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Twenty-four hours after the balloon cylinder blast at Arya Gurukul school, in which one person was killed and 13 were injured, five students continue to be under observation in hospital as their eyes are swollen and their vision is affected. Priyanka More (16), who lost vision in her right eye, is out the ICU and now recuperating in the general ward of Mumbai's JJ Hospital. Source: Mumbai News

Most RTOs take up to three months to renew a driving licence and up to a month to issue new ones, but the Borivli RTO has adopted a novel method to reduce this waiting time to 10 days. Source: Mumbai News

A jumbo rail block was carried out till wee hours of Sunday morning for maintenance of track, signalling and overhead equipment. Source: Mumbai News

Residents of Santacruz and nearby areas woke up to quite a shivering morning on Friday as minimum temperatures recorded by the IMD slid further down. The minimum temperature recorded in IMD's Santacruz observatory was 14.1 degrees Celsius which was 4.2 degrees Celsius below normal. Source: Mumbai News

In order to meet the state's power shortfall, including areas in Mumbai metropolitan region, Mahagenco has begun commercial operations at its Koradi thermal unit-8, which will generate 660 MW of additional power for the grid. Source: Mumbai News

In the run-up to Christmas, TOI explores the many myths around the city’s church statues. Woven around invasions, the destruction of shrines and the city’s history of religious mutability, these stories – whether true or not – give us a rare insight into Mumbai’s chequered past. Source: Mumbai News

The Goregaon police registered a case of dowry harassment on Tuesday after a 29-year-old woman uploaded a video on social media threatening to kill herself. Source: Mumbai News

While health economists across the world scramble to devise ways to fund expensive cancer treatment for people, a group of 2,500 Indian investors have used their market dividends over the past five years to fund cancer treatment of 2,000 patients. Source: Mumbai News

Sleuths probing the double murders of artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer, Haresh Bhambhani, have recovered a diamond ring that the assailants had robbed from her. Source: Mumbai News

Sleuths probing the double murders of artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer, Haresh Bhambhani, have recovered a diamond ring that the assailants had robbed from her. Source: Mumbai News