Palghar: A woman was arrested in Palghar district for allegedly securing a Zilla Parishad job using a fake disability certificate, a police official said on Sunday.Rupali Tengle, a resident of Daund in Pune, applied for a Group C Laboratory Technician post under the Aug 2023 direct-recruitment advertisement and submitted a disability certificate purportedly issued by…
MUMBAI: A week after a tree fell on an auto in Khar, critically injured teenager Aarika Srivastava died Sunday while undergoing treatment. Doctors had declared Aarika, 14, brain dead on Thursday after an apnea test. Following her death, police added a culpable homicide charge against the construction firm linked to the site where the tree…
Kalyan: In a major crackdown on the sale of expired health supplements, the Kalyan crime unit of Thane police has busted a racket allegedly involved in changing expiry dates on vitamin and nutritional products before selling them in the market. Police arrested two persons and seized goods worth Rs 26.63 lakh during the operation.According to…
Kalyan: A 28-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the sixth floor of a residential building in the Gauripada area in Kalyan.According to Khadakpada police, the incident occurred on May 14 when the woman was reportedly distressed over her mother’s deteriorating health condition. Her mother recently suffered a brain haemorrhage and was undergoing…
Mumbai: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya has urged the Municipal Commissioner, Mayor, and Police Commissioner not to allow goats to be slaughtered in residential complexes, housing societies and chawls on the occasion of Bakri Eid.Somaiya alleged that even after the BMC and court have imposed restrictions on several occasions, the rules are violated. The BMC should give…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district has awarded compensation of Rs 41.8 lakh to a 28-year-old graphic designer who suffered 60% permanent disability following a road accident in 2021.In its May 7 order, tribunal member R V Mohite directed the offending car’s owner, Mahesh Dhamanse, and the insurance company to pay…
Mumbai: Alleging that a transfer scam is resurfacing in the BMC, BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha claimed that around 55 officials mentioned in the October 2025 ‘controversial’ list have been allotted the same postings in a proposed fresh list under the guise of routine transfers.The previous transfer list was stayed by the civic administration following allegations…
Avascular Necrosis (AVN), also known as osteonecrosis, is the death of bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply For four years, a 54-year-old Malvani resident was a prisoner of his own bed, immobilised by a hip joint collapse. His doctors suspect the condition, avascular necrosis (AVN), was triggered by haphazard steroidal use during…
School education minister announced that admission fees of the two minor sex assault victims will be covered from Class 1 to Class 10 Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt will bear the complete cost of school education up to Class 10 for the two minor girls who were victims in the Badlapur school sexual assault case.The decision,…
Mumbai: Bandra-Worli Sea Link silhouetted against the sunset sky, in Mumbai, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)(PTI05_06_2026_000311A) Mumbai: Even as Mumbai recorded a satisfactory average AQI of 52 on Sunday and remained below the 100 mark throughout May, the AQI monitoring station at BKC stood out sharply with a reading of 162 — the…
