After recovering, the cobra was released in the wild. It was a challenge to ensure that the cobra remained motionless during the CT scan. Navi Mumbai: An adult Indian Spectacled Cobra, which was injured in its midsection at a Chembur construction site, underwent a rare and successful CT scan at Fredna Vet Diagnostics (FVD) to…
Mumbai: Bombay HC recently held that a nine-year delay in invoking Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in an alleged extortion FIR lodged in 2013 was by itself not a reason to quash criminal proceedings when the delay is reasonably explained. It dismissed a quashing plea filed in 2024 by two accused who challenged…
Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender Mumbai: Mumbai airport received a bomb threat via email on Saturday. Police declared the threat a hoax after a thorough search of the premises and its vicinity by a bomb detection squad. Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender.A police…
Amid speculation that some Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs might switch sides, party chief Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting with his lawmakers on Sunday, sources told news agency PTI. MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) on Sunday claimed that all of its nine MPs were present for the meeting called by party chief Uddhav Thackeray. However, five…
Mumbai: A 28-year-old Thane resident who began seeing the world as a photographic negative, developed dramatic personality changes and recurrent seizures, and eventually required ventilator support has made a near-complete recovery after doctors diagnosed him with anti-NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but potentially fatal brain disorder that could masquerade as a psychiatric illness.The disease,…
Family friends and activists alleged the victim reportedly lost control of his bike while crossing a road stretch that was covered with loose gravel Thane: A 30-year-old social media content creator died in a tragic motorcycle accident in the Mohone area of Kalyan early Saturday after reportedly losing control of his bike on a stretch…
Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against the manager of a gas distribution agency after he was found to be involved in the misappropriation of over 5,800 gas cylinders worth Rs 90 lakh. Bangur Nagar Police are investigating the case further.The FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint given by the gas agency…
Mumbai: Nine months after a dedicated psychiatry ward was inaugurated at the state-run St George’s Hospital near CST, female patients are still unable to get admitted here because the hospital has not appointed a female night attendant, a requirement for admitting female patients.A 20-bedded male psychiatry ward has been functional since Sept 2025, with mostly…
Thane: A funeral procession in Diva was allegedly obstructed briefly after a private road that is incidentally the sole motorable access to the dense residential colony in the Bedekar Nagar area was barricaded by some miscreants, who locals said had been blocking the road to illegally collect a toll for use of the thoroughfare.A viral…
The woman took the extreme step apparently over domestic issues George MendoncaNavi Mumbai: In a shocking and heart-wrenching incident, a 29-year-old tribal woman from Kharavali tribal hamlet in Mangaon taluka, Raigad, allegedly fed poison-laced cold drink to her four minor children before she herself consumed the poison on Saturday. While the woman and her two…
