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A Whatsapp-based security helpline started by the GRP for women commuters has logged over 12,400 messages since its inception less than two weeks ago. Source: Mumbai News

The decline in the Parsi population coupled with increasing migration of the minority community to the suburbs has led to a marked decrease in the number of patients treated at the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital, which has been serving underprivileged sections of the community for over a century. Source: Mumbai News

The attack on the Panvel church has evoked concern amid priests and commoners in Mumbai and Thane. Source: Mumbai News

No fresh swine flu-related deaths were reported in the city on Saturday though 37 new cases were reported. BMC statistics showed the city has recorded 1,574 H1N1 cases since January. Source: Mumbai News

For the first time in the city’s history, the head of the Catholic Church led a morcha through the streets to express anger with the establishment. Source: Mumbai News

The Maharashtra BJP has geared up its organisational machinery to swell its ranks in the state’s rural heartland, especially in Congress and NCP bastions. Source: Mumbai News

The DN Nagar police on Friday arrested a 30-year-old architect after a woman he had met through a marriage portal accused him of raping her. Source: Mumbai News

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday gave police 48 hours to nab the men who vandalised a church in Navi Mumbai. Source: Mumbai News

Around 40 vandals claiming allegiance to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena protested against a fashion show by tearing down curtains and banners on the premises of the heritage Bhau Daji Lad museum in Byculla on Sunday. Source: Mumbai News

Money received by Bhau Daji Lad museum from events like fashion shows goes towards educational programmes, buying artefacts and keeping the museum functioning, said its managing trustee and honorary director, Tasneem Mehta. Source: Mumbai News