Kharghar News

​Nov 27, 1973 | Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM), Parel, is sexually assaulted by ward boy Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki. He uses a dog chain to throttle Aruna. The strangulation cuts off the blood and oxygen supply to her brain Source: Mumbai News

Aruna Shanbaug, who suffered a brutal sexual assault at KEM Hospital 42 years ago and has been lying in a vegetative state ever since, has passed away. Source: Mumbai News

Desperate to regain its lost ground among Muslim voters, Congress leaders in Maharashtra have begun reaching out to the community. Source: Mumbai News

A fisherman was accidentally hit by bullet fired for warning shots after the victim failed to move his boat that anchored close to oil platform at Bombay High on Sunday evening. Source: Mumbai News

The city's deputy chief fire officer Sudhir Amin, who suffered fourth-degree burns in the fire at Gokul Niwas, Kalbadevi, last Saturday, succumbed to his injuries following multiple organ failure at 4.30pm on Thursday at the National Burns Centre, Airoli. Source: Mumbai News

A two-year-old girl was crushed underneath a garbage truck when the driver was reversing the vehicle at Bhayander. Source: Mumbai News

The panel set up by BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta, to enquire into Saturday’s fire at Kalbadevi, faces the tough challenge of ‘fixing responsibility’ for the incident in which two senior fire officials died. Source: Mumbai News

Train services in the city will now be made more accessible to Mumbaikars as a student from IIT Bombay has developed an app, called MRM (Mumbai Rail Map), which aims to make commuting simpler. Source: Mumbai News

The body of Kalina resident Shekar Gaikwad (22) was washed ashore at Aksa Beach in Malad on Tuesday morning. His body was located by lifeguards at the beach, said a fire brigade official. Source: Mumbai News

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has taken up flyover repairs in Mumbai on an emergency basis. Officials on Tuesday said flyovers in its jurisdiction and situated in the Mumbai region will be in “proper condition” before the rains. Source: Mumbai News