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A 27-year-old woman died in Mumbai after accidentally consuming food laced with rat poison, police said. While making instant noodles, the woman accidentally added tomato that was laced with rat poison. The incident occurred in Pascal Wadi area in Mumbai’s Malad. Police said that the woman, identified as Rekha Nishad, had laced tomatoes to kill […]
At least 13 people were killed and several others were injured after a bus plunged into the Narmada river in the Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, on Monday morning. The Maharashtra Roadways bus was going from Indore to Pune when the accident took place. The Pune-bound bus fell off the Khalghat Sanjay Setu after crashing into […]
A bride in Buldhana district of Maharashtra got married to a relative instead of the groom because the drunk groom did not reach the wedding venue on time. The wedding was scheduled to take place on April 22 in Malkapur Pangra village in the Buldhana district. All the preparations were done and the auspicious time […]
A troop of revenge-driven monkeys killed at least 250 puppies by throwing them to the ground from high places in the Indian central western state of Maharashtra. The motivation for such fury is said to have stemmed from an incident in which a pack of dogs mauled a baby monkey to death. According to reports, […]
Police in India arrested a teenager suspected of beheading his pregnant older sister. The woman, 19, had married a man without her family’s consent, local police officials said. She was making tea for her brother and mother when she was attacked with a sickle. The teenager and his mother then surrendered to the police. Police suspect […]
At least 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s Covid-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said. An official told local media that around 17 patients were in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar when the fire broke out. The remaining patients have been moved to […]
Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has been released from a jail in Mumbai after he was arrested during a cruise ship drugs bust in a case that has gripped India. Aryan, 23, the eldest son of the actor dubbed the “King of Bollywood”, was detained earlier this month along with […]
Landslides triggered by monsoon rains hit western India killing at least 47 people and leaving thousands stranded, officials said. At least three landslides hit Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Thursday, a local official told the AFP news agency on Friday. In the latest incident being reported, 11 people succumbed after a landslide in Poladpur in Raigad […]
Thousands of people in India fell prey to an elaborate wide-ranging scam selling fake coronavirus vaccines, with doctors and medical workers among those arrested for their involvement. At least 12 fake vaccination drives were held in or near the financial hub Mumbai, in the country’s western Maharashtra state, Vishal Thakur, a senior official of the […]
Jailed tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, 84, died of a cardiac arrest in India’s Mumbai City. The Jesuit priest, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, was moved to a private hospital in May after he tested positive for Covid-19. Swamy, the oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India, was arrested in October 2020. He […]
Eighteen people were killed in a fire at a chemical factory on the outskirts of Pune city, India. Some 37 workers were trapped at the building premises when the blaze started around 3:45pm on Monday. When fire personnel reached the site, smoke was billowing from the compound and the firemen had to break walls to […]
A poultry farm in Maharashtra approached the police claiming that hens at his farm have stopped laying eggs after consuming the feed manufactured by a particular firm. The incident was reported in Pune district. “The complainant is a poultry farm owner. He and at least four other poultry farm owners in his area also faced […]