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Passenger loses hearing permanently after Jet Airways flight forgets to regulate cabin pressure
Jet Airways in recent times have come under heavy criticism for not regulating their cabin pressure. Their failure has often seen a sudden drop in the cabin pressure, which has given the…
Bhim Army wants to rename Dadar station as Chaityabhoomi
On Wednesday, a fringe-group threatened to stop the chief minister and other politicians from visiting Chaityabhoomi at Dadar if the railway station there was not renamed Chaityabhoomi by…
Maratha quota row: Maharashtra cabinet passes Maratha reservation bill
With the Maratha reservation issue creating hurdles for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Maharashtra, the government on Sunday passed the Maratha reservation bill. It is expected that the…
Winter Session: New Bill likely to change High Courts names of Bombay, Madras, Calcutta
The name changing spree of the cities was not enough, as there are speculations that a new bill is likely to be introduced during the Parliament’s upcoming Winter session to rename the…
Mumbai: Juhu cops finally nab accused absconding for 20 years
On Thursday, the Juhu police finally managed to nab Sattar Gaffar Sayyed, who was absconding for the last 20 years. The police arrested the 43-year-old from Govandi. On February 25, 1995, a…
Mumbai: Godman rapes married woman on pretext of curing infertility
A 45-year-old godman was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping a married woman on several occasions on the pretext of curing her infertility, as reported in mid-day. The godman is…
Mumbai: Retired Tehsildar kills self by firing four bullets in head
A retired Tehsildar, Pandrinath Sankhe (72) allegedly killed himself on Wednesday morning by shooting four bullets in his head with his licensed revolver at his bungalow located in Palghar…
Mumbai: 5-year-old boy dies after mother feeds him poison
A five-year-old boy died after being fed rat poison by his mother in Mumbai on Tuesday. The mother identified as Rina Ayare (34) reportedly attempted to suicide on Monday by consuming poison…
Mumbai: Fire in Andheri west high-rise; claims two
On Tuesday night, fire broke out in the 21-storey Kadam Chawl, a SRA building, on Veera Desai Road in Andheri West killed. The devastating fire claimed two lives and left three others with…
Mumbai: BMC hands over land for Bal Thackeray memorial
Almost two years after, the plan to build a memorial on Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was announced, the Mumbai civic body has eventually handed over the possession of the land earmarked…
Mumbra: 10-year-old boy saves his younger brother from kidnapper
A 10-year old boy saved his two and half-year-old brother from being taken away by the unidentified woman in Thane's Mumbra area on Friday. After having seen a burqa-clad woman picking his…
Vasai Coast: One fisherman missing, 6 rescued as boat capsizes
One fisherman is feared missing after a boat collided with a tug towing platform located around 15 nautical miles off the Vasai coast early Sunday. The missing man identified as Baban (42).…