Thane: A 15-year-old girl from an upscale housing society in Dombivli was allegedly blackmailed on Instagram, police said. The accused, identified as Chirag Gawande, obtained an obscene video of the minor and later sent it to her father, who works in South Africa, demanding money in exchange for silence. A case was registered at Manpada…
Thane: A severed head of an unidentified woman, believed to be aged between 25 to 30 years, was discovered at the edge of a creek in the Eidgah area of Bhiwandi on Saturday morning.According to police, a passerby noticed the head lodged in the sludge of the creek around 11:30 a.m. and immediately alerted the…
Mumbai: BMC’s Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) committee found a medical teacher from the civic-run KEM Hospital, Parel, guilty of harassing juniors and recommended his transfer to a non-teaching post for the next five years.Dr Ravidra Deokar from KEM Hospital’s forensics department was accused by six women of inappropriately touching their back, waist, or buttocks….
Mumbai: When a 46-year-old Marine Drive resident got a fever on Aug 16, he presumed it was the flu that his siblings were suffering from. However, 36 hours later, he started convulsing and fell unconscious. His family immediately rushed him to Breach Candy Hospital, where the convulsions continued for another 24 hours, and he was…
Mumbai: The BMC has received about 300 objections and suggestions regarding the pigeon feeding issue, which will be scrutinised next week. Thereafter, the BMC is expected to submit a report to the state-appointed committee. The BMC sought suggestions and objections from citizens regarding the three applications they received for controlled feeding after the Bombay High…
Navi Mumbai: The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) completed the ground-truthing exercise of the controversial Lotus Lake at Nerul in Navi Mumbai. The state govt confirmed that it is a wetland in response to a Right to Information (RTI) Act query. This confirmation counters CIDCO’s assertion that Lotus Lake is not a wetland….
Mumbai: The second day of the Maratha agitation at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) on Saturday was far smoother compared to the disruption witnessed on Friday. With fewer protesters gathering at the country’s busiest terminus, suburban as well as long-distance train services ran without interruption, much to the relief of lakhs of daily commuters.On Friday,…
Mumbai: A fire broke out in a ground plus 12-floor building at Borivali (W) at 2.18 pm. The fire was confined to the seventh and eighth floors of Dattani Tower on Kora Kendra Road. It was limited to electric wiring, electric installation, wooden furniture, household articles, AC unit, door, window, etc, in an area of…
Mumbai: Andheri police registered an FIR against a staffer and manager of a pizza outlet after a student complained they had given him a non-vegetarian dish instead of a vegetarian dish.The 23-year-old complainant is a data science student. He told the police that his offline classes had moved online for 11 days due to Ganeshotsav….
Mumbai: Bharatratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital in Kandivali will start a special outpatient department (OPD) for people with disabilities every Wednesday from next week. The facility will help patients obtain Unique Disability Identity (UDID) cards, which is a crucial Union govt document for availing benefits.The hospital has received permission to issue disability certificates…
