Three minors died and at least 80 have been hospitalised owing to suspected food poisoning during a ”vastu shanti” ceremony at Mhahad village near Khopoli city in Raigad district of Maharashtra. Officials said the incident occurred on Monday around 9 p.m., when around 500 villagers were invited by Subhash Mane for dinner at a local temple on the occasion of […]
» Read moreMaharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Phundkar died on Thursday following a massive heart attack here, a BJP official said. Phundkar, 67, was admitted to the K.J. Somaiya Hospital on Wednesday where his condition reportedly deteriorated followed by the massive heart attack. He breathed his last at around 4.35 a.m. on Thursday. Top Bharatiya Janata Party state and central leaders have expressed […]
» Read morePetrol prices touched fresh record levels in Delhi and Mumbai on Monday, at Rs 76.57 and Rs 84.40 per litre respectively. On Sunday, the fuel price breached the all-time high levels touched in 2013 and was priced at Rs 76.24 and Rs 84.07 per litre in both the cities. According to observers, this rise in transportation fuel prices can be […]
» Read moreIn a shocking incident, a twelve-year-old rape victim gave birth to a premature baby girl on Monday. The critical delivery took place at Mumbai’s JJ Hospital. The victimised child had not even attained puberty while giving birth. Meanwhile, the baby weighed 1.4 kg at birth and was shifted to the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. With the available medical history, […]
» Read moreThe special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai on Wednesday sentenced all the nine convicts, including gangster Chhota Rajan and shooter Satish Kaliya to life imprisonment in the journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. Earlier the court acquitted journalist Jigna Vora, who had been accused of instigating the murder, and Paulson Joseph. J Dey was shot dead […]
» Read moreSocial activist Anna Hazare, who has been on hunger strike in New Delhi since March 23, on Thursday ended his fast at Ramlila Maidan, saying he has been assured by the Union government that a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in the States would be appointed soon. Mr. Hazare gave the government time till August to come good on […]
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