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Children who spend more than two hours a day in front of a screen could have a 30% higher risk of suffering from high blood pressure later in life, according to a new European study. Source: Mumbai News

Although railway minister Suresh Prabhu has proposed debit card based ticketing machines, the banking industry has pushed for mobile-based ticketing as the best way forward for reducing queues and cost savings for Indian Railways. Source: Mumbai News

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday reiterated his government is committed to protect open spaces in the city, adding there was no question of allowing any kind of development in the Aarey colony precinct Source: Mumbai News

A Saamna editorial on Thursday warned the NDA government that anger against the land acquisition legislation may trigger an “inferno” of unrest across the country, in a clear indication that the Shiv Sena was on collision course with the BJP Source: Mumbai News

The rift in the BMC between BJP and Shiv Sena only got wider Source: Mumbai News

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to acquire a 1,075 sq mtr plot, currently reserved as playground, in Dahisar (E) near Vaishali Nagar Source: Mumbai News

Minister of state for home Ram Shinde on Thursday said that the investigation of veteran communist Govind Pansare’s murder would be given to the CBI if the police failed to crack the case. Source: Mumbai News

A 43-year-old Khandala resident accused of rape found relief in the Bombay high court after the state challenged his acquittal in a 1990 case. Source: Mumbai News

The volume of test-takers from the country for the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) grew by 20% in 2014, compared to 2013. Source: Mumbai News

A week after Mumbai University vice-chancellor Rajan Welukar was told to abstain from discharging his duties by the chancellor, he moved the Supreme Court, seeking a stay on two Bombay high court orders which sought to reconsider his eligibility criteria. Source: Mumbai News