ISKCON CONDUCTS MUSICAL FEST FOR JANMASHTAMI

MUMBAI: The Bhakti Kala Kshetra, the cultural wing of ISKCON, organised a six-day musical festival, Radha Krishna Utsav 2018, between August 27 and September 1. The festival,under the supervision of chairman, Mahesh Sharma, witnessed performances of artists at ISKCON Juhu on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami.

Lab technician duped of ₹28 lakh, accused held

MUMBAI: Govandi police arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly cheated a lab technician of ₹28 lakh. The accused, Javed Khan, had promised the technician a bonus in her insurance policy and had in the last 18 months, asked the woman to pay different amounts of money to get the bonus.

43% engineering seats in Maharashtra lie vacant

MUMBAI: Over 43% seats have gone vacant in engineering institutes across Maharashtra this year. The seat vacancy stood at 36% in the academic year 2017-18 and 44.78% in the academic year 2016-17. The vacancy of seats in engineering institutees has been a concern for some years now for the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Around 2.62 lakh students appeared for the CET for admissions to engineering seats in the state this year.

Parel blaze: Civic chief felicitates 10yearold

MUMBAI: Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta, on Saturday, felicitated Zen Sadavarte, the 10-yearold who saved about 14-15 lives during the Crystal Towers fire. The girl was praised by many for keeping her cool during the blaze and using fire-fighting techniques to save her neighbours, which she had learnt in school, during the August 22 fire tragedy, which killed four people.