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THANE: A woman in her early thirties died in Maljipada in the district after falling off a motorcycle on hitting a pothole and coming under the wheels of a dumper truck, said the police on Friday. The accident took place on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway (NH-8) late on Thursday night. The deceased was identified by the police as Laxmi Gupta. She had been returning from the Tungareshwar temple in the...

KALYAN: A case of a teacher allegedly assaulting at least 40 students with steel and wooden rulers has come to light in a private school in Dombivli. Some of the students have suffered minor injuries.Police registered an FIR against the teacher, Nilam Bharmal, after parents of the children staged a protest in school on Friday.Police sources said after the teacher joined S H Jondhale Vidyamandir School,...

THANE: A woman in her early thirties lost her life after a motorbike accident that led to her being struck by a dumper truck. The incident occurred late on Thursday night on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway.The victim, identified as Laxmi Gupta, was returning from the Tungareshwar temple in the district and was a pillion rider on the motorbike. The bike hit a road crater located at Maljipada, causing Gupta...

BHIWANDI: An angle iron-laden container overturned on the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Maharashtra on Wednesday night, hitting the traffic there for more than 12 hours.The route witnessed jams for about 20 km during this time.According to the Bhiwandi rural police, the incident took place late last night at 11.30 pm when a container — coming from Nashik side towards Mumbai — suddenly overturned on the...