A long-distance passenger bus caught fire on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway early Thursday morning, triggering a major emergency but ending without injuries after the driver quickly evacuated all 14 passengers. The incident took place at around 7:25 am near kilometre 16.600 on the Mumbai-bound carriageway. The bus, which was registered in Madhya Pradesh, was travelling from...
Mumbai Police have denied permission to Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil to hold an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan from September 19, citing security and law-and-order concerns during the ongoing Ganeshotsav celebrations. The decision comes amid heightened attention around Jarange-Patil’s proposed march to Mumbai over the demand for reservation for the Maratha community. The...
Three newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the District Women’s Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Monday. The tragedy occurred when the neonatal ward was housing critically ill and vulnerable infants, prompting an immediate rescue operation by doctors, nurses and other hospital...
A family dispute over a mobile phone ended in a devastating tragedy in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, where a 19-year-old man and both his parents died after falling from a hilltop during an extended attempt to prevent the teenager from taking his own life. The incident occurred on Friday at Khawadya Hill in the Tisgaon...
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food licence of Blink Commerce Pvt Ltd, the company operating quick-commerce platform Blinkit, following a food-safety inspection at one of its facilities in Malad West, Mumbai. The inspection reportedly uncovered serious hygiene and storage-related violations, including a major cockroach infestation, improperly stored food products, poor...
A family dispute over loud music took a tragic turn in Mumbai on Thursday morning when an argument between three brothers allegedly escalated into a violent attack involving sharp weapons. The incident resulted in the death of two family members, while two others sustained critical injuries, according to police officials. The preliminary investigation revealed that...
The Siddhivinayak Temple Trust in Mumbai has initiated an audit following allegations of donation-related irregularities raised by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. The move comes after concerns were expressed over the handling of temple donations and the significant rise in the amount collected by the shrine over the past two years. The Trust...
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has launched a sharp attack on the Maharashtra government, alleging that more than 2,000 government schools have been shut down in the state and accusing the administration of failing to protect the education system. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Raut claimed that the closure of...
A 20-year-old second-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay was found dead inside his hostel room on the institute’s Powai campus, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The student, who was originally from Rajasthan, was reportedly found unresponsive in his room on Tuesday night after his parents became concerned...
A 19-year-old NEET aspirant from Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar district allegedly died by suicide after becoming deeply distressed over the result of her medical entrance examination re-test, according to police and family members. The incident took place in Jalalpur village, where the teenager was found at her residence. Police have registered a case of accidental death and...