MOMBAI / MUMBAI / BONBAY

Pill that’s killing us

SR Ramachandran, a senior citizen from Mulund, woke up to a pool of blood from a boil on his heel. After a few days of self-treatment, Ramachandran’s wife Shyamala noticed the wound was oozing pus and smelling foul. The 69-year-old diabetic rushed...

The SRK meltdown

On Thursday afternoon, when Shah Rukh Khan held a press conference to let the world know what exactly he thought of the MCA officials who had reportedly misbehaved with him and the 14 children he had escorted to Wankhede, it struck a discordant...

Nanavati held guilty

A government panel that reviews cases of maternal mortality has held Nanavati Hospital responsible for a pregnant accident victim’s death last month. The indictment is a severe blow to the top hospital that is at the centre of a row over private...

Why IPL probe should not stop at these five

The day after a television channel broadcast a sting operation alleging deep-rooted corruption -- ranging from spot-fixing to black money dealings - in the Indian Premier League, the Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) went into damage...

10 lakh for no-ball: TV stings IPL underbelly

A year after a News of the World sting operation rocked international cricket and sent three Pakistani cricketers to jail, an Indian television channel has exposed possible deep-rooted corruption in the Indian Premier League with a series of...

Ganpati fest gift for special kids from Siddhivinayak

Thane resident Amit Khosla's son Ishaan was diagnosed with autism when he was two and a half years old. While the family took some time to accept this difficult truth, treatment wasn't easy. In a city where the number of children with special...

Top hospitals didn’t use even half of the beds marked for poor

A sample survey of the city's three top private charitable hospitals conducted by the state's Health Department has revealed that they have not been meeting their commitment of setting aside 10 per cent beds for treating poor patients. The...

India’s most wanted invested in building while plotting blasts

India's most wanted terrorist Yasin Bhatkal, who has had a hand in almost every major terror attack in India since 2008, including last year's serial blasts in Mumbai, has invested large sums in Mumbai's real estate. Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist...

Ex-family cook main suspect in murder of top city builder’s wife

A day after top developer Jayant Ajmera's wife, Chetana, was murdered at their Ghatkopar flat, the police on Tuesday named their former cook as a key suspect in the case. The cook, identified as only Ashok, was sacked a month ago following...

Like Palande, Shinde too had been jailed for murder, jumped parole

Vijay Palande alias Karan Sood is not the only person in the Arun Tikku and Karan Kakkad murder cases to have faked his identity to dodge the law. In an interesting twist to the investigations, it now turns out that Dhananjay Shinde, the man...