Navi Mumbai: Parents staged a protest recently against a 25% fee hike by a Kharghar school prompting the management to reduce it to 19%. However, the parents are still opposing the hike seeking it be capped at 15%. The school has around 4,600 students. The last meeting was held on April 15 after the police…
Thane: The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) alleged that Thane Police did not arrest the main accused in a multi-crore stock market fraud case despite an FIR, in which over 1,000 investors were allegedly duped of nearly Rs 185 crore.DCP Parag Manere said the main accused were currently absconding and efforts were underway to…
In 2010, I was asked to teach French conversational skills to nine-year-old twins. I reached the address and rang the bell. When I entered, an elderly lady in a pastel sari was making calls from a landline and humming. I froze. The voice! I was all ears until Anuja Bhosle came out and greeted me,…
In 2003, I started teaching French. A few years later, I was asked to conduct a special conversation workshop for two children who wished to learn the foreign language as a hobby. Since the nine-year-old twins could not attend regular courses designed for adults, I would have to teach them at their residence. I reached…
Thane: Residents of Hiranandani Estate locality have launched an online campaign expressing their concern at the possible inconvenience to locals due to the alleged ‘last-minute modified alignment’ of the Thane internal ring metro project, which cuts through their area. The residents claimed authorities failed to consult locals or elected representatives before modifying the route.The Nagpur-based…
On Elephanta Island, archaeologists race to unearth ancient waterworks before the onset of the rains. “The water must be sweet, right?” a man in a pink jersey calls out from the stone steps. “It is,” replies the young man in a Dragon Ball Z T-shirt below, without looking up from his pickaxe.On a rocky island…
Mumbai: The city crime branch recently filed a chargesheet against four people, including a govt servant, for allegedly orchestrating a multi-crore fraud by impersonating as officials of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) and duping victims with promises of allotting govt plots.Those named in the chargesheet are Ravi Sharma, Sunil Surve, Vikram Giri,…
Mumbai: Troubled by frequent burping, 70-year-old Thane resident Hiren Bose underwent a health check-up that revealed stage-3 fatty liver. Fatty liver, or Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Liver Disease (MASLD), affects nearly a third of adult Indians. Linked to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol and inactivity, it is expected to become a leading reason for…
Mumbai/Navi Mumbai: The alleged mastermind in the suspected drug overdose case that left two MBA students dead was arrested from Poladpur on the Mumbai-Goa Highway late on Friday, while he was trying to flee to Goa.Ayush Sahitya, 24, was produced before a magistrate court at Borivli on Saturday. He was remanded to police custody till…
Thane: A Bhandup-based banker couple died after a container truck hit their motorcycle near the Kharegaon exit on the Mumbai-Nashik highway on Saturday morning, police said. The accident occurred around 7.30 am when the couple was returning from Dombivli after visiting an ailing relative.The victims, identified as Kalpesh Rewale and his wife Meenakshi, both employed…
