63 people rescued after Grant Road building’s staircase collapses in Mumbai

Grant Road building’s staircase collapses Mumbai: As many as 63 people, who were trapped inside a four-storey residential-cum-commercial Mhada building in Grant Road (E) after the staircase collapsed on Thursday afternoon, were safely rescued by firefighters. No one was hurt in the incident.According to fire brigade officials, the staircase between the ground and first floors…

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80-year-old in ‘unsafe’ building, Bombay HC allows power & water for now

As a temporary measure and on humanitarian considerations, Bombay HC directed restoration of electricity and water supply to the building following a petition by an 80-year-old resident As a temporary measure and on humanitarian considerations, Bombay HC directed restoration of electricity and water supply to the building following a petition by an 80-year-old resident As…

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Mumbai police receive ‘final cause of death’ certificate in watermelon deaths case, hospital report confirms zinc phosphide poisoning

Mumbai: The city police, probing the death of four members of a Pydhonie family, said they received the ‘final cause of death’ certificate, which mentioned “poisoning due to zinc phosphide”.Police received the report from the forensic department of the state-run JJ Hospital in Byculla that carried out the post-mortems.On April 26, Abdullah Dokadia (40), wife…

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Power outages in parts of Dadar, Parel and Bandra; residents inconvenienced

Mumbai: Mumbai’s recurring power outages are emerging as a serious civic concern, with residents across several neighbourhoods facing prolonged disruptions in the middle of intense heat and humidity. The latest incidents in Dadar, Parel, and Bandra on Thursday have once again exposed the growing strain on the city’s electricity distribution network, even as peak demand…

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