Kalyan: A six-day-old baby girl was found abandoned in a garbage dump in Kalyan East on Friday morning, triggering shock and concern among local residents. The infant was rescued just in time after a local woman spotted her lying inside a bag surrounded by stray dogs.The incident came to light in the Chiknipada area of…
Clara.LewisMumbai: Defending the ongoing slum demolition drive in the city, CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that the cycle of people encroaching and govt providing homes cannot go on forever.Responding to a question on slumdwellers being evicted without implementation of the Centre’s flagship Housing for All scheme, Fadnavis said that in Mumbai, the largest number…
Mumbai: Catching flu not only causes body ache and week-long fever, it can also weaken the body’s ability to contain tuberculosis (TB) and increase the risk of developing the disease, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed ‘Nature Communications’ medical journal.Using blood samples from healthy volunteers infected with influenza under controlled conditions, researchers from…
Srimoyee PalitMumbai: “When I got to know that the aircraft was flying to Gatwick (airport in London), I was sure that it was the aircraft which had Aparna on board. But I was still hopeful. The same night I landed in Mumbai and came to know that none of the crew had survived. I can’t…
Train services on the Aman Lodge–Matheran railway section will continue to operate Mumbai: Regular passenger services on the Neral–Aman Lodge railway section will remain suspended during the monsoon season (June 15 to Oct 15, 2026), owing to safety considerations during the heavy rains.However, train services on the Aman Lodge–Matheran railway section will continue to operate…
Mumbai: A large tree fell on the elevated nature trail walkway at Malabar Hill in south Mumbai on Friday morning, prompting authorities to temporarily shut the popular walking route as a precautionary measure, officials said. The walkway was reopened the same evening.Nobody was injured in the incident, but some portion of the walkway suffered damage,…
According to the BMC, a total of Rs 12,312 crore has been provided to the BEST as financial assistance between 2012-13 and 2025-26 Mumbai: The BMC standing committee on Friday did not take up the proposal for the disbursement of Rs 1,000 crore to the cash-strapped BEST undertaking after members raised concerns over fund utilisation,…
MUMBAI: The MRA Marg police station in South Mumbai on Friday arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly stabbing a man in his thirties multiple times over a monetary dispute. Police said the accused and the victim were known to each other and are related. The accused allegedly attacked the victim with a sharp weapon inside…
P Varavara Rao, who is an accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, has sought permission to permanently live in his hometown Hyderabad pending trial while on bail Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday issued a notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and sought its response to P Varavara Rao, an accused…
Manju.VMumbai: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released no report on the Air India Flight 171 crash on Friday, the first anniversary of the tragedy in Ahmedabad that claimed 260 lives. It thus missed the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) 12-month deadline for a final or interim report.The Annex 13 document of ICAO, which lays…
