Yogesh Kulkarni

Amidst the power shift in Maharashtra and speculation about reallocation of portfolios, someone tried to pull a fast one on a legislator. The Mumbai crime branch has nabbed four persons who offered a Daund-based MLA a cabinet post in the state for Rs 100 crore.

Gold prices continued to surge ahead of the Gudi Padwa festival, with 10 gm of the 24-carat yellow metal priced at Rs 60,800 on Tuesday.

The crime branch, probing the racket where cabinet posts were offered for money, has found that one of the four arrested accused was reportedly in contact with the personal assistant of a senior politician from Delhi.

Investigation into the cash for cabinet berth racket has almost reached a dead-end with the police realising that the five arrested accused were conmen who did not wield any clout to manage such postings.

The fourth edition of the two-day annual skill development conference will begin in the city on December 28.

Mohan Ghatge of Ghatge-Patil Transport Company was elected chairman of the southern Maharashtra zonal council of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Sunday.

Music lovers can listen to Moklya Akashi, a song from the Marathi film 'Mol'

Winter made a comeback to the city on Saturday with temperature dropping by almost four degrees celsius over the last 24-hours.

Cities with high incidence of breast cancer are Bangalore (28.7%), Kolkata (27.5%), Chennai (26%), and Pune (25%), said cancer surgeon Rakesh Neve.

City’s Dnyansadhana College beat Kalyan’s Birla College by 166 runs in the first round of Dattu Thanekar Memorial Trophy Inter-College Cricket Tournament that was held at Central Maidan on Monday. The tournament was organised by Shri Anand Bharti Samaj of Thane.

The 28th industrial circle level Quality Control competition held at the regional level was organised by the CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), Maharashtra unit on September 9.

The break from sweltering heat brought by the cloud cover is likely to continue till Tuesday when the met department has forecast rain or thundershowers.

Sadhvi Thakur has not met her lawyer since October 23, when she was picked up by the ATS from Surat for her alleged involvement in Malegaon blast.

The crime branch, probing the racket where cabinet posts were offered for money, has found that one of the four arrested accused was reportedly in contact with the personal assistant of a senior politician from Delhi.

The city crime branch probing the racket where cabinet berths were offered for money arrested the alleged kingpin, Nandkishore Prashad alias N K Singh (59), from Jharkhand on Monday. Singh, who owns a mine in Jharkhand, is the fifth arrest in the case.

The arrested accused were identified as Riyaaz Sheikh (41), Yogesh Kulkarni (57), Sagar Sangwai (37) and Jaffar Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Usmani (53), the crime branch official said.

Lok Biradari Mitramandal Pune would organize a four-kilometre rainwalk on July 17 to raise awareness about the need and benefits of rainwater harvesting.

Students from R B Horangee and St Felix High School achieved outstanding success at the 4th Open National Taekwondo Championship. They secured a remarkable 35 gold, 40 silver, and 15 bronze medals. The young athletes showcased their skills across various taekwondo disciplines. Over 1,300 participants from across India competed in the event. Dignitaries and taekwondo masters attended the championship.

The tournament, which will go on till October 25, has more than 500 fencers across universities from the state taking part.

With the country entering the GST tax regimen in the coming 48 hours, stakeholders in the state have affirmed that initial hiccups are likely to happen to gain long term benefits.

Aurangabad, India has an increasing number of inquiries for Covid (CoV-2) vaccine, especially for booster doses. Officials in Aurangabad said that they do not have any stock left for Covid vaccines, but efforts are being made to acquire the vaccines. They acknowledged a sharp rise in people seeking Covid vaccines. Dr. Paras Mandlecha, the health officer of Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, said that efforts are on to arrange for doses. "In the wake of reports of a surge in Covid cases in China and a few other countries, the Covid Control Room is getting calls on the availability of vaccine doses. The top health officials have been apprised about the shortage of doses and we hope that the supply will be streamlined soon," he said. The shortage of doses is felt across the state this is because in recent times the vaccination drive has almost come to a standstill. The latest official data on Covid vaccination is available until the first week of November. The data showed that the municipal limits of Aurangabad had a target of 117 lakh beneficiaries and 85 and 66 received the first and the second doses respectively. Authorities said the vaccination statistics were by and large stagnant thereafter until the latest recent demand for doses.

Though the increased number of inquiries for Covid vaccination, especially for booster doses, has increased significantly, officials in Aurangabad said that they do not have any stock left for Covishield and Corbevax vaccines which had widely been used for vaccination drives in the past. However, efforts are being made to acquire the vaccines.

Cricket lovers from Aurangabad will have an opportunity to watch the upcoming finale of Indian Premier League (IPL) on a specially arranged public LCD display on May 29.