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woman arrested over abuse in capgemini creche

Bengaluru, July 4 -- A woman who worked at a daycare centre on Capgemini's Bengaluru office has been arrested in connection with the alleged abuse of children at the facility, police said, adding that... Read More


RSS breaks silence: Action must follow

New Delhi, July 4 -- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday demanded a thorough investigation and punishment for those found guilty of pilfering donations to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. It als... Read More


no such thing as 'Energy drink', can't be sold near schools: fDA

MUMBAI, July 4 -- Makers of 'energy drinks' have been told to stop calling their products by this name as such a classification does not exist under the law, according to the Food and Drug Administrat... Read More


4,446 manholes still lack safety nets: Cong MLC demands debate

MUMBAI, July 4 -- The death of 55-year-old Aslam Isak Shaikh, who fell into an unguarded manhole during heavy rain on Thursday, echoed in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Friday, with Congress M... Read More


Construction worker dies of electrocution

NAVI MUMBAI, July 4 -- A 45-year-old construction worker was electrocuted at an under-construction residential building in Ulwe after allegedly coming into contact with a live electric wire that had b... Read More


BMC orders city-wide audit of trees amid concretisation work

MUMBAI, July 4 -- After two people died, one of them a child, when trees collapsed on them in the last three days, the civic administration has ordered a week-long audit of trees across Mumbai to iden... Read More


After Chembur tree-fall tragedy, RTI reveals backlog of 537 disciplinary inquiries in BMC

Mumbai, July 4 -- Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) swiftly suspended officials following the death of an 11-year-old boy in a tree-fall incident in Chembur, its disciplinary mechan... Read More


35-yr-old man dies a day after coconut tree fell on him

MUMBAI, July 4 -- A day after a coconut tree crashed onto him while he was riding home in Bhayandar West, 35-year-old Rahul Patil succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning. Patil, who worked for a p... Read More


Contractor, 3 workers booked after man fell in open manhole

MUMBAI, July 4 -- A day after 55-year-old Aslam Shaikh was swept into an unguarded, 30-foot-deep open manhole and died in Sakinaka, the Sakinaka police on Friday registered an FIR against a civic cont... Read More


BMC officials, minister skip civic discussion

Mumbai, July 4 -- The legislative assembly witnessed repeated disruptions and adjournments on Friday over the absence of ministers and senior officials during a crucial discussion on civic administrat... Read More