Mumbai

The state government will institute an inquiry to find out the culprit(s) behind the false claim that Mumbai University has a five-star rating from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (Naac). The claim appeared in an advertisement regarding the university’s recently-held convocation ceremony. Higher and technical education minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that the government will initiate an inquiry into the matter and also issue a warning to acting vice-chancellor C…

Nearly 15 days after Laxmi killed an unidentified man at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan in Byculla, the state government has decided to shift the elephant and her zoo mate, Anarkali, to the custody of the forest department.Following a directive of the central zoo authority (CZA), which bars all zoos from keeping elephants, the government has started the official procedure to shift the 55-year-old Laxmi and 46-year-old Anarkali, said minister of state for urban development Bhaskar Jadhav …

The mood of victory turned sour for Nerul NCP corporator Netra Shirke, when a chopper-wielding person launched a physical attack on her. The incident took place at Nerul’s SBI Colony.Shirke, who won the elections from ward number 73, was returning to her constituency with her husband, when she received a call from someone claiming to be her supporter, saying that a group of people wanted to felicitate her at SBI Colony. When she reached there with her husband Ashish, some unidentified p…

NMMC (Navi mumbai municipal corporation) elections was held peacefully on April 11, Sunday except one incident of riot on bogus

In the recently-accounted fiscal year (2009-2010), Thane district’s revenue reached Rs370.38 crore and that made it one of the highest revenue earners among the six revenue sources in the Konkan division.The total amount incurred by revenue department of Thane Collectorate has exceeded the set target of Rs334.14 crore. Amol Yadav, resident deputy collector at Thane Collectorate said, ?Thane District Collectorate has achieved its revenue target for 2009-2010. In fact, we have ex…