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166 dog bites a day in Vasai-Virar; 9-yr-old's rabies death sparks alarm

India, March 25 -- Vasai-Virar region is witnessing a surge in dog bite cases, with an average of 166 cases reported daily in the first two months of 2026, civic officials said. This has prompted offi... Read More


166 dog bites a day: VVCMC ramps up vaccination drive

MUMBAI, March 25 -- Vasai-Virar region is witnessing a surge in dog bite cases, with an average of 166 cases reported daily in the first two months of 2026, civic officials said. This has prompted off... Read More


Contractor held for 7-year-old's drowning

MUMBAI, March 25 -- The Kurar police on Monday arrested Dinesh Patel, the contractor of a slum rehabilitation project site in Kurar village where a seven-year-old boy drowned in an unguarded 20-foot-d... Read More


16-year-old killed, another critical in stabbing by minor in Juhu Koliwada

India, March 24 -- A 16-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly stabbing to death his friend, also a minor, and seriously injuring another during a violent altercation in Juhu Koliwada on Monday.... Read More


19 take ill after gas leak at Tarapur MIDC

India, March 24 -- Nineteen workers fell ill hours after gas leaked at an industrial unit of Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd, which manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediaries, in Tarapur o... Read More


9-year-old girl dies of rabies months after stray dog bite in Nalasopara

MUMBAI, March 24 -- Amid growing concern over stray dog attacks and rising bite cases, a nine-year-old girl from Nalasopara died of rabies on Sunday night, months after being bitten by a stray dog whi... Read More


16-yr-old stabs teen to death, injures another

MUMBAI, March 24 -- A 16-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly stabbing to death his friend, also a minor, and seriously injuring another during a violent altercation in Juhu Koliwada on Monday... Read More


19 reported ill after gas leak at Tarapur MIDC

MUMBAI, March 24 -- Nineteen workers fell ill hours after gas leaked at an industrial unit of Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd, which manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediaries, in Tarapur ... Read More


Nine-year-old dies of rabies,5 months after stray dog bite

MUMBAI, March 24 -- A nine-year-old girl from Nalasopara died of rabies on Sunday, five months after being bitten by a stray dog while she was feeding it. Kashish Sahani, a Class 4 student, lived with... Read More


16 years on, a father refuses to let the truth be buried

India, March 23 -- Sixteen years ago, Sneha Patil (name changed), an eighth-grade student from Nalasopara, went on a school picnic to a hilltop temple in the Tungareshwar reserve in Vasai east, not fa... Read More