Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said that the victory of all nine Mahayuti (ruling alliance) candidates in the Legislative Council polls was a trailer ahead of the state assembly polls later this year, reported the PTI. Talking to reporters, CM Eknath Shinde said that a false narrative was set by the opposition in…
As many as seven Congress MLAs defied the party`s directive while voting in Friday`s biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, results showed, reported the PTI. Congress, which has 37 MLAs, had fixed a quota of 30 first preference votes for its candidate Pradyna Satav, and seven remaining votes were to go…
Nearly two months after the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse, Mumbai Police on Friday evening filed a 3,299-page chargesheet against four accused in the case at the Esplanade magistrate`s court in Mumbai, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, the chargesheet contains the statements of more than 100 witnesses including suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid, then GRP…
The number of Zika virus cases has shown an upward trend in parts of Maharashtra. There are a total of 21 cases detected in Kolhapur and Pune. The virus is primarily spread by mosquitoes. Most of the Zika virus cases has been detected in Pune and the tally now stands at 18. The latest cases…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said that the BJP-led NDA alliance at the Centre and the ruling `Mahayuti` coalition were the future of the country and Maharashtra, respectively, while the Congress was history, reported the PTI. Speaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the last day of the monsoon session, CM Shinde criticised…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday during her first visit to Mumbai after the declaration of Lok Sabha elections 2024 results more than a month ago. Mamata Banerjee, the chief of the Trinamool Congress, reportedly met Pawar at his residence, `Silver Oak` in south Mumbai….
PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stones of several projects totaling Rs 29,400 crore during his first visit to Mumbai on Saturday as prime minister following his election for a third term. Among these projects is the twin tunnel between Thane and Borivali, which is likely to revolutionize transportation in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region…
On July 13, 2011, Mumbai, India`s financial capital, was devastated by a series of coordinated bombings that left the city in a state of chaos and devastation. The incident came to be commonly known as 13/7 bombings. The incident claimed lives of civilians and damaged infrastructure and public property and is still fresh in memories…
The Bombay High Court reportedly quashed a magistrate`s order permitting RSS worker Rajesh Kunte to submit fresh and additional documents in a pending criminal defamation complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the PTI reported on Friday. Rajesh Kunte had lodged a defamation complaint in 2014 before the Bhiwandi magistrate`s court in Thane district, claiming that…
A small portion of the roof of Mumbai’s biggest railway station, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) fell off due to heavy winds. No one was injured in the incident, an official said. “A portion of chajja broke and fell on the roof between platforms 6 and 7 and no one was injured in the incident,”…
Shil-Daighar police in Thane arrested three persons for sexually assaulting and killing a 30-year-old woman. Police sources said the three accused, who are purportedly sadhus (ascetics) of a temple in the area, killed the 30-year-old woman and threw her dead body in the hilly area near the temple to ensure her body would not be…
Investigators in the Worli hit-and-run case suspect the politician’s son was heavily intoxicated while driving the high-end car. Police said Mihir Shah confessed to consuming several drinks at a Juhu pub, then bought four more beer cans and drank them in the car while driving to Marine Lines. He then took another chauffeur-driven SUV, purchased…
Rameshwar Mishra, an army naik who was arrested for entering a high-security VVIP area at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) to get a close look at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January last year, was apprehended by the Vanrai police on Wednesday night. This time, the 38-year-old allegedly posed as a National Security Guard (NSG) member…
Suspended IPS officer, Quaiser Khalid, a former Government Railway Police (GRP) commissioner, and his successor Ravindra Shisve, the current commissioner, have had their statements recorded before the SIT of the Mumbai Crime Branch in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse, which claimed 17 lives and left several injured. Khalid stated that he allowed the hoarding…
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The North Regional Cyber Police have apprehended three individuals linked to a courier fraud racket who allegedly duped complaints for a sum of Rs. 65 lakh last month. The arrested individuals have been identified as Shubham Padawe (26), Fayan Akram Sheikh, alias Milu (22), and Adnan Mirza (21). The police action has resulted in the…
The main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, Mihir Shah, was reportedly under the influence of alcohol when the horrific incident, in which one woman was killed, took place, a Mumbai police official on Thursday. As per the PTI report, a police probe team recreated the accident scene in the early hours of the day…
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday said a case has been registered against a 40-year-old Thane police havaldar for allegedly demanding Rs 5 lakh from a person seeking a favour in a case in Maharashtra`s Thane district, reported news agency PTI. The person had made a complaint against his friend`s brother-in-law. The Thane police havaldar,…
Mihir Shah, the main suspect in the Worli hit-and-run case, has confessed to driving the car during the crash that killed a woman and injured her husband, according to police. The incident occurred early Sunday morning, and Shah was fully aware that the woman was trapped under one of the tyres but continued driving recklessly…
A Navi Mumbai woman was allegedly defrauded of Rs 29 lakhs by a scamster pretending to be one Dr Jesus Centeno, a Spanish surgeon. The elaborate scam began in June 2023 through LinkedIn, the police said and added that the woman was first contacted through the business and employment-focused social media platform. Police sources said…
