Trauma care centre continues to ail, patients move out

MUMBAI: Several patients took discharge on Wednesday even as the services at Bal Thackeray Trauma Care Municipal Hospital in Jogeshwari continued to suffer owing to lack of staff and ailing infrastructure.Work at the only specialized trauma hospital...

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Popular monsoon camping spots around Mumbai

Want to spend a family weekend away from the madding crowd and enjoy a scrumptious barbecue under the grey clouds?Or are you the trekking kind, seeking the kind of setting where you can take in some lush greenery in the rains?Then it's time to pitch...

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7-year-old killed in landslide in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A seven-year old boy Ganesh Khurade was killed and at least five others were injured in a landslide in a Mahul area near Chembur on Thursday morning, officials said.The accident occurred around 8.30am when a portion of a hill came crashing down...

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75K pay, no evening duty to woo specialists to civic hospitals

MUMBAI: Can a monthly consultancy fee of Rs 75,000 plus the flexibility to practise privately in the evening appeal to super specialists? The BMC is certainly hoping so.In a bid to upgrade its healthcare machinery in the suburbs, the civic body is trying...

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MNS wants 5-day school break for Ganesha, govt passes buck

MUMBAI: For a second year running, schools in the city are roiled by confusion over Ganeshotsav holidays, thanks to the government's shilly-shallying. The state education department recently sent them an equivocal letter referring to the MNS youth wing's...

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Swadhin Kshatriya is new Maharashtra chief secretary

MUMBAI: Additional chief secretary Swadhin Kshatriya has been appointed as the new chief secretary of Maharashtra.He currently holds charge of the revenue department. He replaces J S Saharia who retires on Thursday.Amitabh Rajan, additional chief secretary...

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Broken TV, gold jewellery replaced after consumer body intervenes

MUMBAI: The city-based Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI), whose legal arm takes up consumer grievances on a weekly basis, solved four major disputes involving high profile companies and service providers in its latest session.Dr M S Kamath, honorary...

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Awareness on waste management for 2 lakh students

MUMBAI: Tata Power's Club Enerji has announced the launch of "waste management module" as part of its resource conservation programme.The module will lay emphasis on saving water, fuel, paper, and electricity. It will also involve imparting knowledge...

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Central Railway train services affected due to heavy rain

MUMBAI: Long distance and suburban trains services on the Central Railway were disrupted due to heavy rain for the past two days.Suburban trains were running late by 20 to 30 minutes early Wednesday.Boulders fell between the towns of Kasara and Igatpuri...

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13/7 Mumbai blasts: Arrested hawala operator's custody extended

MUMBAI: A special MCOCA court extended the police custody of alleged 13/7 Mumbai blasts financer Abdul Mateen Damada who was nabbed in Goa last week.Chief public prosecutor Kalpana Chavan, while seeking the extension, told the court that it was needed...

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New buses for Metro Rail in Andheri go practically empty

MUMBAI: Over a month after BEST inaugurated a new bus service especially for Metro Rail users in Mumbai, residents have spotted the new route go practically empty, even during peak hour. Mumbai's first Metro Rail project from Versova to Ghatkopar was...

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Women lawyers face discrimination too, say legal eagles

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) organized a state-level conference of lawyers "with a view to ensure the dignity, safety, empowerment and freedom of women in Maharashtra". The gathering comprising leading lights of the judiciary...

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Aided schools get grant after 10 years

MUMBAI: In a major relief to the state's aided schools, the education department has finally disbursed non-salary grant, which was discontinued in 2004. While the decision to resume the grant was taken way back in October 2012, schools received the money...

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'Insurance cover for acid attack victims soon’

MUMBAI: Acid attacks victims may soon have help at hand, with an NGO pushing the Centre to frame a comprehensive insurance policy that covers their medical treatment. In addition, a psycho-social-cum-burn rehabilitation centre is being set up by the...

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Plan to lease out gyms, libraries under new caretaker policy

MUMBAI: In spite of multiple bad experiences of private parties misusing civic plots given to them for maintenance, the BMC yet again plans to lease out gymnasiums, community welfare centres and libraries on caretaker basis.The BMC has framed a new policy...

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HC: Govt acquired land for temple for public purpose

MUMBAI: A decade after the Maharashtra government acquired a plot of private land for the Siddhivinayak temple in order to create facilities for devotees, the Bombay high court ruled that the acquisition was for a "public purpose." A division bench of...

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Lahoria murder accused’s bail plea rejected 14th time

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court adjourned Suresh Bijlani's bail application in the murder case of Navi Mumbai builder Sunil Lahoria. This is the fourteenth time in the past year that Bijlani, a builder, has sought bail. Various courts have rejected his...

