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Anand Teltumbde, who taught at IIT-Kharagpur and later at the Goa Institute of Management before his arrest on April 14, is also alleged to have "inspired" his younger brother, Milind Teltumbde, who has been named in the chargesheet as an absconding accused and top operative of CPI (Maoist).

The accused, a resident of Kerhale village at Raver taluka, was arrested Thursday for murdering, inflicting fatal injury on a girl while committing rape and trespassing into a house having already prepared to hurt its occupants, said Pravin Mundhe, Superintendent of Police, Jalgaon.

Students' organisation 'Prahar', founded by Minister of State for Education Bacchu Kadu criticised Gaikwad's decision to stay an inquiry against Nashik-based St Francis High School and Panvel-based St Joseph High School over complaints of overcharging of fees by parents.

A division bench of Justice Nitin M Jamdar and Justice Milind N Jadhav was hearing TV Today's plea against a July 31 BARC order and warning letter imposing the fine on the network and alleging 'viewership malpractice and violation of the Council's code of conduct.

Police, meanwhile, have added IPC sections (174, 179, 201 and 204) related to not responding to an order by a public servant, refusing to answer public servant authorised to question and destruction of evidence to the FIR in the ongoing probe into the 'TRP scam'.

Hospitals are increasingly demanding to dereserve Covid beds. According to Bomi Bhote, president of Association of Hospitals in Pune, a letter was sent to the authorities to free up beds as the load of non-Covid patients requiring hospitalisation is on the rise.

Pawar, who recently visited rain-affected areas in Pune and Solapur districts, had complained of weakness. He consulted doctors at a Mumbai-based super-specialty hospital, said sources. Hospital authorities, however, refused to comment or release a statement.

Suburban train services were shut down on March 23 during the lockdown. While partial resumption of services was announced on June 15, only those deemed to be essential service providers were allowed to board these trains after being allotted a special pass.

Most of the buses in this plan will be midi-buses acquired by the PMPML to operate in congested old city areas. To operate the service, the PMPML has identified 37 new routes after feedback from passengers, its drivers and conductors and ticket sales data.

On Friday, Yashwant Jadhav had moved the proposal at the general body meeting to disqualify Bhalchandra Shirsat as a Standing Committee member as he is not an elected corporator. The proposal was backed by the opposition (Congress and NCP) in the BMC.

Mumbai has more than 2,500 restaurant and bars. Several of these establishments which had purchased liquor from wine traders in January and February said their stock remained unsold due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown in Maharashtra since March.

The Maharashtra government had on Wednesday issued a notification stating that the 'general consent' to the CBI given by the state to the agency in 1989 was being withdrawn. Henceforth, the CBI will need to seek permission from the state government.