MUMBAI: A 20-year-old college student from Navi Mumbai who beat childhood leukemia a decade ago is facing a fresh medical crisis due to an unrelated genetic condition. The disorder, which manifested recently, puts him at lifetime risk of developing multiple gastrointestinal malignancies, primary among them is colorectal cancer, for which he underwent a preventive surgery…
MUMBAI: The mortal remains of 15 Indian nationals killed in last week’s speedboat tragedy off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island are scheduled to be flown from Mumbai to their home states on six domestic flights on Tuesday. Morning flights from Mumbai carried seven bodies to Hyderabad, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram. Vietnam Airlines flight VN979 from Ho Chi…
Mira Road: A 69-year-old woman who sustained burn injuries in the fire that broke out in a residential building in Mira Road succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment Monday morning. Shakeela Qureshi sustained nearly 25% burn injuries, was also undergoing dialysis, and had multiple underlying health conditions. Her husband, 72-year-old Mustaq Qureshi, continues to…
The nearly two-hour funeral was conducted with around 15 people using their mobile phone flashlights to perform the last rites Navi Mumbai: Residents of Karanjade were forced to cremate an 82-year-old man under the light of mobile phone torches at the crematorium near a talao on Sunday night, after the facility was left without electricity.The…
Mumbai: Bombay high court recently granted pre-arrest bail to three relatives of a deceased patient who allegedly physically assaulted a nurse and three security personnel on April 28 at the BMC-run KEM Hospital in Parel.“The personal liberty of these applicants needs to be protected by granting them bail,” said Justice Prafulla Khubalkar on July 6….
Rats found inside quick commerce grocery store Navi Mumbai: A day after a four-month-old video showing two rats roaming inside a quick commerce store in Ghansoli went viral, the sanitary inspector of NMMC’s licensing department visited the store on Monday morning to ascertain the facts.Someshwar Pathak, Sanitary Inspector of NMMC said, “When I inquired with…
Mumbai: The Centre and state will provide Rs 11,200 crore each for the urban challenge fund to take up civic infra projects in cities across Maharashtra.Nearly Rs 22,400 crore required for the projects will be raised from the market. At a meeting to discuss the fund, CM Devendra Fadnavis said it would help overcome the…
Uddhav said he would personally join the protest with Sonam Wangchuk if required Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday extended support to the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, calling it a “genuine movement for students” and urging all political parties to come together in support…
Mumbai: Commuting has long been a challenge for Mumbaikars, and the latest to cite this as a reason while making a push for accommodation closer to the workplace is the city’s deputy mayor Sanjay Ghadi, a corporator of the Dy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Ghadi has written to municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide seeking allotment…
Eyewitnesses said the woman refused to move despite repeated requests from passersby and police personnel. NAVI MUMBAI: A drunk woman allegedly created chaos on a busy road in Navi Mumbai’s Ghansoli area on Monday after repeatedly stepping in front of an NMMT bus and an auto-rickshaw, disrupting traffic and drawing a large crowd.Eyewitnesses said the…
