Mumbai Braveheart

A daredevil mother managed to snatch her three-year-old son from the claws of a leopard that had pounced on him in Chafyachapada, Aarey, last night. The incident has once again put the spotlight on the man-animal conflict in the region.

Floral tributes were today paid to security forces who were killed while fighting terrorists who had attacked the metropolis on this day eight years ago.

Belgian Bram Ronsse is not a very good swimmer, but that did not stop him from jumping in the deep waters at Girgaum Chowpatty to save two drowning teenagers.

While lakhs of SSC students across the city were appearing for their board exams on benches at an assigned school, Kandivli resident Dhyey Amlani (16) was appearing for his in an ambulance.

The parents of the young student who died after being gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi in December, 2012, have condemned Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav's comment that three rape convicts sentenced to death in Mumbai "made a mistake" and did not deserve to be hanged.

The Indian Army marked its 66th anniversary on Wednesday in Mumbai by honouring the martyrs at the Gateway of India. And for the first time, families of martyrs were adopted by local Army units to ensure that Army assistance is available to them in the long run.

Two years after 24-year-old Keenan Santos and 29-year-old Reuben Fernandes died protecting their friends from molesters, MiD DAY visited the families of the bravehearts, who recalled the day that changed their lives forever. They told this paper that they hoped the judicial process would speed up and deliver a verdict soon.

The miserably familiar theme of police indifference in cases of domestic abuse emerged yet again, a day after MiD DAY broke the horrifying story of a teenager who was bitten, beaten and stripped by her abusive, alcoholic father.

When the 15-year-old confided in her mother that she was stripped and bitten by her father, she was met with a "let it go."

The 22-year-old rape victim who was admitted to Jaslok Hospital on Thursday, is now being treated by a panel of female doctors to make sure she remains calm and emotionally stable. At the same time, a posse of policemen have been posted outside and inside the hospital for her safety.

Seven bravehearts who risked their lives to save the nation's pride -- the tricolour -- during the Mantralaya fire on June 21 2012, have been running from pillar to post for the reward promised to them soon after the incident.

A nine-year-old's presence of mind helped cops to nab a burglar who had broken into over half a dozen houses in Mulund. Cops revealed that Rashid Kupe, who had burgled six to seven residences, was arrested on Sunday after the boy spotted him peeping into the flat and snapped photographs of him as evidence.

A 54-year-old woman doctor repelled an attack from four armed robbers in Ghatkopar on Saturday, leading to their arrest.Dr Bhavna Khetiya was on her way home around 2 pm on Sixty Feet Road when an autorickshaw pulled up in front of her. Four persons armed with choppers and knives stepped out and told her to hand over the gold ornaments she was wear...

He perhaps couldn't run faster than a speeding bullet or clear tall buildings in a single bound. But no one would doubt that 26/11 martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was a real-life hero. And very soon you will be able to read the tales of courage of this braveheart on your mobile handset or at the click of a mouse.Gurgaon-based Aditya Bakshi, an of...

A daredevil mother managed to snatch her three-year-old son from the claws of a leopard that had pounced on him in Chafyachapada, Aarey, last night. The incident has once again put the spotlight on the man-animal conflict in the region.

Floral tributes were today paid to security forces who were killed while fighting terrorists who had attacked the metropolis on this day eight years ago.

Belgian Bram Ronsse is not a very good swimmer, but that did not stop him from jumping in the deep waters at Girgaum Chowpatty to save two drowning teenagers.

While lakhs of SSC students across the city were appearing for their board exams on benches at an assigned school, Kandivli resident Dhyey Amlani (16) was appearing for his in an ambulance.

The parents of the young student who died after being gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi in December, 2012, have condemned Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav's comment that three rape convicts sentenced to death in Mumbai "made a mistake" and did not deserve to be hanged.

The Indian Army marked its 66th anniversary on Wednesday in Mumbai by honouring the martyrs at the Gateway of India. And for the first time, families of martyrs were adopted by local Army units to ensure that Army assistance is available to them in the long run.

Two years after 24-year-old Keenan Santos and 29-year-old Reuben Fernandes died protecting their friends from molesters, MiD DAY visited the families of the bravehearts, who recalled the day that changed their lives forever. They told this paper that they hoped the judicial process would speed up and deliver a verdict soon.

The miserably familiar theme of police indifference in cases of domestic abuse emerged yet again, a day after MiD DAY broke the horrifying story of a teenager who was bitten, beaten and stripped by her abusive, alcoholic father.

When the 15-year-old confided in her mother that she was stripped and bitten by her father, she was met with a "let it go."

The 22-year-old rape victim who was admitted to Jaslok Hospital on Thursday, is now being treated by a panel of female doctors to make sure she remains calm and emotionally stable. At the same time, a posse of policemen have been posted outside and inside the hospital for her safety.

Seven bravehearts who risked their lives to save the nation's pride -- the tricolour -- during the Mantralaya fire on June 21 2012, have been running from pillar to post for the reward promised to them soon after the incident.

A nine-year-old's presence of mind helped cops to nab a burglar who had broken into over half a dozen houses in Mulund. Cops revealed that Rashid Kupe, who had burgled six to seven residences, was arrested on Sunday after the boy spotted him peeping into the flat and snapped photographs of him as evidence.

A 54-year-old woman doctor repelled an attack from four armed robbers in Ghatkopar on Saturday, leading to their arrest.Dr Bhavna Khetiya was on her way home around 2 pm on Sixty Feet Road when an autorickshaw pulled up in front of her. Four persons armed with choppers and knives stepped out and told her to hand over the gold ornaments she was wear...

He perhaps couldn't run faster than a speeding bullet or clear tall buildings in a single bound. But no one would doubt that 26/11 martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was a real-life hero. And very soon you will be able to read the tales of courage of this braveheart on your mobile handset or at the click of a mouse.Gurgaon-based Aditya Bakshi, an of...