Mumbai: Angered by the recent Supreme Court order to pick up stray dogs from the Delhi streets and place them in animal shelters, various animal rights organisations and individual dog feeders are holding three protest rallies in Mumbai on August 14, 15, and 17.The protest march on August 14 will be held at 11 am…
Mumbai: Just three days after his appointment, a delivery boy was arrested for stealing 17 bags of gold ornaments worth Rs 2.9 crore which he had collected from various jewellery shops in South Mumbai to deliver to their clients.Vile Parle police apprehended the accused, Mehul Garg (24), from his home in Udaipur on Tuesday while…
Mumbai: In an indicator of growing awareness about deceased organ donation, a Borivli family moved their brain-dead loved one from a local hospital to a registered transplant centre in Andheri to save the lives of three patients with end-stage organ failure. On Sunday afternoon, Borivli resident Riddhi Parekh was told by doctors at the local…
Mumbai: Two consignments of trafficked wildlife intercepted at Mumbai airport on separate occasions on Aug 8 and 11 were deported back to their place of origin and natural habitat, Bangkok, on Wednesday, whilst following the international standard and ethics protocol. The consignments comprised three meerkats, three lizards, two iguanas, one skink, one four-eyed turtle, over…
MUMBAI: The Dadar Kabutarkhana controversy took a sharp communal turn on Wednesday as hundreds of Marathi Ekikaran Samiti members were detained while protesting against the Jain community’s demand to allow pigeon feeding. The Samiti members said that they were angered by remarks from Jain monk Nileshchandra Vijay, who threatened an indefinite hunger strike and said…
MUMBAI: A 54-year-old man was arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for filming an objectionable video of a woman commuter at Andheri railway station and making obscene remarks, police said. The accused, identified as Nasir Chaudhary, is a vegetable vendor.The incident occurred on Tuesday evening. The 30-year-old complainant was waiting at Andheri station to…
The Kalyan Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) organised a mega workshop themed “Harit Bappa – Phalit Bappa” at the Sant Sawalaram Maharaj Sports Complex in Dombivli East to promote an eco-friendly and awareness-driven Ganesh festival. The event, conducted in two sessions, attracted approximately 4,657 students from 80 schools within KDMC’s jurisdiction. Participants received hands-on, free training…
VASAI: Within a week’s time another lot from the Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) joined the BJP on Tuesday at their Mumbai office. While earlier induction on August 5 was a mixed bag with with both BVA and UBT senior leaders joining the BJP, Tuesday saw only BVA leaders joining the BJP, which included a former…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that Ganpati mandals will not pay any penalty for road-digging until the state govt fills up each and every pothole on the Mumbai-Goa highway. Ganpati mandals often dig holes in the ground to affix bamboo poles for mandaps. In a bid to protect newly concretised…
MUMBAI: Observing that claim of citizenship must be examined strictly under the Citizenship Act, 1955, the Bombay high court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of a man who the police allege is a Bangladeshi national. The Thane resident, since 2013, said he holds an Aadhaar card, PAN card, voter ID and passport. His documents…
