Mumbai: A total of 376 Govindas were injured across Mumbai during Dahi Handi celebrations on Saturday, the highest number recorded in the past four years. Of these, 90 are undergoing treatment in hospitals, while 286 were discharged after receiving first aid.The number of injuries has risen steadily in recent years—from 222 in 2022 and 195…
Sena’s district chief Kundan Sankhe claimed they went to Relief Hospital after receiving complaints that the govindas were not being allowed to leave Palghar: Some Shiv Sena workers allegedly assaulted an employee of a private hospital in Palghar, abused doctors and threatened to damage property early on Sunday after being told that five govindas injured…
Maharashtra FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration is awaiting responses from five restaurants at Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) Bandra-Kurla Complex premises to notices issued over third-party contracting arrangements, FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said.“MCA is registered as a food business operator, but the actual operator is somebody else, who does not have…
Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh urged the state government take note of the VHP directive “because such extremist positions could potentially create a law-and-order situation” Mumbai: A day after Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) call to bar Muslims from taking part in garba and dandiya events during next month’s Navratri festival across Maharashtra and setting “guidelines”…
Mumbai: For hundreds of Govindas in the city, Dahi Handi came with injuries, with at least 168 rushed to various city hospitals by 6:30pm. Among those hurt, some suffered fractures but no critical injuries were reported.Major hospitals divided their regular emergency rooms between routine patients and Dahi Handi players. At KEM Hospital’s emergency ward, 33…
Navi Mumbai: A 21-year-old youth, a house painter, residing in Ambernath, who had gone to the Matheran hills for a monsoon picnic with his friend, died after falling into the gorge at Alexander Point’s cliffside view on Friday around 3.30 pm. His body was retrieved from the gorge at about 1500 feet after an 11-hour…
Navi Mumbai: A 34-year-old man identified as Swapnil Navar, a resident of Ghansoli, died after falling from a Dahi Handi pyramid in Sainathwadi, Airoli.Meanwhile, a 14-year-old boy identified as Avdesh Gupta fractured his hand after falling from the pyramid at Juhugaon. His family later shifted him to a private hospital for further treatment. In Vashi,…
Mumbai: A day of celebration turned into a nightmare for the Kadam family as they lost their seven-year-old son, Rudra, during Janmashtami festivities at Malad’s Chikoowadi on Saturday afternoon.The tragedy occurred when a group of children decided to celebrate their own mini Dahi Handi. The rope for the handi had been tied between a tree…
Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe clarified a new food safety directive MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new year-round festival food-safety directive is aimed at preventing food adulteration and ensuring safe food at public gatherings, not regulating how festivals are celebrated, FDA commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said.Mundhe said the directive applies uniformly to festivals…
Raut was arrested on Aug 1, 2022, in connection with the Patra Chawl land case Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, who spent 101 days in Arthur Road jail in the Patra Chawl money laundering case, said he was diagnosed with cancer only after coming out of prison, and he suspects that his cancer…
