Post R R Patil’s death due to oral cancer, Maharashtra to take steps to cur...
Mumbai, Feb 18: Shocked by death of former Home Minister R R Patil due to oral cancer linked to chewing of tobacco, Maharashtra Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant today said the government will take steps to curb its consumption. “We cannot ban tobacco, but we will put curbs on tobacco consumption.... read more »
Minor girl raped, murdered in Lonavala hotel
The girl had gone to the hotel along with her family members to attend a wedding function on Sunday. She later went missing and her body with slit throat was found on the hotel’s terrace on Tuesday afternoon. The minor girl was sexually assaulted, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Manoj Kumar... read more »
Teesta and husband won’t be arrested, says SC: All you need to know a...
On Thursday, a new bench of the Supreme Court hearing the plea of activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband said that there was no need to arrest the two, as it reserved its orders on the anticipatory bail. The bench was hearing the plea of Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed, seeking anticipatory... read more »
Make in India: PM Modi vows to double output of defence manufacturing
NEW DELHI: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made a strong pitch for military indigenisation, saying that the country’s defence industry was at the core of his ‘Make in India’ mission. Inaugurating Aero India 2015 in Bengaluru, the prime minister said his government did... read more »
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