Tree uprooted near Dadar flower market, traffic restored after clearance MUMBAI: A tree fell on the road near Meenatai Thackeray Flower Market in Dadar (West) in the early hours of Saturday. The incident was reported around 2.31 am.The Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, and the BMC’s Garden Department were mobilised to the spot to clear the…
A study by Tata Memorial Hospital evaluated 219 patients who developed low platelet counts during chemotherapy Mumbai: For years, cancer patients at Tata Memorial Hospital had been consuming papaya leaf extract during chemotherapy cycles without their doctor’s approval. A few years ago, the hospital embarked on a study to find answers regarding its true effectiveness….
FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has passed a strict new compliance order across the entire dairy supply chain to curb adulteration, mandating immediate farm-to-plate surveillance, strict adherence to milk-fat and solids-not-fat standards, and a non-negotiable cold chain maintained at or below 4°C.Violators can face heavy fines of up…
Thane: A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Thane has acquitted five members of a family in an alleged marriage fraud and cheating case after the complainant informed the court that the dispute had been amicably settled and failed to support the prosecution’s case during trial.The case stemmed from an FIR registered at Kalwa…
A file pic of peak-hour rush at one of suburban railway platforms at Thane highlights the growing demand for more local train services and improved connectivity. Thane: The long-pending issue of inadequate suburban rail services beyond Thane has resurfaced, with commuter groups alleging that repeated assurances by the Central Railway have failed to translate into…
Thane: The Thane Crime Branch Unit-3 (Kalyan) arrested a habitual offender with 33 prior cases to his name, cracking 21 housebreaking and theft cases spread across Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palghar and Thane Rural, police said.The breakthrough came while the team was probing a housebreaking case registered at Vishnu Nagar police station in Dombivli West. Through…
Thane: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Thane, arrested two individuals on Monday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to facilitate a student’s admission into a school in Rabodi.The accused, identified as Fatima Tahir Ansari, 35, a resident of Rabodi, and Chaitanya Pradip Pradhan, a resident of Kharkar Ali, were apprehended while accepting ₹77,300 in bribe…
The fire was reported at B-14 Gomati building in Vaishali Nagar, Jogeshwari. The blaze was confined to the electrical wiring and installations in the common meter cabin located on the ground floor Mumbai: Eleven residents, including two senior citizens and a 13-year-old boy, were injured after a fire broke out in the electricity meter cabin…
Navi Mumbai: A 70-year-old former banker residing in Vashi became a victim of a fraudulent ‘Quantro AI’ trading app and lost Rs 29.70 lakh after being contacted by a five-member gang of scamsters. The cyber fraudsters posed as bank and RBI officials and claimed that he had earned huge profit on his investment by trading…
Navi Mumbai: A 41-year-old man working as a postal assistant was arrested by Vashi GRP for allegedly stalking and secretly video recording a 30-year-old woman colleague on his mobile phone when she was seated with a male friend while travelling in the general compartment of a CSMT-Panvel-bound train on June 30. Kiran Undre, senior inspector…