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Very heavy rainfall likely in Mumbai in next 24 hours: IMD

MUMBAI: An alert of "very heavy" rainfall in Mumbai has been issued by the Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) regional centre here on Tuesday, with the rains expected to intensify in the next 24 hours."There is low pressure formed over the Bay...

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Englishman on global hunt for 'Time Twins' hopes to end search in Mumbai

Midlife crisis has been kind to Richard Avis. In stead of a fancy car or an affair, it has resulted in the shy 39-year-old English man having effortless conversations with complete strangers, including aDutch female bodybuilding champion, an Italian...

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Employer gets 7 years in jail for raping staff

MUMBAI: A suicide note and resignation helped nail a 27-year-old youth from Jogeshwari accused of raping his young employee in 2010.Justice Sadhna Jadhav dismissed the accused Aftab Shaikh's plea that the rape survivor had consented to the act by pointing...

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Two die in road accident in Murbad; locals burn vehicle, block highway

MURBAD: Two people died while seven injured in a road accident in which a passenger jeep collided with a container on National Highway number 222 near Murbad on Monday morning.After the accident, local villagers set container on fire and blocked the...

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Mumbai municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte is registered as a hawker

MUMBAI: Mumbai municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte has been registered as a hawker seeking a licence in the latest twist in the tussle between the BMC and its critics over the ongoing hawker registration drive. To show that the BMC drive has its drawbacks,...

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Accused of rape, Mumbai additional CP Sunil Paraskar to be quizzed again

MUMBAI: After a model-turned-actress accused senior IPS official Sunil Paraskar of rape, the alleged victim has been placed under police protection as she claimed threat to life.The model has alleged that the senior IPS officer raped and molested her...

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Mumbai triple blasts: Hawala operator's ATS custody extended

MUMBAI: A special court on Monday extended the ATS custody of an alleged hawala operator suspected to be involved in the July 13, 2011 Mumbai triple blasts. "The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court extended the ATS custody...

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IM letter threatens bomb blast, throws a challenge at Mumbai Police

MUMBAI: Mumbai police comissioner Rakesh Maria has ordered a high-level probe after the police control room last week recieved an anonymous letter threatening to carry out bomb blasts to avenge the killing of innocents in Gaza. On July 25, police...

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Sunnis demand action against Maulana who wrote to Saudi govt

MUMBAI: Expressing shock and anguish over cleric Maulana Salman Hussaini Nadvi's letter to the Saudi government requesting it to prepare an Army of five lakh Indian Sunni Muslims to fight the Shia militias in Iraq, a section of Sunnis in the city have...

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'NCP to go it alone if not given 144 seats'

YAVATMAL: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday stated that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is ready to go it alone in the upcoming assembly elections if its alliance partner Congress does not agree to give 144 out of 288 seats to NCP.Addressing...

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Guru Dutt's son Arun Dutt passes away at 58

MUMBAI: Veteran filmmaker Guru Dutt's son Arun Dutt passed away in Pune due to health reasons, a family member said on Sunday. He was 58.Arun Dutt's daughter Gouri Dutt said he died on Saturday afternoon."My father passed away yesterday (Saturday) afternoon...

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IM letter threatens bomb blast in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria has ordered a high-level probe after the police control room last week recieved an anonymous letter threatening to carry out bomb blasts to avenge the killing of innocents in Gaza. On July 25, police...

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Preity Zinta had used harsh words against Wadia: Witness

MUMBAI: A witness listed by industrialist Ness Wadia has told the police that it was Preity Zinta, who used harsh words against her ex-boyfriend during an IPL match here on May 30.The witness, Savan Daru, a businessman, has recorded his statement on...

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2 missing Kalyan youths call up families, confirm they're fighting for ISIS in Syria

KALYAN: Two of the four Kalyan youths suspected to have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) called up their families earlier this week and confirmed they were working as members of the militant Sunni Islamist group in the Raqqa province...

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Stuck in traffic jam, GRP constable carries injured commuter to hospital

A railway police constable was hailed as a hero on Thursday after he carried an injured train commuter on his shoulders to a hospital to save time navigating Mumbai's notorious traffic.Thane resident Vinayak Katale, 24, fell off a Virar-bound between...

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Thane residents pick up some unusual Eidis

The pious month of Ramzan is coming to a close with the Muslim community in Thane celebrating Eid on July 29th.The elders are all set to shower their blessings in the form of Eidi. Though tradition says that the Eidi is usually given in the form of cash,...

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Survivor’s testimony, if credible, strongest evidence, SC has said

MUMBAI: A complaint of rape almost six months after the alleged crime means the case is tough for investigators as well as courts because corroborative evidence is that much more difficult to get with the passage of time, say lawyers.In this scenario,...

