Mumbai: Doctors say high air pollution levels may be making recovery from seasonal flu more difficult this time, as particulate matter aggravates airways. Even people with no underlying condition have their illness prolonged because of airway hyperreactivity.Amid a surge in load at OPDs, many patients are either those with chronic respiratory illnesses or even healthy…
Mumbai: A childless couple has moved the Bombay high court for easing age-related restrictions against assisted reproductive treatment. The couple has sought to continue treatment at a central Mumbai fertility and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinic though the husband crossed 55 years of age a couple of months back. Under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act,…
Thane: MNS workers forced an autorickshaw driver to do sit-ups and apologise publicly after he allegedly abused Raj Thackeray and other leaders of the party in a viral video, leading to the registration of an FIR in Thane and his arrest, police said on Monday.A case against the viral video was registered at Chitalsar police…
Mumbai: Nirmal Nagar police arrested three people on Sunday night for stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 32 lakh from a jeweller’s shop in Bandra East, Mumbai, and recovered the stolen property within 12 hours.The suspects – Shravan Navik, Sonali Yadav and Fazal Parmar – were detained after investigators examined CCTV footage and recovered the gold…
Mumbai: Residents across Mumbai woke up to a hazy skyline on Tuesday. While the city’s overall air quality index (AQI) fell in the moderate category at 172, six areas were in the ‘poor’ zone—Chakala-Andheri East reported the highest AQI at 255, Mazgaon 252, Powai 221, Borivali 219, Navy Nagar in Colaba 216, and Malad West…
Mumbai: The Customs at Mumbai Airport carried out a series of enforcement actions resulting in major seizures of narcotics and gold at the Mumbai International Airport.In the first case on spot profiling and APIS-based assessment, intercepted four passengers arriving from Bangkok on different flights. Three NDPS cases were registered after the recovery of 10.899 kg…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra forest department has for the first time laid down a clear rule that monkeys captured for causing trouble in towns and villages must be released at least 10 kilometres away from human habitation so that they do not return to these places easily once again.A new Government Resolution (GR) to this effect…
Mumbai: Versova police registered a case of rash and negligent driving against an unidentified person after a vehicle hit the divider and damaged the statue of late music composer Aadesh Shrivastava. The incident occurred at 8.42 am on Sunday and no one was injured or killed.Police said two persons were travelling in the car, which…
Award that houses the state and civic headquarters and witnesses a constant stream of VIPs driving in and out should, in theory, be free of basic civic struggles. But locals say the reality is quite the opposite, pointing out that the steady flow of official vehicles only adds to the daily congestion. Add to that…
MUMBAI: Two men who posed as Regional Transport Office (RTO) staff and extorted money from a motorist at Kandivali East were arrested by Samta Nagar Police.The incident occurred between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm on Nov 18. The 20-year-old complainant is a college student and lives at Malad East. He had gone to Poisar metro…
