MUMBAI: RannSamar Foundation, a Mumbai-based all-India NGO, on Saturday organized a fund distribution program for families who have lost loved ones to manual scavenging—lives lost while cleaning septic tanks.Between 2018 and 2023, over 400 lives were lost while cleaning septic tanks and sewers across India. The year-wise figures are alarming: 76 deaths in 2018, 133…
Mumbai: A silent “Save Powai Lake” human chain scheduled for Sunday by local residents and nature lovers was cancelled after the BMC demanded a nominal “event fee” of Rs 11,000 to organise it at the lakeside. Green activists alleged they tried in vain to explain to civic officials that this was not an event but…
Mumbai: Observing that it was difficult to believe that only five women overpowered 10 to 12 policemen and assaulted them, a sessions court recently acquitted the women accused of causing an affray and assaulting police officers inside Bhandup police station in 2015. The judge cited lack of credible evidence and inconsistencies in testimonies of police…
Mumbai: In the early hours of dawn, as most of Mumbai still sleeps, the narrow lanes of Dharavi echo with the whistle of steamers and the clatter of aluminium vessels. In makeshift kitchens tucked inside shanties, women like Alaguthai Thangapandi are already deep into their day’s work — grinding soaked rice, mixing batter, and steaming…
Mumbai: Taking note of the rising cases of women being cheated on matrimonial sites, a sessions court recently convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old man, Jayendra Moranjan, also known by aliases such as Chetak Bhavsar, Sachin Misal, and Rahul Patil, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. He was found guilty of repeatedly raping a nurse on…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned actor Dino Morea for questioning next week, following searches at his premises regarding a money laundering case linked to the Mithi river desilting scam that caused a Rs 65 crore loss to the BMC. The ED said BMC officials and contractors had created a cartel to secure civic…
Mumbai: In a resounding shift, the ministry of finance eased a long-standing bottleneck in procurement rules that once tethered researchers to the govt e-Marketplace (GeM), now allowing them to source scientific equipment and consumables from outside it. The revision in monetary ceilings and procurement channels, officials say, required the direct intervention of Prime Minister Narendra…
Mumbai: Taking note of the rising cases of women being cheated on matrimonial sites, a sessions court recently convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old man, Jayendra Moranjan, also known by aliases such as Chetak Bhavsar, Sachin Misal, and Rahul Patil, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. He was found guilty of repeatedly raping a nurse on…
Mumbai: A special court on Thursday granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record the statements of eight individuals currently held in judicial custody at Arthur Road Jail. This is in connection with an ongoing investigation into the Rs 122 crore New India Cooperative Bank scam.The order allowed an assistant director and two ED…
In a touching scene from the 1983 blockbuster Coolie, protagonist Iqbal (Amitabh Bachchan) plans to go for Haj and pray for the recovery of his seriously ill mother. However, just before boarding the passenger ship for Jeddah, he is stopped from travelling as he is suffering from a fever. Iqbal gives his ticket to a…
