Mumbai: A seven-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after an iron rod fell from an under-construction SRA building at Malad East and pierced the roof of her house while she and her family were indoors on Sunday. Kurar police have registered an FIR against an unknown person.The incident took place at Laxman Nagar in Kurar village,…
Mumbai: A 20-year-old man from Khar Danda’s Koliwada fell from Juhu jetty while taking a walk and drowned in the sea on Saturday evening, while his four roommates allegedly helplessly watched.Santacruz police said Anil Rajput, who worked as an office assistant, walked to the edge of the jetty extending into the sea while his roommates…
Mumbai: An ‘advisory’ from the Maharashtra Gauseva Ayog, a commission for welfare of cows and their progeny, to Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) across the state to not hold livestock markets between June 3 and 8 has caused concern among animal traders, farmers and the Muslim community. They said the May 27 directive, just ahead…
Mumbai: A 47-year-old manager working at an Andheri-based housekeeping company died after the scooter he was riding was hit by a dumper on the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road on Saturday afternoon.The deceased, Subhash Dulgach, a father of two, was wearing a helmet when the accident occurred. The police, quoting Dulgach’s family, said he had left his…
Expired items were also kept along with others at the facility, Anupama Patil, assistant commissioner (Food), said, adding that “They have since destroyed those products.” The facility has been registered under its parent company Kiranakart Technologies Pvt Ltd.The licence suspension will remain in effect until Zepto demonstrates compliance with food safety regulations. “Till the contraventions…
Navi Mumbai: A 35-year-old woman slum dweller was arrested by Panvel city police for abducting a three-month-old son of a woman labourer with the intention of using the infant for begging on the streets. The probe by Panvel city police, in coordination with its counterparts, enabled them to reach the infant, who was reunited with…
Mumbai: Observing that there was mala fide negligence by the Flynas Airline supporting staff as well as officials, a district consumer commission has ordered it to pay Rs 1.25 lakh to a Powai-based woman for a lost bag, along with Rs 10,000 for mental agony. The complaint was filed by Nupur Rohida. Flynas Airlines, a…
In the eye of storms, Ex-Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde looks for peace MUMBAI: Dhananjay Munde was at Igatpuri’s vipassana centre for 10 days. Apparently, after a series of humiliations in political and public life, peace eluded him. For Munde, trouble began in December after the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh. Though there was no allegation…
Identity theft: Three loans, ₹10Lakh on credit cards using IIT engineer’s credentials MUMBAI: A project engineer, working at IIT Powai, was shocked to learn that three fraudulent loans totalling Rs 4 lakh were procured using his credentials. Furthermore, four credit cards issued in his name were used for 156 transactions to shop and make online…
Fungus on food, expired goods: Quick-commerce company’s hub in Mumbai’s Dharavi loses licence MUMBAI: The licence of a Zepto-operated warehouse in Dharavi has been suspended by the Food & Drug Administration department, citing “serious food safety violation”. The facility was found to have unsanitary conditions during an inspection conducted by FDA.Inspectors reported fungal growth on…
