Mumbai: One in every five fathers in Greater Mumbai uses tobacco. Every second neighbour and close relative whom children observe daily, too, use some form of tobacco.Tobacco use is so deeply embedded in many homes and neighbourhoods that children grow up seeing it as a normal part of everyday life, according to a new survey…
Mumbai: Dadar police have arrested a jewellery artisan for allegedly cheating several jewellers and fleeing with gold ornaments worth over Rs 4.5 crore entrusted to him for remaking. Police have not been able to recover anything from him.A week after registration of the FIR, the Dadar police team led by Inspector Kishore Pawar tracked the…
Mumbai: A 36-year-old businessman who allegedly renewed his arms licence from Nagaland using forged documents, including a fake Police Clearance Certificate, and submitted its copy to the city police, was arrested by the Khar police.The accused, Faiz Irfan Adenwala, was arrested by Khar Police on Friday in connection with a case registered under Arms Act,…
Mumbai: Western Railway will operate a nonstop superfast special train on special fare between Bandra Terminus and Jaipur to ease passenger congestion and clear the extra rush during June. Train No. 09708 Bandra Terminus-Jaipur Special will depart Bandra Terminus every Thursday at 3.50 pm and reach Jaipur at 8.45 am the next day. The service…
Thane: A leopard was spotted in the Indira Nagar area of Wagle Estate along the SGNP boundary Saturday evening. Forest officials who rushed to the spot said there was no reason for concern as the big cat was spotted within its territory and did not infringe on city limits. No incident of any human injury…
Mumbai: With the students now having a wider range of options across colleges in Mumbai and other parts of the country, traditional programmes, including arts in leading colleges, appear to have taken a hit. The second merit list, released on Saturday evening, showed a dip in cut-offs across several programmes. While commerce and allied courses…
Mumbai: Nearly one in three women in Maharashtra (31.1%) is now overweight or obese, according to data from the National Family Health Survey-6, which was released on Friday.This count is up from 23.5% in the previous NFHS-5, marking a 32% increase in just a few years.The picture becomes more concerning in urban Maharashtra, where 40.1%…
Seventy per cent of the pond has been filled in this bavkhal in Chopra Farm in Vasai’s Rewad Wadi On a blindingly hot morning in Vasai, Ranjeet Vartak leads us down a rutted rack in Bhuigaon Village and gestures towards a scene that could be mistaken for a trick of the light—an informal housing settlement…
Mumbai: Unlike beginnings that arrive with celebrations and fanfare, endings can often be muted, marked by silent departures. Air India’s Mumbai story is a case in point. The Air India and Indian Airlines colonies that sprawl across 184 acres in Kalina, with the first of the four constructed way back in 1955, have moved into…
Saanika Shah, 22, recently performed Bharatanatyam at Everest Basecamp before summitting the peak A string of prayer flags flutters above a poster of Mount Everest in this Mulund home. Nearby hangs a dreamcatcher and a whiteboard scribbled with the coordinates of the world’s highest peak. “I manifested Everest,” says Saanika Shah who was 17 when…
