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Halfway through 2023, gastro cases in city surpass 2022 numbers
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:48 AM IST
Mumbai has surpassed last year's number of gastroenteritis cases with 6,677 reported cases so far in 2023. The civic health department has advised against consuming street food to prevent the disease, which is primarily attributed to unhygienic food and water supply. Doctors have also seen a rise in leptospirosis cases and attribute the increase to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions being lifted, leading to more outdoor activities and negligence towards hygienic practices. The BMC has issued an advisory cautioning citizens to avoid wading in stagnant rainwaters to prevent leptospirosis.
Man tries to set estranged wife ablaze at bus stop
Around 8 am on Wednesday, Sarita Thakur, 33, was waiting for a bus at Suman Nagar bus stop to leave for her job as a nanny. The accused, Sanjay Thakur, who had earlier had a fight with her about not returning home to him, approached her and poured kerosene on her back.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:48 AM IST
Payal Gwalani
Navi Mumbai’s Wonders Park rides to remain shut during monsoon to prevent accidents
Navi Mumbai's Wonders Park has closed its amusement section due to the rainy season, following an incident in which six people were injured when a joyride malfunctioned. City engineer Sanjay Desai said standard procedure is to close the park during the monsoon season to prevent accidents, and it will reopen in October. The park's gardens, musical fountain and laser show will remain open, along with special monthly passes for morning walkers. The revamped park reopened on 31 May, with over 56,000 visitors in the first fortnight.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:48 AM IST
NCP focus on north Maharashtra, Pawar holds parleys in Jalgaon
NCP is focusing on north Maharashtra, a stronghold of BJP, ahead of the 2022 elections. The party is targeting at least 10 seats from the Jalgaon district alone.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:47 AM IST
Loan fraud: Court closes case against BJP leader Mohit Kamboj
Bhartiya’s lawyer Faiz Merchant said that during the probe they submitted all the documents before the agency. “During the probe which went on for almost two years, we explained our side to the agency and submitted all the relevant documents and evidence to support our claim. The agency accepted our defence and closed the case,” Merchant said.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:46 AM IST
Haven’t stayed foreign adoption; cases to continue before courts, HC clarifies
Foreign adoption procedures will continue before concerned courts in India until the Bombay high court decides on a constitutional challenge to a government decision to transfer adoption cases to district magistrates. The clarification came after prospective parents were told that adoption procedures had been stopped due to the case in court. The high court has stayed the implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2021, pending its decision on the matter.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:45 AM IST
K A Y Dodhiya
State asks BMC to develop app to monitor water-logged roads during monsoon
The application is expected to help motorists with information during the waterlogging on the city roads. Appasaheb Dhulaj, director, disaster management cell of the state government, wrote the letter to the BMC. HT has accessed the copy of the letter.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:45 AM IST
Car passenger, garbage truck driver killed in separate accidents in Kandivali
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Kandivali East, Mumbai. A car passenger died after the driver lost control of the car and crashed into a tree, while the driver of a garbage truck died after hitting a road divider on the Western Express Highway. The car passenger was on a joyride with a friend when the accident happened. The Samta Nagar police have registered a case of death due to negligence against the friend.
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:44 AM IST
Megha Sood
Mira Road murder: Police yet to establish sequence of events
The police have already established that Sane killed Vidya and cut her body into pieces, Bajbale said, adding, “We are trying to piece together whether Vidya consumed poison and died or did Sane stabbed her to death during a fight.”
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:44 AM IST
Megha Sood
Sales head of private firm booked for leaking sensitive details to rivals
According to the police, an FIR was registered based on a complaint lodged by Vipan Mankatwala, vice-president of Swati Energy and Projects Private Limited. Police officials said that Mulraj Chheda owns the company
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:40 AM IST
Vinay Dalvi
Thane police to user who compared Shinde to Hanuman in Adipurush: ‘Share number'
A tweet comparing Bajrang Bali in Adipurush to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has drawn the attention of Thane police.
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 09:29 PM IST
‘Compromised ideology’: Fadnavis jabs Uddhav in Karnataka textbook revision row
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said the revision in school textbooks in Karnataka was expected after the Congress returned to power in the southern state.
Published on Jun 16, 2023 05:07 PM IST
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Raj Thackery cuts a cake with Aurangzeb’s face on it
Raj Thackeray on Wednesday celebrated his 55th birthday by cutting a cake with Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb’s face printed on it alongside with a loudspeaker. Raj Saheb took a knife and pierced it in the neck
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 12:25 AM IST
Shining a light on crores spent on beautification
The business of beauty, backed by a mammoth kitty, only manages to shine the light on a range of civic issues that still remain unattended
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 03:48 PM IST
JioCinema turns up the heat in the OTT battle
Company insiders say that the programming budget for JioCinema for this year is ₹3,500-4,000 crores. Such a sizeable number is bound to shake up competition.
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 03:45 PM IST
Shuchi Bansal
Hema Upadhyay murder: ‘Police tortured me to extract confession,’ says Chintan
Artist Chintan Upadhyay has claimed that he was tortured in police custody in order to confess that he conspired to kill his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay.
