Thane: Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske has flagged gaps in both welfare delivery and healthcare support, urging authorities to ensure equitable access to benefits and stronger financial protection for citizens.In a letter dated February 2, Mhaske directed Thane Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries of welfare schemes implemented by the Thane…
Thane: Police have arrested a 20-year-old man after seizing four country-made pistols and live cartridges he was carrying illegally in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Tuesday. A member of the police’s anti-narcotics cell noticed the accused, Sohil Beig Sorab Beig Mirza, behaving suspiciously and intercepted him in the Vehle-Batale of Bhiwandi town on…
Thane: A court has acquitted five persons accused of assaulting police personnel in 2020, citing “glaring and irreconcilable” contradictions in testimonies, lack of medical proof or witnesses, missing duty records, and no evidence of common intention or pre-arranged plan.A sub-inspector and another policeman had alleged that one of the accused caught hold of their collars…
Pune: Compensation will be provided to families of all four victims who died in the Jan 28 air crash which killed deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in Baramati, said CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday.In response to a query by TOI, Fadnavis said the policeman’s family would get compensation according to the govt policy. Although the…
New Delhi: Commenting adversely on the large-scale induction of members into Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) closer to organisational elections scheduled this year, Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Bombay HC order that had stayed the MCA elections because of grant of hurried and allegedly irregular membership to a large number of persons…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Port Authority has received five bids for its Rs 887-crore Viksit Bharat Mumbai marina project, to be developed through engineering, procurement and construction mode. The port authority will invest Rs 470 crore and the remaining will be invested by a private operator who will develop the onshore facilities.The project will come up…
Thane: The formal election and announcement of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the newly elected board of the Thane Municipal Corporation will be done on Tuesday at a special general body meeting scheduled for 11:30am at the civic HQ. Sharmila Pimpolkar of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will take over as the Mayor, while…
MUMBAI: The city crime branch is considering questioning gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is lodged in Sabarmati jail, as part of its probe into the firing at filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s Juhu bungalow to ascertain the motive, even as it is still tracking down the shooter.Shetty told police he had got no prior threat from Bishnoi’s gang…
MUMBAI: Two labourers suffocated while cleaning a deep drain near Mega Mall in Mumbai’s Goregaon West early on Tuesday. One worker died and the other was injured.The workers identified as Salil Razak Gazi (27), Sahil Noor Islam (30).The incident was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) control room at around 3.40 am. Officials said…
MUMBAI: The Muslim festival of Shab E’ Baraat or the Night of Forgiveness will be celebrated tonight on the intervening night of Feb 3-4.“Laylat ul’ Baraat is when Allah Almighty writes the Book of Deeds for the following year, including birth, marriage, death and significant life events,” said Maulana Shahabuddin Shaikh of Andheri West.“Muslims seek…
