Heavy monsoon rains and widespread waterlogging in Mumbai have prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to issue an alert over the rising risk of leptospirosis, a bacterial infection that spreads through floodwater contaminated with urine from infected animals.
Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre on Wednesday issued a statement addressing allegations that he assaulted two doctors and nurses at Shashtri Nagar Hospital.
