Lalbaugcha Raja 'prasad' waste to power Mumbai's civic hospitals as faith meets sustainabilityMumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja will convert prasad waste into clean electricity this Ganesh festival. Around eighty metric tonnes of food waste w...
12 Sep, 2026, 12.54 PM IST
22 'govindas' injured during Dahi Handi celebrations in MumbaiTwenty-two govindas sustained injuries during Mumbai's Dahi Handi celebrations on Saturday. Most of these participants received treatment a...
05 Sep, 2026, 01.25 PM IST
Mumbai crane collapse: At least 10 injured as large crane topples onto houses in KurlaA large crane collapsed on houses in Mumbai's Kurla East early Friday morning. This incident left more than ten people injured and required...
21 Aug, 2026, 09.55 AM IST
Mumbai landslide death toll reaches 8; NDRF calls off search-and-rescue operationsThe National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said it ended the search and rescue operations in consultation with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp...
13 Aug, 2026, 05.10 PM IST
Services hit as Maharashtra resident doctors begin strike over registration of homoeopathsResident doctors in Maharashtra have begun an indefinite strike. This action protests the government's decision allowing homoeopaths to pre...
05 Aug, 2026, 05.05 PM IST
Maharashtra resident doctors begin indefinite strike over homoeopathy registration issueMaharashtra Resident doctors' strike: The statewide strike is against the government's decision allowing homoeopaths to prescribe allopathi...
05 Aug, 2026, 09.51 AM IST
In the 1960s, the US bred up to 150 million sterile screwworm flies a week in Texas and dropped them from planes to protect livestock from a flesh-eating parasiteThe United States faces a renewed threat from the New World screwworm parasite. This pest, a fly larva, infests animal wounds and causes si...
01 Aug, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
Deaths of 2 patients at KEM Hospital not linked to COVID-19, no need to panic: BMCMumbai's KEM Hospital clarified that recent patient deaths were due to pre-existing conditions, not COVID-19, urging the public to remain c...
19 May, 2025, 08.10 PM IST
BMC hospital nurse puts tape on newborn's mouth to stop him cryingA homemaker from Badlapur has accused a BMC hospital in Bhandup of placing adhesive tape on her newborn son's mouth. The incident took plac...
23 Feb, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
BMC to close Jumbo COVID centres as cases dip in Mumbai"In the first phase the COVID Jumbo Centers of Dahisar, Nesco Center Goregaon and Kanjurmarg were closed and now the remaining 5 centres wh...
29 Jul, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
111 mucormycosis patients undergoing treatment in MumbaiAdditional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani told the committee that 38 mucormycosis patients are being treated at the civic-run BY Nair...
12 May, 2021, 07.42 PM IST
Why BMC is turning 4 and 5 star hotels to Covid care centresMumbai till a few days back was adding close to 10,000 cases per day and BMC officials said that the really sick patients were not getting ...
15 Apr, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
As toll rises, shortage of beds is main worry for Mumbai, DelhiIndia's biggest economic hubs, Mumbai and New Delhi, also have the dubious distinction of being the country's Covid-19 hotspots, with the h...
06 Jun, 2020, 06.55 AM IST
Covid-19: Wuhan-type hospital plan headed for crashBMC had last month finalised bidders for constructing a three-storey Covid facility on Kasturba Hospital compound in 90 days, but nothing h...
24 May, 2020, 10.46 AM IST
Old drug brings new hope for critically ill coronavirus patientsBMC-run hospitals have successfully tried an immunomodulatory drug to treat extremely critical cases.
03 May, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
- Nadathur buys into Thai hotel group
Nadathur Holdings, the investment firm of Infosys co-founder NS Raghavan, has acquired majority stake in Bangkok-based BMC Management Corp,...
12 Jun, 2009, 12.33 AM IST
- Hospitals hanging on to life support too
The serial train bomb blasts which claimed over 190 lives have forced the city hospital authorities to re-think their contingency plans.
13 Jul, 2006, 01.16 AM IST