Thane: The Thane city police arrested a doctor from a hospital on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a patient, the police said on Thursday.
Sub-inspector AP Daundkar of the Naupada police station told PTI on Thursday that the patient, a 45-year-old housewife, had got herself admitted to the Sahayog Hospital in the Naupada locality.
Allegedly, on Tuesday when nurses had left for the day, the accused who was on the night shift entered the patient's room, pretended to treat her, molested her twice and attempted to sexually assault her, the complaint said.
The victim lodged complained to the police after she was discharged from the hospital, as she feared that the doctor would harm her if she raised an alarm while she was in the hospital, the complaint said....
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Thane: The local court on Saturday granted bail to two persons in the Mumbra building crash case. Judge KR Warrier granted bail to Ramdas Burud, a driver to one of the accused officials of Thane Municipal Commissioner, and Afroz Ansari, who had supplied materials for the ill-fated building, against personal bonds of Rs 15,000. Burud is accused of being a conduit between officials and the builder for bribes. The court,...
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Thane: A local court on Friday rejected the bail applications of four officials of Thane Municipal Corporation in a case related to last month's building collapse in the district in which 74 persons were killed. Judge KR Warrier said as the probe was on and the chargesheet was yet to be filed, bail can not be granted. He rejected the applications of Deputy Municipal Commissioners Deepak Chavan and Srikant Sarmokadam,...
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking to restrain government authorities from taking any coercive action against anyone for posting alleged objectionable comments on social networking sites. An application was filed before the apex court seeking its direction to the authorities not to take action for posting such comments during the pendency of a case before it pertaining to constitutional validity of section 66A...
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Chennai: Southern actress Swati Reddy, who is paired with Nikhil Siddharth for the second time for director Chandu Mondenti's film, says a hit pair may or may not work because the fate of a film depends on its content. Swati and Nikhil were last seen together in highly successful Telugu crime-comedy 'Swamy Ra Ra'. And now they will feature in Mondenti's untitled upcoming Telugu thriller comedy. "Honestly, I seriously don't...
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New Delhi: Housing prices have increased by an average 66 per cent in Mumbai over the last four years on account of steady demand and rising input cost, according to property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). The increase has been even higher at 70 per cent in Thane and 74 per cent in Navi Mumbai. "The cumulative price escalation figures for Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai represent the highest among...
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Chennai: Known for playing the most unconventional roles in his career so far, Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi says he chooses roles that he thinks will suit his image and doesn't usually believe in custom-made roles. He played a negative character in one of his earlier films called 'Sundarapandian'. He was also part of National-award winning Tamil drama 'Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'. While he played a pizza delivery boy in Tamil horror-thriller 'Pizza',...
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Mumbai: Scarred by the loss of her loved ones in the horrific building collapse in Mumbra in Thane - Sandhya Thakkur, after being miraculously rescued was unable to even open her eyes to those tending to her at the hospital. The little girl symbolised the tragedy in Mumbra. But now, there is hope for her. Veena Kandle, a nurse at the Sion hospital believes destiny got them together. Veena said,...
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Thane: The prosecution in the Thane building crash case on Tuesday opposed the bail pleas of two senior municipal officers arrested for the tragedy which claimed the lives of 74 people last month. Suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner Deepak Chavan and Assistant Municipal Commissioner Shayam Thorbole were among 22 persons arrested for the collapse of a seven-storey unauthorised building in Shil-Phata area. Assistant Public Prosecutor Hemlata Deshmukh opposed the bail applications...
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03:42 PM, May 03, 2013
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