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Mumbai: On November 22, 2025, BJP minister Pankaja Munde‘s personal assistant Anant Gajre got into an argument with his now-deceased dentist wife Gauri Palve on his phone, during which he allegedly abused her, blamed her for harming his reputation, and repeatedly provoked her by telling her to “die”, stated the chargesheet submitted by the Special…

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Monday criticised BJP corporator Makarand Narwekar for seeking to impose congestion tax on private vehicles with single occupants entering high traffic zones and business districts. Thackeray wrote on X: “Mayoral term for the BJP hasn’t yet formally begun in Mumbai and Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s brother — Makarand…

Thane: The Thane Crime Branch Unit 4, based in Ulhasnagar, arrested three men and solved 12 cases involving fraud and robbery targeting senior citizens across Thane and Mumbai. Police also arrested a jeweller who allegedly helped dispose of the stolen items.During the operation, officials recovered 130 grams of gold jewellery with an estimated market value…

Mumbai: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested two ‘couriers’ with 5kg of gold worth nearly Rs 10 crore in Kalbadevi on Sunday.Based on a tipoff, DRI’s Mumbai unit laid a trap at Kalbadevi’s Dhanji Street and caught Swapnil Jadhav and Shreyas Salunkhe, who had 13 pieces of melted gold…

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached three land parcels at Uran and Ulwe in Navi Mumbai, worth around Rs 17.74 crore, belonging to local politician J M Mhatre and his wife in a money laundering case involving the alleged illegal acquisition of forest land, its unlawful transfer to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),…

Mumbai: A day before her son’s wedding, a 62-year-old woman was killed in a fire, suspected to have originated from a lit diya, in her flat on the uppermost floor of a 13-storey building in Vile Parle on Monday. A 34-year-old relative, who was the only other occupant of the flat at the time, suffered…

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Monday announced the recruitment of over 70,000 government posts. Around 20,000 of the posts will be recruited through the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC).Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the recruitment will be carried out in a new manner. He gave instructions to make decisions based on the required skills, service…

Thane: A sessions court in Thane acquitted four men accused in a 2010 murder case, citing serious lapses in the investigation and the failure of the prosecution to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt.The case pertains to the alleged contract killing of a woman at her residence in Mira Road. According to the prosecution, four intruders…

Mumbai: Water supply was disrupted in parts of Khar West and Bandra West after a major leakage was reported from a 900mm diameter water pipeline at Mahim Causeway on Monday afternoon.The incident was reported at 1.35pm from the northbound stretch of Mahim Causeway during excavation work, officials said. Traffic police control alerted civic authorities after…

MUMBAI: Residents of several high-rise residential complexes in Sewri have announced a silent march this weekend to protest what they describe as years of civic apathy and unchecked illegal activity in the area. The protest focuses on unauthorised hawking, encroached footpaths, illegal parking and persistent noise pollution—issues residents say have made daily life increasingly unsafe…