Contractual sanitation worker dies after falling under Bobcat machine at Juhu beach in Mumbai | Mumbai News

Santacruz police have filed a case against the machine’s operator Mumbai: A 55-year-old contractual sanitation worker, Angamma Devendra, was crushed to death under a Bobcat beach-cleaning machine at Juhu beach on Friday morning. Santacruz police have filed a case against the machine’s operator, Kaushik Hajra (22), for allegedly causing death by negligence.Devendra and Hajra, both…

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Gutkha trade will now attract MCOCA: FDA | Mumbai News

The move has been in pipiline since last December Mumbai: In an attempt to crack down on the chewing tobacco trade, the state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered its officers to invoke the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) against networks manufacturing and distributing banned products like gutkha, tobacco, and nicotine-containing…

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Obscene, hateful statements made in name of entertainment would not be tolerated: Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde | Mumbai News

Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Friday said that “obscene and hateful statements” made in the name of entertainment would not be tolerated and that strict action would be taken in connection with the controversial remarks made during a live stand-up comedy show by comedian Pranit More. MUMBAI: Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Friday said that…

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‘Not a MARD member’: Who is Sejal Pawar? MBBS student at centre of controversy over ‘male corpse private parts’ joke | Mumbai News

MBBS student at centre of controversy MUMBAI: Sejal Pawar, an undergraduate MBBS student associated with Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai, has found herself at the centre of a controversy after remarks she made during a stand-up comedy show triggered outrage among sections of the medical community and social…

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