Mumbai: Bombay high court quashed and set aside the BMC’s suspension of a Lower Parel restaurant’s health licence due to sewage water overflowing from within the adjacent bakery’s premises.Justice Manish Pitale on Tuesday said, “It is difficult to understand as to how the petitioner can be blamed for overflowing sewage water onto the public road,…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has imposed a penalty of Rs 12 lakh on BMC for operating an ECG machine using a sweeper at Pt Madan Mohan Malviya Shatabdi Hospital in Chembur, instead of a trained technician.The BMC team informed the commission that the technician post had been vacant for the past…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 51.7 lakh to a man for the death of his wife in a road accident in 2014.The fatal accident on Aug 19, 2014, was caused by the combined rash and negligent acts of the drivers of three separate vehicles — two trucks…
Mumbai: A 45-year-old delivery boy employed with a diagnostic centre in Turbhe was killed in a hit-and-run accident near Mankhurd toll naka on Sion-Panvel highway on Monday night, after being struck by a speeding car and run over by a private bus.The deceased, Mohammad Fazil Khan, was a resident of Mahatma Phule Nagar in Byculla….
Thane: A 27-year-old man was severely injured after a person stabbed him multiple times following a heated argument in Thane district, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 10.30 pm on Oct 5 near a gym at Anjur Phata in Bhiwandi area.The accused believed that the victim’s cousin had kidnapped his sister, an official…
Mumbai: The CBI arrested two officials from the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Department, Santacruz Division – Inspector Lav Kumar Chittoria and Superintendent Vikram – in connection with a Rs 25,000 bribery case. The duo allegedly demanded and accepted the bribe from a complainant in exchange for issuing a favourable report and facilitating the…
Mumbai: The Joint Action Committee of electricity employee unions in MSEDCL, Mahagenco, and Mahatransco has called for a strike from October 9 to 11. “All arrangements have been made, and there will be no power interruption,” said a senior MSEDCL spokesperson, adding that the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) will be imposed on those…
Thane: In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the state, cabinet minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday launched a pilot project to rejuvenate old wells as alternative sources of potable water in his Owala-Majiwada constituency. This area includes the largely water-starved societies located along the Ghodbunder Highway stretch.Sarnaik, who flagged off the initiative on Wednesday in his constituency,…
Mumbai: A 36-year-old woman sustained serious injuries after part of a compound wall collapsed during a private building redevelopment in Santacruz West Wednesday afternoon.The incident occurred on Juhu Tara Road around 12:41pm. The falling wall struck a nearby coconut tree, which toppled on to the pedestrian.The injured woman, identified as Saloni Chavan, was immediately rushed…
Mumbai: A 22-year-old woman was killed Wednesday morning after a cement block fell on her from the 19th floor of a building during redevelopment work in Jogeshwari East, barely a few metres away from where she lived. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred around 9:30am, adjoining the under-construction site where redevelopment work was being carried out….
