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Thirty–nine children in the age group between ten and fifteen who were forced to work in leather tanning units in Agripada and Dongri in South Mumbai were rescued in two separate raids by the police on Thursday. Source: Mumbai News

An inquiry into the ruckus outside a city club where policemen jostled with members to prevent their entry during a function attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, indicted the cops, concluding that the situation could have been handled better. Source: Mumbai News

A deputy police commissioner of traffic division has been transferred after an internal inquiry into the ruckus outside the NSCI club where policemen jostled with members to prevent their entry during a function attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, indicted him. Source: Mumbai News

As the city recorded the third H1N1 death of a Mumbaikar, the authorities on Tuesday sought to allay fears by pointing out that nearly 70% of those who contracted the disease have been cured and are home. Source: Mumbai News

Mumbai University vice-chancellor Rajan Welukar met governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on Tuesday morning for around 10 minutes, Raj Bhavan sources said. Source: Mumbai News

The city once again got a taste of winter on Tuesday when the minimum temperature dipped to 15 degrees Celsius, almost 5 degrees below normal. Source: Mumbai News

A sessions court has recently passed an order to attach the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) chief's furniture and vehicle for failure to comply with directions to remove encroachments on a Christian burial ground. Source: Mumbai News

Five months since they launched a campaign to ensure motorists gave way to ambulances, the traffic police have helped around 35 critical patients reach hospitals in the fastest possible time through the city's clogged streets. Source: Mumbai News

The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan for recall of its earlier order which had refused to drop the Adarsh Housing Society criminal case against him.   Source: Mumbai News

Hearing a remand plea in the NSEL case, a special MPID court on Wednesday remanded Amit Rathi in police custody till March 7 while CP Krishnan and Chintan Modi were sent to police custody till March 13. Source: Mumbai News