Mumbai: A film writer has lodged a police complaint against a “real estate auctioneer” for cheating her and her late husband of Rs 2.2 crore under the pretext of getting them a flat in Juhu, a farmhouse in Lonavala and a four-wheeler vehicle. Kurar Police have registered an FIR and are probing further.The 42-year-old film…
Mumbai: A spot inspection by the BMC standing committee has raised questions over the status of civic works in Ghatkopar after committee members found that 24 of 28 works inspected in N Ward, which comprises localities such as Vikhroli and Ghatkopar, had not even started, while only one had been completed and three were in…
The boy said his father gave him the scooter and its key Mumbai: Bandra police filed an FIR against a Kurla resident after his 17-year-old son was caught riding a scooter without a licence last week.Police said the junior college student told them that his father—Razza Abdul Rehman Shaikh (45), a driver—had handed him the…
The idol crashed while being taken to the mandal Mumbai: A pall of gloom descended on Bhuleshwar on Sunday after a nearly 2-tonne 27ft idol of Bhuleshwar Cha Raja fell and crushed two Ganesh mandal members during its arrival ceremony the previous night about 300m away from the site where it was to be installed.Officials…
Demonstrations were reported in Kandivali, Malad West, Santacruz, Dahisar, Andheri and other locations. MUMBAI: An autorickshaw driver was allegedly assaulted by another auto driver who was part of a group protesting against the use of Marathi on Monday, police said.The incident took place on MG Road in Kandivali West when the victim was plying his…
Mumbai: A sub-inspector attached to Goregaon police station was duped after Rs 78,765 was siphoned from his nationalised bank savings account through two fraudulent transactions on Aug 13. The sub-inspector learnt about the fraud when he visited a petrol pump on Independence Day to refuel his vehicle and noticed the bank account showed a low…
Vasai: An elderly man from Virar West was allegedly duped of Rs 6 lakh by cyber fraudsters who contacted him on the pretext of verifying his details under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.The 71-year-old complainant, a resident of Agashi in Virar West, received a call from an unknown mobile number on Wednesday afternoon. The…
Autorickshaw drivers in Mumbai began a three-day strike on Monday. MUMBAI: A section of autorickshaw drivers in Mumbai on Monday staged protests and began a three-day strike against the Marathi language requirement for auto-rickshaw, taxi and cab drivers, with non-Marathi-speaking drivers saying the directive would put an additional financial burden on them.Drivers staged a roadblock…
Tension arose in Mumbai’s Mazgaon area Sunday night during a Ganesh idol procession MUMBAI: Tension prevailed in Mumbai’s Mazgaon area for over four hours on Sunday night after a clash broke out between two groups during the arrival procession of Ganesh idol, with festival organisers alleging that eggs were hurled at the procession from a…
Mumbai commuters faced travel disruptions on Monday morning MUMBAI: City commuters faced a harrowing start to the week on Monday as a shortage of autorickshaws and taxis across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) disrupted morning travel, particularly on feeder routes connecting residential areas to railway stations.With more than half of auto drivers reportedly staying off…