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IIT Bombay campus leopard remains elusive

MUMBAI: Forest department officials carried out search operations at mid night from 2am to 3.30am on Saturday in the metallurgical workshop of IIT Bombay where a leopard was spotted by the lab employees on July 23. Surprisngly, no leopard was found and...

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‘Woman, 65, strip-searched for travelling first class’

MUMBAI: Family says senior citizen had a second-class ticket, lodges complaint with head ticket checker's office. Railways say probe will be heldAn elderly woman is in a state of shock after being allegedly strip-searched by a woman ticket checker (TC)...

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Court adjourns hearing in 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan

MUMBAI: A sessions court on Friday adjourned the hearing in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan to August 21.During the previous hearing earlier this month, the police had told the court that they could not trace the original documents...

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Customs seize Rs 3cr at airport in one night

MUMBAI: In seven cases, Customs officials of Mumbai airport seized 11 kg of gold worth Rs 2.86 crore on Wednesday night. With these, the gold seized in the first few months of this financial year has crossed the amount seized during the entire previous...

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File reply on parking lot allotment in 3 weeks: HC

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday gave the state three weeks' time to file its reply on the delay in the allotment of public parking lots.A PIL filed by Thane resident Pravin Wategaonkar said the proposals for parking lots, which entitle builders...

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Eight superfast trains announced from Pune to Kamakhya

MUMBAI: The railways will run 8 superfast weekly special trains between Pune and Kamakhya to clear the extra rush of passengers, officials at the CR headquarters in Mumbai said.The train No. 02511 superfast weekly special will leave Pune at 10.45am every...

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BARC scientist dies in road accident

NAVI MUMBAI: A senior scientist of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Dr P M Pathak (45), was killed in a road accident which took place in Trombay last night.Dr Pathak, who was a radio chemistry researcher at BARC, was going on a motorcycle with...

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RBI fines 12 banks Rs 1.5 crore for Deccan Chronicle default

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has fined 12 banks Rs 1.5 crore ​​for not following proper guidelines in advancing loans to the Deccan Chronicle group which has defaulted to the extent of Rs ​4000 crore. ​The Reserve Bank had carried out a scrutiny of...

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Former Maharashtra minister Mohan Patil passes away

NAVI MUMBAI: Senior leader of Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) and former state minister, Mohan Patil, who was five times MLA from Pen in Raigad district, passed away Thursday due to an illness. He was 68. Hundreds of PWP members and other followers...

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Potholes on Dindoshi flyover, shower jam Western Express Highway

MUMBAI: Motorists had an infernal time inching their way on the Western Express Highway on Wednesday morning when a heavy spell of rainfall, coupled with potholes on the Dindoshi flyover, threw the south-bound traffic out of gear for six hours. The MSRDC...

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Good news pours on lake areas, rain likely to pick up

MUMBAI: The city did not receive much rain on Wednesday but the catchment areas, where the lakes supplying water to Mumbai are situated, received a good spell of showers, making up for water stock of another 12-13 days. Expecting monsoon to be picking...

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Corporators demand probe into ‘tricks’

MUMBAI: Corporators on Wednesday blamed the unholy nexus between civic officials and hawkers for the corruption in the registration drive which is being conducted in the city from July 18. They have demanded an inquiry in the fraudulent ways that people...

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Hawker drive a money-spinner for all

MUMBAI: The civic drive of registering street vendors, which has been launched to issue licences and streamline hawking in the city, seems to have turned into a money-spinner for civic officials, politicians as well as hawkers alike. From hawking slots...

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Mumbai model accuses senior IPS officer of rape

MUMBAI: A senior IPS officer has been booked by Malwani police on charges of raping a model.Deputy inspector general (protection of civil rights unit), Sunil Paraskar, has been booked but no arrest has been made. The probe has been handed over to the...

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JJ doctors remove 232 teeth from Buldhana teenager

MUMBAI: Doctors at the JJ Hospital in Byculla created a record of sorts by removing 232 teeth from a teenager, who came in with routine complaints of swelling and pain in the mouth. There are very few cases of this tooth developmental anomaly recorded...

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Bombay high court hears honest citizens’ pleas, not of those with oblique motives, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena told

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's violent agitations came in for flak from the Bombay high court, which was hearing a public interest litigation by the party's student leader seeking a CBI probe into the 2009 Sangli riots."Why should we entertain...

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‘Can’t recognize vendors in other wards’

MUMBAI: ALM members, who have been accompanying civic officials on their drive to register hawkers, seem to be upset with the manner in which the survey is being conducted. Calling the campaign a "complete eyewash", the members claimed that activists...

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MNS demands 80% hawkers’ licences be given to sons of soil

MUMBAI: With the assembly polls being only a few months away, politicians have weighed into the wrangle over the BMC's drive to register hawkers in the city.The MNS seems to have grabbed the opportunity to fight for sons of the soil, demanding that 80%...

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