Mumbai: Two students from Maharashtra were among the 26 top scorers in the country in the JEE (Main) results announced on Monday. Seventeen-year-old Madhav Viradiya, who is originally from Vadodara but studied in Mumbai for the past two years, and Siddharth Athaley, 18, from Pune both secured a perfect 100 percentile across the two JEE…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the state govt to make it “imperative” for 104 municipal councils/corporations, where town vending committees (TVCs) are not set up, to conclude the process of elections and constitute the committees within four months.Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande were hearing petitions by four hawkers and hawkers union….
(Left) The complainant’s brother-in-law, Salman, fractured a hand; and (right) the alleged assailants also smashed the car’s windshield MUMBAI: The father-in-law of former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan was arrested on Monday, along with his son and a relative, for allegedly assaulting a man and his family in Byculla two days earlier…
Mira-Bhayander: The crime branch has refuted claims of “zombie drugs” being circulated in the area after investigating a viral video showing a man in a trance-like state on a road in Bhayander.Panic had gripped residents in the region after the video was widely shared on social media on April 13, sparking rumours of “zombie drugs”…
Mumbai: Observing that the discrepancies are “undoubtedly significant”, the Bombay High Court ordered the transfer of investigation into the Feb 2023 death of a woman, allegedly due to dowry harassment, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). “It is made clear that CBI shall investigate the crime in accordance with law without being influenced by…
Mumbai: A police constable was duped of Rs 12.5 lakh in a cyber fraud case when she allegedly clicked an APK link on Jan 18 this year.After clicking the link, the victim’s mobile phone was allegedly compromised, and her registered mobile number became inactive, preventing from receiving bank alerts.Initially the victim learnt that Rs 28,000…
Mumbai: Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute petition by the state govt to cancel the April 26 Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) elections. The state sought to avert the polls on a committee’s recommendation to eliminate elected positions within the council.Currently, the council comprises nine members nominated by govt and nine representatives elected by doctors. Last…
Mumbai: Days after floating a tender for a Rs 305 crore international memorial for Lokshahir Annabhau Sathe in Ghatkopar, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has scrapped the tender, citing a change of plans, which includes increasing the height of Annabhau Sathe’s statue and some technical hurdles. The SRA will tweak the plan and float fresh…
Mumbai: Newly appointed BJP Yuva Morcha state president Krishnaraj Mahadik on Monday announced the party’s Yuva Shakti Jagar Yatra from April 21. The objective, he said, is to interact with farmers, women, students and young men and women working in different fields. CM Devendra Fadnavis will flag off the yatra. In phase I, the yatra…
Mumbai: The city crime branch has arrested a prime accused involved in sexual exploitation of a minor, registered at Shivajinagar Police Station under multiple stringent laws including the Pocso Act. The unit 6 Arrested Babu Aynal Khan (30), who was on the run for allegedly abducting a minor boy and sexually assaulting him.Acting on intelligence,…
