Mumbai: A local nature lover and Save Powai Lake activist recently spotted and photographed a crocodile at the lakeside, behind hostel 17 of the IIT-Bombay campus. The green activists have once again urged the civic body to fully clean Powai Lake to safeguard the biodiversity at this water body. Photographer Ramesh Kamble, with his Instagram…
Mumbai: A pharmacist from Sion East fell victim to a meticulously planned fraud scheme, losing medicines worth Rs 5.66 lakh to a man posing as a government hospital doctor.The complainant, 40-year-old Nilesh Shivprasad Singh, owner of Kalyan Pharma in Sion, approached Sion police after realising that he had been cheated over three separate transactions between…
Leather Line Tanneries was engaged in the manufacture of buffalo leather. It had mortgaged its assets to Bank of India for availing credit facilities. It had also obtained five policies from Oriental Insurance to cover various losses to the extent of about Rs 48 crore. During the tenure of the policies, a fire broke out…
Mumbai: A Nigerian national was arrested last week by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence for smuggling in 1.2kg of cocaine worth Rs 10 crore from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after swallowing capsules of it. Ane Charles Joseline (30) arrived in the city on June 19. Based on a tipoff, officials examined his baggage but found nothing….
Mumbai: Animal lovers have created several temporary rain shelters to protect stray dogs in various parts of Powai in suburban Mumbai.A feeder from Rambaug Lane in Powai, Maithili Khaire, said, “Every year during the monsoon season, we see how our local community dogs suffer and shiver in the rain because there is no place for…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT)’s condition in the city has become dangerous and dilapidated, said BJP Mumbai president Ashish Shelar as he welcomed two more former corporators, Ishwar Tayade and Akanksha Shete, into the party on Sunday.BJP has been inducting former elected representatives from opposition parties as it prepares for the local body elections across the…
Mumbai: A parrot was put through an MRI scan and is undergoing acupuncture for a neurological disorder. Found by a car-washer under a vehicle in Chembur, the bird has ataxia — a neurological problem — but is showing signs of slow recovery.When it was found under a car, the parrot kept trembling. It could not…
MUMBAI: The driver of an aggregator cab has been detained for re-rerouting his vehicle while driving a woman pilot home, stopping and allowing in two men who went on to sexually harass the 28-year-old passenger on Thursday night.The woman hired the cab in Fort to go home in an eastern suburb around 11pm when midway…
Mumbai: A new drug promising 99.9% protection against HIV received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) a few days ago, but the city’s HIV rights activists are sceptical about its practical impact in India.The main concern stems from the new injectable drug lenacapavir’s substantial cost of Rs 24 lakh ($28,218) per person…
As the Muslim month of Moharram begins this week (June 26 or 27, depending on the sighting of the new moon), the pulsating Pala Galli aka Hazrat Abbas Street in Dongri prepares to be draped in black. Rooftops, shopfronts, windowsills and sabeels (water fountains) will be adorned with black flags and banners, signalling the sacred…
