Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 12-year-old boy dies weeks after dog bite in Thane

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Boy dies weeks after stray dog bite; cause of death under review

A 12-year-old boy from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra’s Thane district has died several weeks after being bitten by a stray dog, raising concerns over treatment and public health safety. The child’s condition reportedly worsened after a few weeks. He was rushed to a civic hospital in Mumbai, where he died on January 30. Doctors have said that it is not yet clear whether the death was directly linked to the dog bite or caused by some other medical complication. Medical officials said further clarity on the exact cause of death would emerge after a detailed medical review: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Elderly man held for sexually assaulting nine-year-old girl

An elderly man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl after luring her with chocolate in a village in Beed district of Maharashtra, police said on Sunday. The incident, which occurred on January 28, came to light after the victim`s mother filed a formal complaint. According to the police, the victim is a class IV student whose family works as farm labourers in a neighbouring village in Dharur tehsil: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Some people from Ajit Pawar`s party were stopping him from uniting NCP factions, says Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that some people from late Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar`s party were stopping him from uniting the two factions of the NCP, as it would have "shut their shops". Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Raut said Ajit Pawar had taken the lead in uniting his NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) and the NCP (SP), led by his uncle Sharad Pawar, and that several meetings had been held for this purpose: PTI

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