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 04:53 AM IST
Charul Shah, Mumbai
SGNP officials turn down BJP MLA’s request to host lunch for party workers
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai has turned down a request from the Bharatiya Janata Party's Magathane constituency office to host a luncheon for party workers and provide other facilities like the rest house. The BJP had planned a gathering of constituency party workers, led by area MLA and leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative council, Pravin Darekar. The national park does not make arrangements for political meetings. Environmentalists took umbrage at the BJP's request.
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 12:09 AM IST
Prayag Arora-Desai
HC refuses to allow animal sacrifice near protected Vishalgad Fort
The Bombay high court has refused to grant relief to a trust that has been barred from carrying out animal sacrifice within the protected area of the Vishalgad Fort in Kolhapur. The court stated that it would not permit unregulated or unmonitored slaughter of animals and that maintaining hygiene and sanitation was of utmost importance. The trust had claimed that slaughtering was being carried out 1.3km away from the fort. The bench asked the authorities to file their replies by July 3 and posted the hearing to July 5.
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 12:03 AM IST
K A Y Dodhiya
Pawar and Shinde minister travel together, raise eyebrows
Both Shinde and Fadnavis denied any cracks in the alliance, the pictures of political opponents Pawar and Patil travelling together in a train went viral on Thursday. The NCP chief was going to Jalgaon to attend a one-day workshop of party workers at Amalner
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 12:02 AM IST
HC quashes 2006 case against Mika Singh for ‘forcibly kissing’ Rakhi Sawant
The division bench of justice AS Gadkari and justice SG Dige which heard the application of Singh and his domestic help Vicky Singh for quashing of the FIR and chargesheet by consent of the complainant, was informed by advocate Ayush Pasbola for Sawant that a long period of time has passed after the complaint was registered
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 12:00 AM IST
Slums eat into Andheri RTO ground; finger pointed at BMC
Slum dwellers have partly encroached on the Andheri regional transport office's driving test ground, causing problems for officials. The encroachment has also put plans to develop proper test tracks on the site in jeopardy. RTO officials claim complaints to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation have failed to remove the encroachers. However, residents blame the RTO for not doing enough to remove the encroachers and say the ground has become a dump with garbage piling up alongside rusted vehicles. The ground measures almost four acres, with the RTO building to the east and a slum pocket to the west.
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:46 PM IST
Shashank Rao, Mumbai
2,116 fined for unnecessary honking
The Mumbai traffic police conducted a ‘No Honking’ drive on Wednesday, to reduce noise pollution in the city. 2,166 motorists and two-wheeler riders were penalised for honking unnecessary under section 124(F) of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:37 PM IST
Megha Sood
2002 Mulund blast: Court allows to take blood samples of accused’s close relatives
Bashir is alleged to have trained many youths to participate in terrorist activities and also was accused of being the mastermind of the blast. Sources revealed that Bashir has been tracked in UAE and he has been staying there with a different identity
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:36 PM IST
Charul ShahManish K Pathak
PMLA court refuses medical bail to DHFL promoters
DHFL promoters, Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, have been denied temporary bail on medical grounds by a special PMLA court in Mumbai. The court cited that the brothers had received the best medical care while in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai. The Wadhawans had requested transfer to Arthur Road jail and interim bail, claiming they had been granted bail in another case by the Supreme Court. The court refused, stating that such requests would interfere with jail administration, and that the jail authorities would decide where the accused would remain under judicial custody.
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:35 PM IST
Husband’s Aadhaar not mandatory for admitting pregnant women: BMC to hospitals
Last month, Sunita Gangole, a resident of Gujarat’s Umbergaon, who visits Mumbai for four months a year to work on pre-monsoon projects, was denied treatment at Rajawadi hospital in Ghatkopar. “I visited the hospital for my pregnancy-related treatment. They asked for my husband’s Aadhaar. When I denied having it, they made me sit from morning to evening and did not give me the case paper. They even asked me to go back to my village,” she claimed
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:35 PM IST
Jeet Mashru, Mumbai
2 buildings stand in the way of Khar-Borivali railway line
Another resident said that for the last few months, many government officials had visited their building but no solution had been found yet. “The authorities are saying they will cut the portion housing three residents that is obstructing the rail line,” said another resident
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:34 PM IST
Girgaum Chowpatty accident: Car was speeding at around 100 kmph, say police
Police said the father of the 17-year-old, who was driving the Honda Accord, had purchased the sedan just last month. “They had purchased the car on May 14 for ₹1.65 lakh and the minor used to start its engine. But on Wednesday, he told his parents that he was going for cycling and took the car out for a joyride.
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:33 PM IST
Vinay Dalvi
HC gives go-ahead for film Adipurush after VFX company assured of credits
Bombay High Court allows the release of the film Adipurush after a VFX company requested a stay on the release date following an intellectual property suit.
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:30 PM IST
Minority quota: Cut-off marks for Arts, Science in Class 11 dip by 2%
The development came after a decrease in the passing percentage in the Class 10 results. As per the revised schedule issued by the deputy director of education (DyDE), a student who secures admission in the first merit list for minorities will secure their admissions by June 17
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:27 PM IST
Breach Candy apartment witnesses another fire in less than 3 weeks
“The fire erupted around 4:30pm, and it was extinguished at 7:22pm. The fire was confined to electric wiring, installation, household articles, beds, clothes etc, on the 11th floor of the ground plus 15-storey building,” BMC said
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 11:26 PM IST
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