Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a TOI report published Monday, which highlighted the plight of a 70-year-old man with suspected bleeding in the brain. The report flagged how the patient was tossed from BMC-run MW Desai Hospital to Jogeshwari Trauma Hospital without an ambulance or medical support.The…
Mumbai: Days after floating a tender for a Rs 305 crore international memorial for Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe in Ghatkopar, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has scrapped the tender, citing a change of plans, which includes increasing the height of Annabhau Sathe’s statue and some technical hurdles. The SRA will tweak the plan and float fresh…
Mumbai: Newly appointed BJP Yuva Morcha state president Krishnaraj Mahadik on Monday announced the party’s Yuva Shakti Jagar Yatra from April 21. The objective, he said, is to interact with farmers, women, students and young men and women working in different fields. CM Devendra Fadnavis will flag off the yatra. In phase I, the yatra…
Mumbai: A 12-year-old girl was injured after one of the iron barricades put up by an infrastructure company on a street at Malad (E) fell on her while she was playing with her friends recently. Dindoshi Police have registered an FIR against the site supervisor. On April 16, the girl was playing with her friends…
Mumbai: The city crime branch has arrested a prime accused involved in sexual exploitation of a minor, registered at Shivajinagar Police Station under multiple stringent laws including the Pocso Act. The unit 6 Arrested Babu Aynal Khan (30), who was on the run for allegedly abducting a minor boy and sexually assaulting him.Acting on intelligence,…
Mumbai: A day after a music concert at BKC was cancelled over law and order issues, the police claimed on Monday that the organisers had been informed about their decision not to allow the programme well in advance — on April 16.Police said they rejected permission for the Circoloco Mumbai live music show at BKC…
Kalyan: Suburban services on Central Railway were disrupted for nearly three hours on Monday morning after a coach of an empty local train derailed on the down line at Platform No. 1A of Dombivli railway station during peak hours. Railway officials said the empty rake was heading towards Kalyan when one of its compartments slipped…
Mumbai: Mumbai Autorickshawmen’s Union, the biggest union of auto drivers, on Monday announced a statewide agitation from May 4 against the Maharashtra govt’s decision to make Marathi proficiency mandatory for auto and taxi drivers, warning that the protest could disrupt services and lead to a shortage of autos on roads.Union leaders said around 15 lakh…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness for the Women’s Reservation Bill (File Photo) MUMBAI: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced the launch of a campaign to create awareness about the Women’s Reservation Bill across the country and in Maharashtra.He said the BJP and its allies in the state will collect…
Mumbai: Police have arrested a security guard, Pradip Gupta (30), as the 10th accused in the Goregaon concert drug case that led to the deaths of two MBA students on April 11.Gupta, employed by a third-party event organiser, allegedly allowed the main accused, Ayush Sahitya, and others to enter the venue without tickets for a…
