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Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the Census-2027 campaign by completing self-enumeration digitally. The Governor and Chief Minister also appealed to citizens to participate in the national census. Jishnu Dev Varma completed the self-enumeration at Lokbhavan, the Goveror’s official residence, while Fadnavis completed self-enumeration at Varsha, his official residence. Bombay…

Badlapur: Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked the chief accounts officer of the Kulgaon-Badlapur Municipal Council for allegedly demanding a 6% bribe to clear pending road work bills and security deposits. The accused, Vikas Chavan, was booked following a complaint by a contractor.According to officials, the complainant’s firm secured tenders for 77 development works in…

Mumbai: The BMC has imposed a Rs 1 crore penalty on the contractor carrying out flyover work at the T-junction near Maharashtra Nagar in Mankhurd for safety lapses that led to the toppling of a piling rig on Tuesday night, claiming the life of a police constable. Civic officials said that the parts of the…

Mumbai: Cyber police arrested a 46-year-old Nashik man for allowing his bank account to be used to park illegal funds obtained through fake online stocks. He received Rs 7.4 lakh as commission, police said.According to police, the complainant, a Dadar resident, was duped of Rs 87 lakh by people posing as representatives of a private…

Mumbai: Amboli police on Monday filed an FIR against film producers Gopala Pillai Vijaykumar and M Paul Michael for alleged cheating and defamation linked to the copyright of the 1989 Malayalam film ‘Ramji Rao Speaking’, which was remade into Hindi movie ‘Hera Pheri’.The action was taken based on a complaint by Hindi film producer Firoz…

The National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai opened ‘Lens & Legacy: Bollywood in Focus,’ an exhibition celebrating Indian cinema. The event featured poignant tributes to recently deceased legends Dharmendra and Asha Bhosle, with Hema Malini sharing her grief. The exhibition showcases rare archival photographs and portraits, tracing the visual journey of Indian cinema. The…

Mumbai: A tilt towards application-based questions and conceptual evaluation has marked this year’s ICSE (Class 10) results, with schools across the city reporting stronger outcomes and a visible expansion of the high-scoring cohort.In Maharashtra, 30,393 students from 279 schools appeared for the examination, recording an overall pass percentage of 99.93%. Of these, 16,170 boys and…

MUMBAI: The Worli police in Central Mumbai recently arrested an assistant commissioner of police rank officer in a case for allegedly flashing his private part in front of a nine-year-old girl at a garden in Worli. The accused has been sent to judicial custody.A police source said that they arrested the accused soon after getting…

File photo used for representational purpose. MUMBAI: Given poor public response, Mhada has announced a price reduction of 7.5% for the sale of 1,221 flats in Vikhroli for its upcoming lottery June 5.The rate effectively drops by Rs 10 lakh. The price of each flat in Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli, was Rs 1.45-1.48 crore which now…

MUMBAI: NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule was among hundreds of commuters stranded in a massive traffic jam on the Lonavala–Khandala ghat stretch on Friday, as a sudden weekend rush and Maharashtra Day traffic brought vehicular movement on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway to a near standstill.According to reports, vehicle queues stretched up to 5 km, leaving commuters…