Thane: A major civic initiative to revive old wells and convert them into potable water sources is set to ease chronic shortages in the city’s Majiwada-Manpada belt, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Monday.Sarnaik, who inaugurated three such rejuvenated wells in the Lokmanya Nagar area of the city on Monday, indicated that, if successful,…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a TOI report published Monday, which highlighted the plight of a 70-year-old man with suspected bleeding in the brain. The report flagged how the patient was tossed from BMC-run MW Desai Hospital to Jogeshwari Trauma Hospital without an ambulance or medical support.The…
The hospital precinct carries a Grade II-A heritage tag MUMBAI: When municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide visited the civic-run KEM Hospital last week, civic officials revived an old, ambitious pitch: a 42-storey hospital tower with a helipad in the sprawling Parel campus. The proposal, still on the drawing board, hinges on a crucial constraint – the…
Two MBA students died from suspected ecstasy overdose at a Mumbai music show. MUMBAI: Police investigations in the suspected drug overdose case at a music show in Goregaon (East) that left two MBA students dead have shown that the ecstasy pills were sourced from a major drug supplier and three of the accused persons had…
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar MUMBAI: Sharad Pawar, president of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and a Rajya Sabha MP, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai for a routine health check-up, sources said on Tuesday, according to news agency PTI.. The 85-year-old leader was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital two days ago,…
Mumbai: Recently, Nalasopara-based tailor Mohammed Jafferuddin saw a pamphlet inviting applications for weddings free of cost at a mass marriage event. Jafferuddin wanted to marry off his son Fariduddin and discussed it with family friend Hafiz Shamsher and the two families decided to get Fariduddin’s marriage with Shamsher’s daughter Sana at the mass wedding.This past…
MUMBAI: The latest round of budget allocations for corporators has revealed stark disparities in ward committee fund distribution within the ruling BJP, even as opposition members have received a marginal share. While ruling parties have traditionally secured a larger portion of funds during annual budget amendments, this year’s figures point to major internal variation within…
MUMBAI: Several parts of Maharashtra are set to experience a change in weather on Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting light rain and thunderstorms across several districts.Mumbai to see light Rain, thunderstormsMumbai is expected to experience light rain and thundershowers on Tuesday, with conditions marked as “very likely.” The city, which remained largely…
A taxi carrying two men plunged into a dry public well in Nalasopara East on Monday afternoon after veering off the road and crashing through its boundary VASAI: A taxi with two occupants veered off the main road, broke through the boundary wall of a relatively dry public well, and plunged 20-25ft to the bottom…
Police probe tragic death of woman, 2 children in well (AI image used for representational purpose only) LATUR: A young mother and her two children lost their lives in a tragic incident in Latur, where a family dispute is suspected to have led to the deaths, police said. A 25-year-old woman allegedly jumped into a…
