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Mumbai: BMC Resident Doctors Continue Strike; Protest On Azad Maidan After Sion Hospital Medico Assaulted

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Mumbai: BMC Resident Doctors Continue Strike; Protest On Azad Maidan After Sion Hospital Medico Assaulted

A day after a female resident doctor was assaulted by drunk patients and his relatives in Mumbai’s Sion hospital, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) resident doctors have announced their strike would continue until their demands on increased security and implementation of Central Healthcare Protection Act are met.

The resident doctors are also holding a silent march at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan today (Monday, August 19) protesting against the unsafe standards of female healthcare workers. On the occasion of Rakshabandhan the protesting resident doctors are demanding ‘justice for our sister’. The protest is also receiving public support.

After the horrific incident of rape and murder of a resident doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar medical college, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) at BMC had announced the suspension of elective services from August 13, supporting the nationwide protests.

However, the situation in Mumbai intensified on Sunday when after an assault on an on-duty female resident doctor at BMC-run Sion Hospital. At 3.45 am on Sunday, a drunk patient visited the casualty ward to treat his bruise along with his relatives who were intoxicated too. The female doctor treating the patient was verbally and physically abused by the patient and his relatives.

An Institutional FIR was registered at Sion police station on Sunday against three men, including the patient and two women. Police had detained Prasad Mariappan Devendra (31) and his sister Shewta Mariappan Devendra (28) on Sunday. Both are residents of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar in Sion. As per reports, the police arrested two in the case on Monday.

A press statement released by BMC MARD on August 18 warned that an institutional FIR has been registered and the resident doctors’ protest will escalate if swift actions are not taken by the authorities in the Sion Hospital assault incident.

“We will continue our protest by halting all elective services until our demands for increased security and implementation of the Central Healthcare Protection Act are met. We need concrete evidence for the same,” the statement by BMC MARD said.

The resident doctors however will continue providing Emergency services.

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Attention Mumbaikars! Central Railway To Operate Mega Block Between Thane And Kalyan On Sunday, Sept 14 For Essential Maintenance

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Central Railway, Mumbai Division will operate Mega Block on its Main line suburban sections, on 5th and 6th line between Thane and Kalyan stations for carrying out various engineering and maintenance works on Sunday, 14.09.2025.

Block on 5th & 6th lines between Thane and Kalyan stations from 09.00 hrs to 13.00 hrs.

Following UP Mail/Express trains will be diverted on UP Fast line between Kalyan and Thane stations and will arrive destination 10 to 15 minutes late..

11010 Pune-CSMT Sinhagad Express

17611 Hazur Sahib Nanded-CSMT Rajyarani Express

12124 Pune-CSMT Deccan Queen

12134 Mangaluru Jn-CSMT Express

13201 Patna-LTT Express

17221 Kakinada-LTT Express

12126 Pune-CSMT Pragati Express

12140 Nagpur-CSMT Sevagram Express

22160 Chennai-CSMT Express

22226 Solapur-CSMT Vande Bharat Express

12168 Banaras-LTT Express

12321 Howrah-CSMT Express

12812 Hatia-LTT Express

11014 Coimbatore-LTT Express

Following DOWN Mail/Express trains will be diverted on DOWN fast line between Thane and Kalyan and will be handed over 10 to 15 mins late.

11029 CSMT-Kolhapur Koyna Express

11055 LTT-Gorakhpur Godan Express

11061 LTT-Jaynagar Express

16345 LTT-Thiruvanathapuram Netravati Express

61003 Vasai Road-Diva MEMU departing Vasai Road at 09.50 hrs will be short terminated at Kopar

61004 Diva – Vasai Road MEMU will short originate from Kopar and will depart Kopar at at 11.45 hrs.

There will be no Mega Block on Harbour & Trans-Harbour line (except Traffic block on Kurla-Tilaknagar section)

These maintenance mega blocks are essential for infrastructure upkeep and safety. Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused.

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Demand to cancel Bhiwandi Road footpath expansion project will only benefit builder lobby: Azmi alleges

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Mumbai Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi has demanded from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to stop the demolition of religious places, houses and projects in the name of road and footpath expansion in Bhiwandi and protect religious places, temples, mosques and houses. Earlier, the government and MMRDA had spent an additional Rs 1700 crore on projects to protect the victims of the metro project. Abu Asim Azmi demanded from Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde that in the new development project of Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation, a proposal has been made to widen the road by 6-6 meters from Rajiv Gandhi Chowk to Tim Ghar Marg, which is expected to make thousands of people homeless and unemployed, and temples and mosques will also be affected by this project, so this project should be canceled immediately. Azmi alleged that this project is causing a lot of hardship to the people and also endangering the existence of many religious places, so this project and plan should be stopped and a new plan should be prepared. Azmi said that this project and the expansion of roads and footpaths will only benefit the builder lobby, so the government should consider it so that the citizens of Bhiwandi get justice.

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Thane: 22-Year-Old Woman Assaults Employer At His Store Over Harassment; Probe Underway

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Thane: A 22-year-old woman allegedly harassed by her employer thrashed him at his store in Maharashtra’s Thane district, prompting the police to intervene in the matter, police said on Saturday.

The police are probing the incident that occurred in the Kalyan East area on Thursday evening, but no case has been registered, an official said.

In a video that surfaced on social media, the woman can be seen thrashing the 55-year-old shopkeeper with a slipper at his clothing store.

The woman has alleged that her employer harassed her by sending obscene text messages on her mobile phone.

According to eyewitnesses, the woman, accompanied by her mother, reached the shop on Thursday afternoon and confronted her employer about the obscene messages and continued harassment and demanded an apology.

A crowd gathered around the shop, and the woman assaulted him.

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