The son or daughter-of-the-soil politics in Mumbai, so far restricted to humans, has taken an interesting turn with BJP leaders demanding that Penguin chicks born in a city zoo be given Marathi names.

Telangana’s former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will not be appearing before the Justice PC Ghose commission on June 5. The BRS leader has reportedly sought more time and is expected to appear before the probe panel on June 11.

Basic military training will be imparted to students from Class 1 in Maharashtra in a move to instil a sense of patriotism, discipline and promote a habit of regular physical exercise among them, state School Education Minister Dada Bhuse said.