Kharghar News

The state government will consider a ban on the chewing of tobacco in public places as well as more taxes on tobacco to fund healthcare. Source: Mumbai News

Bombay High Court on Thursday directed that the Charity Commissioner be informed about objections to the proposed redevelopment of the Zainabia Imambada, a two storeyed religious shrine of Shias at Bhendi Bazaar. Source: Mumbai News

Tata Memorial Hospital doctors presented CM Devendra Fadnavis with a plan to improve cancer prevention, treatment and control in the state on World Cancer Day on Wednesday. Source: Mumbai News

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

For close to two decades, a Sion resident (64), filed a number of petitions over the property of a man, Deepak Patel, who died in 1996, claiming at various times to be his caretaker and then his wife. In a relief to the man’s two children, the Bombay HC has put a stop to her litigations and refused to restore her latest petition, which was dismissed for want of prosecution. 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

An offence has been registered against the directors of Birla Power Solutions Private Limited for allegedly duping a private firm from Kandivli of Rs 20 crore. 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

As many as eight places in Kolkata and Mumbai were raided by the CBI recently in connection with the Rs 4 crore crane overhaul scam at the Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL). Source: Mumbai News

How does one paint the works of 19th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, or that of popular Indian lyricist Gulzar? That’s a question Pakistani artist Shahid Rassam answers through a series of paintings that illustrate the writings of both poets. Source: Mumbai News