EX-CHAIRPERSON OF LC SHIVAJIRAO DESHMUKH DIES
MUMBAI: Former chairperson of the legislative council (LC) and senior Congress leader Shivajirao Deshmukh died following a prolonged illness at a south Bombay hospital on Monday. He was 83.
Death toll in Andheri ESIC hospital fire touches 14
MUMBAI: A 57-year-old woman who was rescued from ESIC hospital, Andheri, after a fire broke out on December 18, died on Sunday at Riddhi Vinayak Critical Care and Cardiac Centre. The woman is the 14th victim in the case.
Mumbai’s third organ donor of 2019 is 57-yr-old man
MUMBAI: A 57-year-old man from Vile Parle became this year’s third organ donor from Mumbai. His wife and siblings agreed to donate his liver and a kidney after he was declared brain dead on January 10.
Body of unidentified man found in Vashi nullah
NAVI MUMBAI: Body of an unidentified man was fished out from a nullah at Vashi, Sector 17 on Monday. The police have registered a case of an ADR.
Date to file objections for Mum-pune DP extended
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has extended the time period for citizens to submit their suggestions/objections on the Development Plan of 71 villages along the Mumbai-pune Expressway to January 31 from January 15.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 2019: Team surveys city
MUMBAI: A team from the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 2019 had arrived in the city on Sunday to start their four-day Swachh Sarvekshan. The team visited the city’s filthiest spots in seven wards.
One taken into custody for alleged poaching in SGNP
MUMBAI: Forest officials from Sanjay Gandhi National Park and the crime branch of Mumbai police have taken one person in custody for suspected poaching in and around the national park. Officials are trying to find out more leads regarding poaching instances that took place in Film City on December 31, among others.
‘Act against cops who thrashed youth Congmen’
MUMBAI: Members of Youth Congress have demanded action against the police officers who allegedly thrashed their leaders for agitating during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Solapur visit last week. The party claimed their leaders had staged the protest in a democratic way.