New Delhi, Jun 17 (PTI) Cases of a low weight at birth from four states — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West Bengal — account for nearly half of India’s cases, despite an overall progress in lowering rates over the last 30 years, an analysis of the National Family Health Survey shows. The findings are
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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Feb 21 (PTI) Maharashtra government undertaking MSRTC is facing losses of Rs 3 crore per day due to discounts offered to women and senior citizens in its bus services, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Friday. Talking to reporters in Dharashiv, the minister said the situation had made it unfeasible for Maharashtra
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Thane, Feb 17 (PTI) As many as 173 public servants across Maharashtra are yet to be suspended despite allegations and investigations against them in graft cases since 2012, a report by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has stated. According to the report released on Saturday, 30 Class I officials, 29 Class II, 106 Class III and
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NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (Reuters) – At least 11 people died in a rail accident in India’s western Maharashtra state on Wednesday when they disembarked from their train, fearing a fire, only to be hit by another train passing on the adjacent track, local media reported. Railway officials told local media that someone had pulled
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