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People who visited an exhibition of books on Mahatma Gandhi recently were astounded to see volumes being sold for as little as Rs 3. The week-long rebate surrounding Bapu’s 67th death anniversary sold a record 7,400 books worth Rs 3.7 lakh Source: Mumbai News

The state government on Thursday told the Bombay high court that it has granted sanction for 179 posts of judges to preside over fast-track courts at the district level to conduct trials in criminal cases, including crimes against women Source: Mumbai News

In a boost for the BJP government in Maharashtra, Bombay high court on Thursday dismissed a bunch of petitions challenging a state notification, which required developers or land owners toset aside 20 % of the plot for affordable housing Source: Mumbai News

A special trial judge on Tuesday held Khar-based developer Ravi Punjabi and five others guilty of extortion and of being members of an organized crime syndicate, headed by wanted gangster Ravi Pujari. Source: Mumbai News

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has drafted a plan to deploy nearly 1,000 sub-inspectors to tackle cybercrime. The development comes a day after the state government sought the Centre’s nod for a cyber emergency response team (CERT). Source: Mumbai News

A parked luxury bus at the Thane RTO caught fire on Tuesday, creating panic among officials and visitors. This is the third fire at an RTO office in the state. Source: Mumbai News

The least number of bird species were spotted at the 11th Mumbai bird race on February 1, showing a declining trend since 2005. Source: Mumbai News

The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed a senior software consultant working with an IT MNC to pay Rs 25,000 as monthly maintenance for his 12-year-old daughter who lives with his former wife. Source: Mumbai News

Local companies that lose foreign arbitration matters cannot evade consequences by filing a case in an Indian court, the Bombay high court ruled on Tuesday. Source: Mumbai News

Though the state has primarily decided to go ahead with increase in VAT instead of an LBT for cities other than Mumbai from the coming financial year, for the city, a change from octroi to GST may come from the 2016-17 fiscal. Source: Mumbai News