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Two electrocuted, during visarjan processions; 5 hurt

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- Two men died and five others, including a six-year-old child, were injured after coming in contact with live electric wires in Andheri and Bhayander during the visarjan processions ... Read More


Evening learning centres give kids and adults a second shot at education

MUMBAI, Sept. 8 -- Lalitha Raman, a 60-year-old resident of Aarey's Ganesh Nagar and daughter of a dabbawala, had to drop out of school in Class 8 to work with her mother. Several decades later, in 20... Read More


BMC to recycle 1,982 metric tonnes of P.o.P. after Visarjan

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- Following orders from the Bombay High Court, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is, for the first time, trying to recycle the Plaster of Paris (PoP) remains of Ganapati id... Read More


Charitable hospitals flouting beds quota to face harsher penalties

MUMBAI, Sept. 8 -- Senior management of charitable hospitals in Mumbai, including some of the city's top medical institutions, could face a year-long jail sentence if these institutions continue to vi... Read More


BMC to ease crisis at Cooper Hospital

MUMBAI, Sept. 8 -- The civic administration has initiated steps to address the serious sanitation and staff crisis at its Dr RN Cooper Hospital at Juhu, particularly measures aimed at biomedical waste... Read More


State's thali scheme in jeopardy over unpaid dues

MUMBAI, Sept. 8 -- Thanks to the government's cash crunch resulting from the Rs.3,500 crore monthly payout to Ladki Bahin beneficiaries, over 1,881 Shiv Bhojan thali operators have not received their ... Read More


State planning 10 new water transport routes across MMR

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- Although the last three decades have witnessed multiple instances of new water transport routes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) being shut down due to lack of demand and hig... Read More


Computer science grad who ran MD factory, supplied drugs to city held

MUMBAI, Sept. 8 -- In a cross-state operation, the Crime Branch (Unit 3) of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on Sunday arrested the alleged kingpin of a sprawling interstate synthetic drug... Read More


After 19 yrs in jail, 7/11 acquitted accused get back on their feet

MUMBAI, Sept. 8 -- "I am struggling to find work," says Sajid Ansari, 49. Unlike millions of Mumbaiites grappling with a crowded job market, Ansari has another disadvantage. A former life convict in t... Read More


Technical snag delays immersion of Lalbaugcha Raja at Chowpatty

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- In a break from tradition, Lalbaugcha Raja - the idol of one of the oldest and most famous Ganpati mandals in the city - was immersed at Girgaum Chowpatty at 9 pm on Sunday, more th... Read More