Bombay High Court has endorsed the State CID’s closure report in a conspiracy case against builder Rajendra Chaturvedi MUMBAI: Nearly 20 years after a criminal case was filed alleging a conspiracy to kill a builder in a redevelopment dispute, the Bombay High Court has accepted the State CID’s ‘B-Summary’ closure report in the matter involving…
The opposition questioned the expenditure, while the ruling BJP accused the opposition of going back on a decision that had been taken unanimously by all political parties. MUMBAI: After BMC’s proposal to replace Mahindra Scorpio SUVs allotted to key political office-bearers in the civic body with six new Toyota Innovas ran into a controversy, MNS…
Bhiwandi: A 31-year-old jawan attached to the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) died in a road accident allegedly caused by a large pothole on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway in Shahapur taluka on Monday, marking the second pothole-related fatality in Thane district within two days.The deceased, identified as Vikas Lahu Gore, a resident of Bamne village in…
BHIWANDI: A 46-year-old woman who died in a pothole-related road accident on Thane-Bhiwandi Road on Sunday was on her way to see the flat where she had hoped to begin a new chapter of her family’s life.Sunita Pal (46), a resident of Manorama Nagar in Thane, was travelling with her husband, Akshaylal Pal, to Anjurphata…
Allegations of missing donations at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple have sparked political controversy. MUMBAI: Allegations of missing donations at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple have snowballed into a political controversy after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray claimed that nearly Rs 18 crore was being siphoned off annually from the temple’s donation boxes. The temple trust has…
Bhiwandi: Police probing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak said that the accused stole defective copies from a disposal box and concealed them inside their shoes before passing them on to the alleged kingpin of the racket.Investigators said question papers with minor printing defects or ink marks were discarded in a disposal box inside…
A sessions court rejected former India junior goalkeeper Sukhadev Patil’s bail plea MUMBAI: Former India junior goalkeeper Sukhadev Patil was denied a last-minute save as a sessions court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in an alleged cheating and forgery case.The court held that the custodial interrogation of the 27-year-old footballer, who has represented clubs in…
BMC has ordered removal of all encroachments from footpaths Mumbai: BMC has launched a citywide ‘pedestrian first’ campaign that seeks to clear footpaths of all kinds of obstructions. Under the first phase, encroachments on 320km of footpaths will be removed.BMC chief Ashwini Bhide directed civic officials to immediately remove unauthorised hawkers, encroachments and other obstacles,…
Siddhivinayak temple trustees said a staffer arrested for theft was affiliated with Shiv Sena (UBT) Mumbai: The trustees of Siddhivinayak temple have refused to resign in the wake of the controversy involving alleged embezzlement of temple funds and blamed staffers appointed by the erstwhile dispensation under Uddhav Thackeray for a series of thefts. MNS chief…
HC set aside the state’s decision to declare lands belonging to a majority of 184 property owners as private forest lands Mumbai: Bombay HC has pulled up the state govt for its “obstinacy” over assuming that as of Aug 30, 1975, private lands with forests automatically became private forests under Private Forests Act despite Supreme…
