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6 days ago | 
origin.mid-day.com | Diwakar Sharma |Asif Rizvi
The trio (from left) of Sayed Zakir Abbas, Ismail Sayed and Shaban Salim had no offer letters when they flew to Bangkok.
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6 days ago | 
mid-day.com | Diwakar Sharma |Asif Rizvi
The trio (from left) of Sayed Zakir Abbas, Ismail Sayed and Shaban Salim had no offer letters when they flew to Bangkok.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
mid-day.com | Diwakar Sharma |Faizan Khan |Samiullah Khan |Shirish Vaktania
Pradeep Kurulkar By Diwakar Sharma, Faizan Khan, Samiullah Khan, Shirish Vaktania and Apoorva Agashe DRDO scientist arrest case ADVERTISEMENT Well-known DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar made headlines in 2023 when Maharashtra ATS arrested him from Pune for allegedly sharing confidential information with a Pakistani Intelligence Operative (PIO). Kurulkar shared sensitive details after falling in love with an unknown woman solely through WhatsApp conversations. Kurulkar disclosed confidential...
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
msn.com | Diwakar Sharma
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), on the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has levied a fine of Rs 184 crore on Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) for adversely affecting the environment. The civic body has done nothing to dispose of tonnes of legacy waste lying unattended since 2013.
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Sep 10, 2023 | 
msn.com | Diwakar Sharma
The tiny, 20-bed Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in the Mokhada taluka of Palghar is crammed with children and their young mothers. The yellow walls are adorned with attractive drawings—a towering giraffe and young fawn reminiscent of Disney’s Bambi are seen looking either way; there are also paintings of “dancing” greens—broccoli, bottle gourd and capsicums—carrots, tomato, brinjal and pumpkin. In another artwork, five children are seen flaunting vegetable masks.
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Aug 13, 2023 | 
msn.com | Diwakar Sharma
Eighteen patients have died in the last 24 hours at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Maharashtra`s Kalwa in Thane, civic commissioner Abhijit Bangar said on Sunday, reported the PTI. These comprise 10 women and eight men, of which six are from Thane city, four from Kalyan, three from Sahapur, one each from Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar and Govandi (in Mumbai), one patient is from some other place and and one is unidentified, he said, according to the PTI.
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Jul 7, 2023 | 
msn.com | Diwakar Sharma
The Mandvi police station in Virar East received a case of gang-rape and bonded labour on Thursday. The 28-year-old survivor, a mother of two, belongs to the primitive Katkari tribal community and is a native of Raigad district. She claimed she was raped by nearly one dozen men including the owner of a charcoal manufacturing unit at Phaltan in Satara district. The police are verifying her claims and at the time of going to press, were in the process of recording her statement.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
msn.com | Diwakar Sharma
Soon after mid-day’s report about encroachers flooding the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway hit the newsstands, the VVCMC demolished several illegal dhabas and stalls near Sasunavghar in Vasai East. In the presence of security personnel, workers razed structures built on NHAI land, said officials.
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Jul 4, 2023 | 
msn.com | Diwakar Sharma
Hours after mid-day published a cover page story on what led to the flooding on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway last week, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the local civic body swung into immediate action to initiate an anti-encroachment drive against illegal dhabas and other establishments. Sources closely associated with the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) told mid-day, "We never saw these thick-skinned babus of the civic body act so swiftly.
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Jul 4, 2023 | 
msn.com | Diwakar Sharma
Illegal encroachments along both sides of the road mainly caused the heavy flooding on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, especially near Sasunavghar in Vasai East, after the first spell of rain last week. The Manager (Technical) of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Sumit Kumar told mid-day they have identified 300 encroachers along the road and issued them notices after their recent two-month-long drive.
