Mother axes baby girl to death in Thane district

In a shocking incident, a tribal mother allegedly axed to death her eighteen-month-old daughter in Wada taluka near here, police said today. The accused, who is absconding since the incident, has been identified as Janabai Ratan Khatri, they said, adding the motive behind the ghastly crime is not known yet.

According to police, Janabai, who hails from Abje village in Wada taluka had gone to visit her brother Kanti Laxman More in the same village along with her daughter Sonal yesterday morning.

Police said Janabai attacked Sonal, who was playing around, at around 1130 hours with axe killing her on the spot and fled.

The Wada police have registered a case under section 302 (murder) of the IPC against Janabai.

Rains cripple train services in Mumbai

Train services on the Central and Harbour line were disrupted in the city on Monday following heavy rains in the metropolis last night.

Traffic was affected due to water logging in the tracks in several low-lying areas in the city inconveniencing daily commuters and office goers.
Water logging was reported from several places including Sion and Kurla paralysing suburban services between Thane and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) on the Central line.

On Harbour line traffic between Panvel and CST stations was crippled due to inundated rail tracks in Chunabhatti, Chembur and Mankhurd stations. However, trains on the Western line were running late by 15-20 minutes.

"Due to heavy downpour resulting in waterlogging at several stations on Central and Harbour line, train services have been stopped for sometime. We are waiting for the water to recede to resume services," AK Singh, Central Railway PRO said.

Vehicular traffic was also affected due to water-logging in areas like suburban Parel, Hindmata, Dadar, Milan subway Andheri, Santacruz, Kurla, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar and Vile Parle.