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Row in Kerala over poverty declaration

India, Nov. 2 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday declared that the state was free of extreme poverty, a claim that the Opposition termed as "fraud". Vijayan made the announcement in... Read More


10-yr-old girl rescued from sex abuse; 70-year-old NRI man, mother arrested

NAVI MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Navi Mumbai Police stormed a Taloja flat on October 30, rescuing a 10-year-old girl from the clutches of a 70-year-old London-based NRI... Read More


Rs.5.3-cr forex trading fraud drives woman to die by suicide

NAVI MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- In yet another tragic case, a digital cyberfraud pushed his victim to die by suicide. When a 36-year-old woman was defrauded of over Rs.5.3 crore over two years, the months of f... Read More


Leprosy now a 'notifiable disease', every case to be reported to state

MUMBAI, Nov. 2 -- The Maharashtra government has declared leprosy a notifiable disease, making it mandatory for all healthcare providers to report every diagnosed case within two weeks to district hea... Read More


Restaurants can serve herbal hookah: HC

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- The Bombay High Court recently ruled that restaurants are permitted to serve hookahs that do not contain tobacco or nicotine, hearing a petition filed by a few restaurateurs earlier ... Read More


Light rain cools Mum, showers likely till Tue

Mumbai, Nov. 1 -- The city witnessed light rain throughout the day on Friday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting similar weather conditions till November 4. "The cyclonic circu... Read More


Kids told they'd be 'kidnapped' for film

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- The terrifying hostage crisis that played out in Powai on Thursday had been meticulously planned by the now-deceased hostage-taker and short filmmaker, Rohit Aarrya, who held 17 teen... Read More


Official assaulted while inspecting road work

MUMBAI, Nov. 1 -- An official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was allegedly assaulted by a group of people while inspecting road work in the eastern suburbs, police said on Friday. T... Read More


'Took Rs.4 crore from schools for campaign'

Mumbai, Nov. 1 -- Rohit Aarrya, 50, who was shot dead by Mumbai police on Thursday for holding 17 students hostage to draw the state government's attention to his claim of pending dues, first came int... Read More


Post mortem done, relative claims body

Mumbai, Nov. 1 -- Rohit Aarrya's body lay at the JJ Hospital mortuary in south Mumbai for the entire day on Friday as procedural formalities delayed the post mortem. It was only after his brother-in-l... Read More