–Ulhasnagar: In another setback for the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC), corporator Pooja Sachin Bhoir has been disqualified after her caste validity certificate was declared invalid by the District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, reports Pradeep Gupta. The development comes just a month after the membership of Shiv Sena corporator Vicky…
Mumbai: After a brief lull in rainfall on the weekend, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad, from June 28 to July 2, warning of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph at isolated places….
Thane: Nearly six years after a young woman was set ablaze at her residence in Diwa, a Thane Sessions Court convicted her husband for murder, relying primarily on her dying declarations and other corroborative evidence. Additional Sessions Judge B.D. Shelke convicted Shahir Devram Parkhe (32), under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murdering…
On Sunday, Devendra Fadnavis, accompanied by state forest minister Ganesh Naik and fisheries minister Nitesh Rane, carried out an inspection of various infrastructure projects in Palghar district Mumbai: The 157km Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway, part of the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor, will be commissioned by August 31, said CM Devendra Fadnavis. Once commissioned, the travel time between Vadodara…
Devendra Fadnavis carried out an inspection of various infrastructure projects in Palghar district on Sunday Mumbai: The construction work of Boisar railway station for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train is proposed to be completed by December 2027, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.On Sunday, Fadnavis carried out an inspection of various infrastructure projects in Palghar district.He said…
Police said he ordered 30,000 capsules and 50kg of zinc phosphide online Mumbai: The 39-year-old Pune man arrested for allegedly distributing pills filled with zinc phosphide to participants of a Muharram procession in Byculla last week arrived in the city about a fortnight ago and checked into a budget hotel in Dongri, said Byculla police….
A case has been registered against the accused under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Kalyan: In a major crackdown on human trafficking, the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell (AHTC) of Thane Police has arrested a senior woman advocate for allegedly operating a prostitution racket from a hotel…
The MMRDA plans to acquire 104.2851 hectares of land for the project Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has begun the process for acquiring land for the first phase of the proposed Rs 58,754.71-crore Uttan-Virar sea link by issuing a 15-day notice to landowners in Uttan village to indicate whether they are willing…
Mumbai: A 68-year-old cabbie was killed in a hit-and-run while he stood next to his stationary cab at Aarey Colony recently. Police said he was hit by a tempo driver who fled from the location. An FIR was registered against the tempo driver subsequently.The deceased, Mazrul Khan, lived in Andheri East with his son, Iztekhar,…
Mumbai: Mumbai Central Prison, more commonly known as Arthur Road Jail, has completed a century housing the city’s most dangerous and controversial residents — from the smuggler barons of the 1960s to the rival gangs who turned the prison into a battlefield in the 1990s, to the present-day white-collar accused who are vocal about the…