A 64-year-old man stabbed his 78-year-old mother to death at their residence on the third floor of the Panditalaya building on Lamington Road, Grant Road East in the early hours of Tuesday. The accused, Subhash Wagh, was infuriated with the deceased, Ramabai Nathu Pisal, as she had disturbed his sleep. Relatives told the police that…
A man was held from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly drugging and robbing passenger on board Pune-Mumbai Shivneri bus, the police said. He was held weeks after an advertising agency owner was robbed of his valuables allegedly by him after being drugged by offering a cup of coffee on board a Pune-Mumbai state-run AC bus, police…
A 29-year-old man from Bhiwandi in Thane district was arrested for allegedly killing his brother-in-law over a family dispute, the police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI. As per a PTI report, an FIR was registered on Tuesday against Javed Khan under sections 103 and 115 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita for allegedly fatally assaulting…
The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have arrested seven persons after Rs 13 lakh was looted from a local resident, an official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, the complainant had gone to Kharghar in Navi Mumbai to buy gold on June 26 when three men posing as cops abducted him…
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday demanded that the Mumbai hit and run case, in which a CM Shinde-led Shiv Sena politician`s son is an accused, be tried in a fast track court. He reportedly claimed that attempts were being made to save the accused. Talking to reporters, Sanjay Raut…
Annoyed by the disturbance to his sleep, a 64-year-old man tragically killed his 78-year-old mother with a vegetable-cutting knife. The shocking incident occurred on Grant Road in the early hours of Tuesday. The accused, identified as Subhash Punjaji Wagh (64), allegedly killed his elderly mother, Ramabai Naththu Pisal (78). According to police sources, Pisal often…
Mumbai police on Tuesday arrested Mihir Shah, the absconding accused in the Worli BMW hit-and-run case and son of a ruling Shiv Sena politician, two days after he allegedly rammed his luxury car into a two-wheeler, killing a woman and injuring her husband. Police sources told mid-day that the use of a mobile phone by…
The Navi Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested seven people who kidnapped and looted a jeweller’s employee of R13 lakh while impersonating police officers. The accused had told a friend of the jeweller on Facebook that he was selling gold biscuits at an extremely low rate and to come to Kharghar to buy them. According to…
The prime accused in the Worli BMW hit-and-run case, Mihir Shah, changed his appearance by trimming his long hair and shaving off his beard to evade arrest for two days. Shah was arrested on Tuesday from Virar. On Wednesday, he was presented in court, where the police requested his remand to determine where he got…
On Wednesday morning, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took action against Vice Globus Tapas Bar in Juhu, which had served alcohol to Mihir Shah, the main suspect in a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a woman and injured her husband in Worli on Sunday. The BMC began its operations against the bar…
The Cyber Crime Cell of the Mumbai Police has busted a gang of fraudsters and arrested six people for allegedly operating a `Task Fraud`, an official said. The police seized Rs 7 lakh, 11 mobile phones, 47 different bank cards, 104 ATM cards, passbooks and a bank manager`s stamp from the gang, he said. According…
In a dramatic incident at the Mantralaya in Mumbai on Tuesday, a 55-year-old man threatened to jump off a fifth floor window, triggering panic for about half-an-hour before he was detained by police, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, at around 3 pm, the man identified as Arvind Patil, resident of Satara in Maharashtra,…
Three persons have been arrested for allegedly harassing people on the pretext of debt collection in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Tuesday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, earlier this month, the police received a complaint about abusive and obscene phone calls from debt collectors, an official said. Following a probe, the Anti-Extortion…
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said that a senior inspector of the Mumbai police was caught allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 from a man to recover money he invested in a credit society, reported news agency PTI. The ACB on Monday laid a trap and caught Deepak Waman Bagul (56) of Tilak…
A 33-year-old man and his father died by suicide by lying in front of an approaching local train near Bhayandar station, reported PTI citing the police on Tuesday. The incident was captured on CCTV camera. The incident occurred at around 9:30 AM on Monday after a local train left Bhayandar station in Palghar district, a…
Absconding accused in the Mumbai hit and run case, Mihir Shah, was on Tuesday arrested by Worli Police, an official said. A senior police official said, “Mihir Shah’s family was detained by Mumbai crime branch from Murbad.” His sisters and mother were detained by the officials, he said. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police had formed multiple…
In a tragic incident at Belapur station, a 20-year-old Navi Mumbai resident collapsed and slipped between the train and the platform, resulting in her legs being severed. Quick response from the railway and police authorities enabled the Mumbai local train to be reversed, but her legs could not be saved in the mishap. Currently, she…
Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Friday afternoon presented the state`s budget during the ongoing monsoon session of the state assembly and announced the `Mukhyanantri Majhi Ladki Bahin` scheme which would guarantee Rs 1500 to women. The scheme will be implemented from July 2024, Ajit Pawar said while presenting the budget. According to the ANI,…
In the electoral battle between BJP`s Mihir Kotecha and Sanjay Dina Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT), the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 data revealed that the latter has taken the lead in the Mumbai North East constituency. Sena (UBT) candidate Sanjay Patil is leading by a margin of 25, 173 votes, according to the…
A 57-year-old man was injured while 25 to 30 persons were rescued after a fire broke out in a 62-storey residential building in south Mumbai`s Byculla area around midnight, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Sunday. The blaze erupted in a flat on the 10th floor of the Monte South building`s A wing in…
