MUMBAI: The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested two men from Borivali railway station for their alleged involvement in a bomb-hurling incident outside an Ashram in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.The accused had allegedly fled West Bengal and travelled to Mumbai to evade arrest, according to news agency PTI.Mumbai Crime Branch said,…
representation picture for bike taxi Mumbai: A day after the Maharashtra cyber cell initiated action to remove the app services facilitating unauthorised bike taxi operations from the platform, it took a U-Turn on the decision on Saturday.The cyber cell, which issued the circular last Friday to the Play Store platform to remove the application, communicated…
Mumbai: The city’s tobacco-free BEST Initiative has delivered a strong public health outcome, with 62 BEST drivers and conductors successfully quitting tobacco, which is 49% of the total enlisted for the quitting programme, according to survey findings released by the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) on Sunday.A baseline survey conducted in 2016-17 among nearly 3,000…
Palghar: A woman was arrested in Palghar district for allegedly securing a Zilla Parishad job using a fake disability certificate, a police official said on Sunday.Rupali Tengle, a resident of Daund in Pune, applied for a Group C Laboratory Technician post under the Aug 2023 direct-recruitment advertisement and submitted a disability certificate purportedly issued by…
MUMBAI: A week after a tree fell on an auto in Khar, critically injured teenager Aarika Srivastava died Sunday while undergoing treatment. Doctors had declared Aarika, 14, brain dead on Thursday after an apnea test. Following her death, police added a culpable homicide charge against the construction firm linked to the site where the tree…
Kalyan: In a major crackdown on the sale of expired health supplements, the Kalyan crime unit of Thane police has busted a racket allegedly involved in changing expiry dates on vitamin and nutritional products before selling them in the market. Police arrested two persons and seized goods worth Rs 26.63 lakh during the operation.According to…
Kalyan: A 28-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the sixth floor of a residential building in the Gauripada area in Kalyan.According to Khadakpada police, the incident occurred on May 14 when the woman was reportedly distressed over her mother’s deteriorating health condition. Her mother recently suffered a brain haemorrhage and was undergoing…
Mumbai: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya has urged the Municipal Commissioner, Mayor, and Police Commissioner not to allow goats to be slaughtered in residential complexes, housing societies and chawls on the occasion of Bakri Eid.Somaiya alleged that even after the BMC and court have imposed restrictions on several occasions, the rules are violated. The BMC should give…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district has awarded compensation of Rs 41.8 lakh to a 28-year-old graphic designer who suffered 60% permanent disability following a road accident in 2021.In its May 7 order, tribunal member R V Mohite directed the offending car’s owner, Mahesh Dhamanse, and the insurance company to pay…
Mumbai: Alleging that a transfer scam is resurfacing in the BMC, BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha claimed that around 55 officials mentioned in the October 2025 ‘controversial’ list have been allotted the same postings in a proposed fresh list under the guise of routine transfers.The previous transfer list was stayed by the civic administration following allegations…
