Mumbai: Ruling that consent given by a person of unsound mind is invalid, a sessions court convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old labourer to 10 years rigorous imprisonment, for abducting and repeatedly raping of a mentally challenged woman in 2016. The victim, suffers from moderate mental retardation and possesses the functional age of a child between…
Mumbai: Setting up small national parks of 50 to 100 acres with corporate social responsibility (CSR) funding to house the growing population of leopards could stop their incursion into human habitats, said transport minister and Shiv Sena MLA Sarnaik on Tuesday.Sarnaik made the remark while visiting Anjali Tak, the 23-year-old Bhayandar resident who was attacked…
Mumbai: A petty fight over cleaning of goat excrement left outside their house led to the murder of a 50-year-old man in Rafique Nagar in Govandi.The Shivaji Nagar police have arrested the two brothers-Mohammed Iliyas Qureshi 29 and his brother Riyaz Qureshi (27) on the charges of murder. The deceased is Qureshi’s neighbour identified as…
Mumbai: For weeks, a shortage of cartridges for rapid tuberculosis tests has hampered the city’s ability to diagnose drug-resistant strains of the disease. This has forced frontline medical workers to resort to slower, decades-old methods that can delay results for months.Samples are now split between TrueNat molecular tests and traditional sputum smear microscopy. The issue…
Mumbai: The Congress has announced a list of 40 star campaigners who will campaign for the party in the upcoming civic elections in Maharashtra. the name included Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, Mohammed Azharuddin, Imran Pratapgarhi and actor Raj Babbar. Former MP Priya Dutt, Mukul Wasnik and former…
Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam (File photo) MUMBAI: The BJP on Tuesday downplayed the potential alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for the Mumbai civic elections, saying the tie-up will have no impact on the poll outcome.Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam made the remarks after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader…
Ulhasnagar: The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has taken strong action against alleged substandard road construction after cracks were found on two key under-construction roads in the city. Acting on complaints and a joint inspection report, the UMC has instructed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to get the damaged portions of the roads demolished…
Mumbai: On Tuesday, the city’s minimum temperature climbed to 18.4°C, a rise of 3.2° from Monday’s 15.2°C. On Sunday, it was 17.4°C.Explaining the slight fluctuations in minimum temperatures, weathermen said this is typical during the winter months, as changing wind patterns and the absence of strong cold northerly winds influence local conditions along the coast….
Mumbai: In his first Christmas message since taking office, the archbishop of Bombay John Rodrigues has “urged the faithful and all people of goodwill to go beyond external festivities… and immerse themselves in acts of kindness and generosity”.He highlighted two essential ways to celebrate Christmas. “The first is by giving glory to God. The angels’…
New Delhi: An Air India Boeing 777 with about 335 people on board had an engine failure soon after taking off from Delhi on Monday morning for Mumbai. Twin engines planes can land safely on one engine and the aircraft (VT-ALS) operating as AI 887 safely returned to Delhi. IGIA had made preparations for this…
