Mumbai: To allow healing, let children stay indoors for 2-3 days and start counselling. Don’t overestimate resilience among children and teenagers just because they manage to smile. Let children who have been through a violent or stressful incident stay away from crowds or visitors for at least 2-3 days. Begin counselling to let the healing…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has declined urgent interim relief to an entertainment firm claiming copyright infringement by Mahesh Manjrekar‘s film “Punha Shivaji Raje Bhosale” and paved the way for its release. The high court has observed that the name ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj‘ cannot be the subject of exclusivity in any form. The film is scheduled…
Mumbai: Observing that there was no clear evidence or medical opinion suggesting the illness is life-threatening or that there is a “compelling medical necessity” warranting urgent release, a special PMLA court rejected the bail plea of Purushottam Chavan, the husband of an IPS officer, arrested over a year ago in a money laundering case linked…
Navi Mumbai: After 13 years of court trial, Alibaug district and sessions court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a Raigad Shiv Sena leader Dilip Bhoir (60) and his 20 aides to seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in the attempt to murder case registered at Mangaon police station in 2012.Advocate Prasad Patil informed that the…
Mumbai: Samajwadi Party on Thursday demanded that an order mandating schools to hold renditions of ‘Vande Mataram’ to mark its 150th anniversary between Oct 31 and Nov 7 be revoked. SP MLA from Bhiwandi East, Rais Shaikh, alleged that instead of focusing on quality education, the state govt was pushing the RSS’s cultural agenda. “I…
Mumbai: The Common Entrance Test (CET) cell of the state will hold the third round of MBBS and BDS admissions for 1,764 vacant seats, but with a sweeping crackdown on fraudulent entries. A total of 220 students were barred from the ongoing and future admission rounds after verification revealed false or missing documents. The CET…
Mumbai: The Jesuit Alumni Association of India (JAAI) will host a three-day West Zone Congress from Nov 14 to 16, bringing together around 300 alumni from Jesuit institutions across Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa. The event will be held at St. Xavier’s College and St. Mary’s School in Mumbai.One of the keynote speakers will be Archbishop…
Thane: A 45-year-old man died after a fire broke out in his fourth-floor apartment at Prathamesh Apartment, Shantinagar, Wagle Estate, late Wednesday night.Fire officials said they received a call around 10 pm and rushed to the spot. The flat owner was found trapped inside and rescued with the help of neighbours. He sustained severe burn…
Mumbai: A retired Army Subedar, a resident of Haryana, provided a detailed account of the events leading up to and immediately following the fatal shooting of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) by dismissed Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh aboard the Jaipur-Mumbai Express train in 2023. The former serviceman, who was returning to his post…
NEW DELHI: Police in Mumbai have registered a case against unidentified individuals after Maharashtra NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MLA Rohit Pawar demonstrated how a fake Aadhaar card could be created in the name of former US President Donald Trump and used to register bogus voters. The FIR was lodged by the cyber police following a…
