Mumbai: Bombay High Court has directed the state govt to make appropriate changes in a form related to medical termination of pregnancies between 20 and 24 weeks to include single unmarried women.Chief Justice M C Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna on Monday said, “It would be fair, just and proper to direct the concerned respondents…
Navi Mumbai: A 22-year-old worker was killed and 15 other workers were injured due to the sudden collapse of a colossal aluminium-alloy structure that was being erected for an under-construction warehouse shed of a logistics company in Mankivali village, Khalapur, Raigad, on Tuesday around 10.30 am.The deceased worker was identified as Subhash Niranjan Yadav, who…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Tuesday permitted medical termination of the over-25-week pregnancy of a Stage 4 cancer patient (14), a sexual assault survivor, to enable her treatment to start.Justices Bharati Dangre and Ashish Chavan considered J J Hospital board’s report which “specifically expressed that it is necessary to terminate the pregnancy as it poses…
Nalasopara: A newborn was allegedly sold for Rs 40,000 a day after a 17-year-old girl gave birth at a private hospital in Nalasopara, exposing a suspected case of illegal premature delivery and child trafficking. Tulinj police have registered a case against the 22-year-old man accused of raping the minor, her mother, a woman neighbour, the…
Navi Mumbai: A 9-year-old school girl, the youngest of the four daughters of a mason, whose kidnapping case was registered at Turbhe police station after her mother lodged her missing complaint on Saturday, was found murdered on Tuesday morning. Her body, dumped in the forest area near Bavkhaleshwar temple in Pawane MIDC area, bore signs…
Mumbai: A 21-year-old BSc nursing student of state-run Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Hospital in Byculla died on Monday following complications of malaria.The student lived in a hostel within the JJ complex, leading the hospital administration to undertake repeated fumigation and cleanliness drives to check mosquito breeding spots.Two resident doctors living on the campus…
Mumbai: A 20-year-old student lost his right little finger after a car allegedly struck his scooter while reversing onto a one-way road in Powai on Oct 10. The cab driver, Hamidullah Khan, then fled the spot and was arrested after the college student, Suyash Kamble (20) from Vikhroli, filed the complaint with Powai police on…
Mumbai: The civic body has removed as many as 2,291 banners, boards, posters, wall defacements and flags between Oct 8 and 13, as part of a drive against illegal posters, banners and boards.Mayor Ritu Tawde had called for action and fines against individuals and organisations whose photographs or promotional material appear on unauthorised banners, boards,…
Mumbai: Sahar police arrested Malad resident Wilson Sunil D’Silva (47) on Oct 10 for allegedly attempting to traffic a woman from Mumbai to Jeju Island in South Korea via Malaysia and for previously trafficking women and children to the UK and France using fake passports.D’Silva was stopped by immigration officials at Mumbai airport on Oct…
Mumbai: Mumbai airport will not cut any international flights (time slots) during this winter schedule, which runs from Oct 25 till March-end, its operator said on Tuesday. Passengers booked on international flights to or from Mumbai airport this winter can breathe easy; their flights will not be cancelled or moved to Navi Mumbai airport.The decision…
