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Mumbai: Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde’s appeal to citizens to burst firecrackers responsibly, following a spate of fire incidents over the past two days, has drawn criticism from opposition leaders, who have questioned the apparent contradiction between her latest message and her earlier objection to actor Dia Mirza’s similar appeal.In her public message on Monday, Tawde…

pic only for representation Palghar: A 16-metre-long baleen whale was found dead on the beach near Chikhale Creek bridge in Dahanu taluka on Sunday morning. A forest department team rushed to the spot and collected samples from the carcass. The whale was later buried near the shoreline using an excavator.According to forest officials, the male…

Mumbai: Firecracker and diya-related accidents left over 60 people with burn injuries across Mumbai and MMR over Sunday and Monday, including two women who suffered critical 75% and 50% burns after their clothes caught fire in a diya. Hospitals across the city reported a surge in burn cases, with children accounting for nearly half of…

Navi Mumbai: After a week of manhunt, the Rasayani police have arrested the accused man wanted for the suicide abetment of a 32-year-old woman and her two kids, who had jumped to their deaths from their 11th-floor apartment in Hiranandani Fortune City complex on the night of Nov 2, after being threatened for recovery of…

Mumbai: Diwali festivities continue with Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj on Nov 10-11. Various communities are celebrating both occasions on different days going by their almanac.ISKCON temple Juhu will celebrate Govardhan Puja on Nov 10 with cow worship and puja-aarti. Spokesperson Parijata Devi said, “The highlight is the elaborate Annakoot offering. ‘Mountains’ of food preparations…

Mumbai: The city’s air was much cleaner overall on Monday after Diwali, with govt and private trackers showing low pollution numbers. However, firecrackers burst late in the night caused sharp spikes in a few areas.Overall, Mumbai logged an official average air quality index (AQI) of 172 for the 24-hour period beginning 4pm on Sunday—an 18.5%…

Mumbai: A record number of firecracker accidents erupted across the Mumbai region on Diwali night of Nov 8 — nearly 390 across MMR, including 137 in Mumbai alone — causing fire officials to scramble from one spot to another, with two major mishaps occurring in Dongri and Vidyavihar in Mumbai and one in Thane. Hours…

The BEST Chalo bus involved in the accident on Monday night Mumbai: Five people were injured after an app-based BEST Chalo bus rammed into two cars and another bus at Lodha Junction in Wadala around 8.30 pm Monday, police said.Police said an SUV and a car stopped behind a BEST bus at the traffic signal…

Mumbai: Bombay High Court has directed the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) minister to decide a company’s appeal against suspension of its drug manufacturing licence expeditiously.Chief Justice M C Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna on Nov 5 clarified that until then the order suspending the licence of Curia India Pvt Ltd “shall remain in abeyance”.A…

The total number of persons held in the case is five. Mumbai: State cyber police has arrested Shivam Singh, a management graduate who runs a hospital in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, and Dharmendra Laxman Singh, a resident of Bhopal, for fraudulent generation of Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) certificates, taking the total number of persons…