1. Stunted Growth Of Mangroves At Twin Sites
The state government’s efforts to increase the mangrove cover don’t seem to be bearing fruit.
In a disturbing discovery, Mumbai Mirror, which, along with experts on the subject, visited two spots where mangroves saplings were planted by the State Mangrove Cell in 2012-13, has found that very few plants have actually survived. While the survival rate at Charkop site is nil, hardly 5,000-7,000 saplings out of the 93,324 planted in Manori are alive now.
Reasons? Faulty planning, lack of research and unsuitable growth conditions for the trees.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
2. Shah Rukh Khan Gets Summons From Vadodara Court Over Raees Promotion Incident
A Vadodara court today issued summons to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan over the stampede at the railway station here during a train trip to promote his film 'Raees' which left a man dead.
The court of judicial magistrate first class S P Dave issued summons to Khan under section 204 of the CrPC after noting that there was sufficient ground for proceeding against him in the case, and ordered him to remain present in the court on July 27.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
3. Navi Mumbai Cops Arrest Man Suspected Of Leaking Jio Data
The Navi Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested a man from Rajasthan, who is suspected of involvement in what may be a major leak of user data from Mukesh Ambani-led telecom company Jio. The development comes a day after Jio, run by Ambani’s conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, said it was investigating whether personal data of more than 100 million of its users had been leaked to a website named Magicapk.com.
The person arrested has been identified as Imran Chhimpa, from Sujangarh town in Churu district. At the time of going to press, officers from the Navi Mumbai Police and the Maharashtra Cyber Crime Cell were in the process of bringing Chhimpa, believed to be an engineering student, to Vashi after he was detained by the Rajasthan police.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
4. Byculla Jail Inmate Death: 291 Inmates To Fill Mumbai Police’s Questionnaire
The Mumbai crime branch, which is investigating the murder of convict Manjula Shetye, will be recording the statements of all the 291 inmates of the Byculla Women’s Jail.
The crime branch has started taking permissions from the courts where the cases of the inmates are being handled. The police are also planning to make a two-page questionnaire that will be given to all female convicts. The first page of this questionnaire will have questions about the murder case and the second page will have questions related to the rioting that took place in the jail.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
5. FYJC First Merit List Out, Colleges See Drop In Cut-offs
After keeping hundreds of thousands of students on tenterhooks for several hours on Monday, the first merit list for FYJC (Class XI) showed up at 1 am on Tuesday.
The cut-offs this time for admission to the first year junior college (FYJC) courses in various streams climbed down in the range of one to three per cent over last year.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
6. 264 Cops, Govt Staff Caught Travelling In Handicap Coaches Of Local Trains Over 5 Months
As many as 264 personnel from the city police and GRP, and staffers from government departments over five months broke the law by travelling in compartments meant for the physically challenged. All of them are yet to face action.
Data showed that the RPF caught 264 public servants in coaches reserved for the handicapped and cancer patients on locals between September 2016 and January 2017, but they were only fined, with no action taken by their departments.
(Source: Mid-day)
7. Top Mumbai Hospital Refuses To Discharge Patient Unable To Pay Rs 1.60l Bill
A common adage is 'health is wealth'. But, in the case of Shekhar Poojari, 46, a physically handicapped waiter, it may literally translate, as after a medical scare that required him to be admitted to Hinduja Hospital, he is now healthy, but is allegedly not being allowed to leave by authorities because he can't afford to pay the bill - a whopping Rs 1.60 lakh. This, despite him submitting all documents that proves he qualifies for benefits accorded to the 'weaker section' patients under the Charity Commission.
(Source: Mid-day)
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