1. Man Dies After Rly Officials Fail to Hear Wife’s Cries for Help
A cancer patient on his way to the Tata Memorial Hospital for treatment died at Thane railway station on Friday after his wife’s cries for help failed to get the attention of railway authorities for around half an hour.
Deepak Gupta, 35, and his wife, Resham, were on their way to Parel from Kalyan when he collapsed in train. “He started feeling uneasy and collapsed as the train neared Thane. Passengers in the train then helped carry him out of the train and placed him on a platform bench,” said Kanhaiya Gupta, a relative of the deceased. He claimed railway officials failed to notice Resham, who was crying next to Deepak’s lifeless body, for close to half an hour after they got down from the train at 8 am.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
2. Fake CPS Certificates Scam: MMC Bans Seven Mumbai Docs for 5 Years; Another 50 Suspended for 12 Months
The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has barred seven Mumbai doctors from practicing for five years, and another 50, also from the city, for a year for allegedly submitting fake certificates of PG diploma and fellowships from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS).
The doctors banned for five years have been identified as Priyanka Bhagat, Mayank Sharma, Vipul Kumar Patel, Suchita Goyal, Rekha R, Natasha Char, and Bandana Kumar. The MMC sources said one of the doctors was a paediatrician, while others specialised in disciplines such as general surgery, gynaecology, and orthopaedics.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
3. Mobile Internet Services Restored As Navi Mumbai Calms Down After Maratha Agitation
Mobile internet and messaging services, suspended in the early hours of Thursday following violent Maratha protests, were restored across Navi Mumbai on Friday morning.
Services have been restored in all nodes, including Kalamboli and Kopar Khairane, which saw among the most violent protests on Wednesday.
Services were stopped to prevent the spread of rumours, which could lead to further violence in the region. By Friday noon, almost all service providers had resumed services in Navi Mumbai.
Source: Hindustan Times
4. Road Widening Tussle: State Backs Shrinking of Bombay Gymkhana
The elite club will lose over 3,000 sq mt, including manager’s bungalow and significant tree cover, as govt finalises plan to broaden nearby road.
The leafy Bombay Gymkhana will lose over 3,000 square metres of land, including the manager’s bungalow, portions of the pool and tennis courts, and over 100 trees, according to a plan to broaden Hazarimal Somani Marg now finalised by the state.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
5. CM Fadnavis Decides to Call All-Party Meeting to Discuss Maratha Agitation
Under pressure owing to the ongoing Maratha agitation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a meeting of group leaders of all parties in the Maharashtra legislature to discuss and resolve the matter.
The decision to involve all parties was taken at a late-night meeting on Thursday of the BJP’s Maratha ministers and senior leaders, called by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The meeting was held at state education minister Vinod Tawde’s home and went on till 1am.
“The CM has decided to call a meeting of all group leaders of all parties to understand their opinions on the issue and for their feedback on the Maratha agitation. He has also been in talks with various groups that are agitating. A solution will be worked out soon,” said revenue minister Chandrakant Patil, who attended Thursday’s discussion.
Source: Hindustan Times
6. 17-year-old Stabbed to Death Outside College in Mumbai
A 17-year-old was stabbed to death in broad daylight, while coming out of his college on Thursday morning. The victim has been identified as Sushil Kumar Verma, a resident of Bhandup.
At approximately 9.20am on Thursday, Verma was coming out of Smt Ramkali Sanmansingh Vidyamandir Junior College of Commerce and Science, where he was a student. At the gates of the college, on Sanmansingh Road in Bhandup, three people were waiting for him.
“The accused were wearing handkerchiefs on their faces. One of the suspects asked Sushil to come with him from the college entrance,” said an officer from Bhandup police station who is privy to the probe. Verma was taken around 100 metres away from the college gates and then stabbed. The murder took place on a busy road and was witnessed by other college students and bystanders. “Everything happened in a matter of few minutes. The boy fell on the ground and was taken to the hospital in an auto,” said a roadside stall owner who witnessed the murder.
Source: Hindustan Times
7. Bed Bugs on Air India Flight: Airline Relents; To Give Mom of 3 Full Refund
Owing to her relentless fight for her right to travel in humane and hygienic conditions, Air India on Friday agreed to refund a passenger the full ticket fare after she complained of bed bugs in one of their international flights.
Saumya Shetty, who travelled on the national carrier’s Newark-Mumbai flight on July 18 with her kids, had paid USD 10,964 for three round-trip business-class tickets. As she was undertaking an almost 17-hour overnight journey with three young children, including a six-month-old infant, she paid the hefty amount expecting a comfortable and pleasant experience.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
8. 1% Surcharge on Stamp Duty: ‘Proposal Will Hamper Consumer Sentiment’
The Maharashtra government’s proposal to levy a one per cent surcharge on stamp duty will hamper consumer sentiment, especially in the affordable housing segment, according to a report authored by Anuj Puri, the chairman of real estate consultancy, Anarock. It is happening at a time the Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s real estate market is shedding its lethargy and showing signs of revival. Earlier last week, the state government published the draft of its proposals in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act.
There, it proposed to levy the surcharge of one per cent on the existing stamp duty of five per cent on sale, lease, gifts and mortgage of immovable properties. That effectively raises the price of such real estate transactions.
Source: The Indian Express
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