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Zeeshan with his father Baba Siddique. Pic/Satej Shinde
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Baba Siddique murder: Cops zero in on big SRA project
After it emerged that the Crime Branch is looking into certain SRA projects in Bandra East following Zeeshan Siddique’s cryptic statement that his father died protecting the homes of the poor, mid-day spoke to residents of Sant Dnyaneshwar Nagar in Bandra East, who demanded that the SRA should redevelop the project without delay. However, all of them sought homes in the same locality. Siddique and his son were against the project and the latter had also forcibly stopped the survey in July 2024. Read more.
Mumbai: Hand, foot, and mouth disease on rise in city
Paediatricians in the city are witnessing an increase in cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), a viral infection that causes rash/blisters on the hands and feet, sore throat among other symptoms that turn into painful ulcers. The disease has been infecting children and elderly immunocompromised people, for the last few weeks. Read more.
SC closes proceedings against Isha Foundation
The Supreme Court on Friday closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive inside the premises of spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha Foundation at Coimbatore. Read more.
IND vs NZ 1st Test: Optimism prevails after India's first-innings struggles
On an action-packed Friday that produced the second most runs on a day of Test cricket in India, a single delivery might otherwise not have been the talking point had it not been the last ball of the day, and had it not accounted for one of India’s premier batters of all time. Read more.
Akal Takht to set up panel of Sikh scholars to review Diljit Dosanjh's Punjab '95 after CBFC demands nearly 120 cuts
Support for director Honey Trehan’s Punjab ’95, a biopic on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is rising. Last month, mid-day reported that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) stood by the film that has been held up at the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for the past two years. Now, the matter has caught the attention of the Akal Takht, considered the highest temporal authority of Sikhs. The body has instructed the SGPC to form a review board to examine the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer. This directive comes in response to the CBFC handing out nearly 120 changes, which range from rechristening the movie, to Khalra’s character being renamed (Cut, cut till you edit history? Sep 25). Read more.
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