out of formal schooling at the age of 12, has secured a place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), defying the undue weightage given to marks and degrees. With a talent for computer programming, Malvika never passed 10th or 12th. But she landed an MIT scholarship to pursue a BSc degree by […]
» Read moreon Wednesday as autorickhsaws are expected to remain off the road. The Mumbai Autorickshawmen’s Union has given a strike call against the state government’s “failure” to regulate vehicles affiliated with cab aggregators. Shashank Rao of the union said, “Around 1 lakh autorickshaws will not ply on Wednesday as the state government has been ignoring their demands, which is affecting their […]
» Read moreA Lamborghini sports car gifted by BJP MLA Narendra Mehta to his wife on her birthday on August 26.
» Read moreThe Bombay High Court on Friday allowed women to enter inside the sanctum of the Haji Ali dargah. A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere said the ban order by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust contravenes Article 14 (equality before law within India), 15 (prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, caste, sex), 19 (1)(d) […]
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