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'You cannot place a price on a person's life'

MUMBAI, July 5 -- Nine years ago, Kanchan Nath, 58, was returning home from yoga class around 8am, when a coconut tree at Swastik Park in Chembur toppled onto her head. A Doordarshan anchor, Kanchan f... Read More


'Civic officials haven't bothered to check on us'

THANE, July 5 -- Three days after he was hit by a falling tree, Pawan Jha, 52, can still barely move. He fractured three vertebrae when the tree came crashing down at Wagle Estate on Wednesday, damagi... Read More


'Every tree makes us anxious, traumatised'

MUMBAI, July 5 -- Every time Prakash Nayak, 43, walks past the Ashoka tree near Kavale Math on Walkeshwar Road, a shiver runs down his spine. It's been eight years since a branch broke off and fell on... Read More


'All netas want are votes, but our lives don't matter'

THANE, July 5 -- Arpita and her son Pratik Walawalkar were participating in the final Ganesh Chaturthi aarti when a peepal tree branch fell on the pandal at Kolbad in Thane. Arpita, 54, was hit on the... Read More


Monsoon batters Mumbai; no lives lost

MUMBAI, July 5 -- Under a red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai witnessed one of the season's heaviest spells of rain on Saturday, with the red alert set to continue ti... Read More


Flood, sewage water enters Kurla chawl

MUMBAI, July 5 -- For the residents of Jivabhai Chawl in Kurla, Saturday's torrential rain brought their worst nightmare to life once again. As the downpour intensified, families watched helplessly as... Read More


Torrential rain cripples MMR; transport, flights hit

MUMBAI, July 5 -- Large parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) turned into a waterlogged maze on Saturday as torrential rain pounded Thane, Navi Mumbai and Vasai-Virar. With the India Meteorolo... Read More


Another loss for Agarwal family as Ketan's grandfather passes away

Pune, July 5 -- Devichand Agarwal, grandfather of the late Ketan Agarwal, passed away, leaving the Agarwal family in mourning once again. Following his grandson's death, Devichand Agarwal stood firmly... Read More


Snapchat msgs about 'wedding that would never happen' emerges

PUNE, July 5 -- An alleged Snapchat conversation shows Siya Goyal, the prime accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case, purportedly referring to a wedding "that would never happen." Police confirmed th... Read More


city bjp chief's laughter over tree, manhole deaths draws ire

MUMBAI, July 5 -- BJP Mumbai chief Ameet Satam came under fire after a video showing him laughing and saying, "Yesterday, it was because of a tree, today it is a manhole," in an apparent reference to ... Read More