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One-eighth of BMC docs, including hosp deans, get notices over attendance

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued show-cause notices to about 100 doctors out of the 800-odd working at its five major hospitals for prolonged absence from du... Read More


city sees rain, thunderstorm as monsoon withdraws

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- Mumbai witnessed rain and thunderstorms on Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a yellow nowcast warning for the city in the evening. In its 7pm warning,... Read More


12 Sena workers get 6 months for attacking teacher in 2010

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- Twelve workers linked to the Bhartiya Vidyarthi Sena, the erstwhile student wing of the undivided Shiv Sena, were sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by a sessions court... Read More


Chandivali residents put BMC's 'Pedestrian First' claim to test

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- Two months after the BMC relaunched its 'Pedestrian First' campaign, claiming to have cleared hundreds of footpaths of encroachments and made walking spaces safer, residents of Cha... Read More


BMC staffer killed, wife hurt as car driven by 71-year-old ex-MP rams into 2-wheeler

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- A 41-year-old BMC employee was killed and his wife injured after a car driven by a 71-year-old former MP and Army Brigadier allegedly rammed their motorcycle from behind at a junct... Read More


Jhunjhunwala gets bail on medical grounds

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- Citing a recent Delhi High Court order that found his medical condition required sustained supervision, a special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday granted bail on medical grounds to ... Read More


6 Sena workers denied bail over Palghar hosp assault

PALGHAR, Sept. 30 -- Nearly 25 days after Shiv Sena workers and functionaries allegedly barged into the ICU of Relieef Hospital in Palghar and assaulted doctors and staff over a Rs.19,866 medical bill... Read More


Mhada to redevelop Pratiksha Nagar in Sion on its own

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) has decided to undertake the cluster redevelopment of Pratiksha Nagar in Sion on its own, rather than handing the pro... Read More


'No iota of material' to show terror: NIA court grants bail to Sachin Waze in Antilia case

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday granted bail to former Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze in the Antilia explosives case and the related murder of T... Read More


Contractor who sent men to clean sewer held

MUMBAI, Sept. 30 -- A day after the death of a sanitation worker, the Vakola police arrested a private contractor, Vilas Jadhav, for hiring two workers to clean a private colony's sewer line and openi... Read More