Mumbai

NEW DELHI: In a chilling escalation of threats against the Indian film industry, the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for a firing incident outside the Juhu residence of blockbuster director Rohit Shetty.The attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday, February 1, 2026, when two motorcycle-borne assailants fired multiple rounds at “Shetty Tower”…

Mumbai: Western Railway will operate a block on the Up and Down fast lines between Churchgate and Mumbai Central on Sunday for maintenance of tracks, signalling systems and overhead equipment.The block will be in place for five hours, from 10.35 am to 3.35 pm.A Western Railway official said that during the block period, all fast…

MUMBAI: Central Railway’s Mumbai division will operate a megablock on its suburban sections on Sunday to carry out engineering and maintenance works.On the Main Line, the block will be on the fast lines between Thane and Kalyan stations from 10.40 am to 3.40 pm. Up fast and semi-fast services departing Kalyan between 10.28 am and…

MUMBAI: Sunetra Pawar, 62, was sworn in as the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Saturday evening, replacing her husband Ajit Pawar just three days after his death in an air crash. The ceremony had an emotional touch, with workers of Ajit’s NCP raising slogans of ‘Ajit Pawar Amar Rahe’ and ‘Ekach Vaada,…

Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: The director of a privately run de-addiction centre, his wife, and two other individuals were booked by the Malwani police after an underage girl was allegedly raped at the institution in 2024. One of the accused has been arrested. Police said it was likely that there was one…

Mumbai: Bombay high court has quashed and set aside disqualification of a candidate (25) from further rounds of selection to the Central Industrial Security Force for having a subtle lisp.Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Abhay Mantri on Wed while allowing him to continue in the recruitment process, clarified he “would be at liberty to undertake focussed…

MUMBAI: The “merger talks” between the Ajit Pawar-led NCP and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) appear to be on the backburner now following Sunetra Pawar’s appointment as deputy CM.Sharad Pawar’s statement that he was not aware of Sunetra Pawar’s swearing-in and that “it is their internal decision” confirms it is Ajit Pawar‘s family – Sunetra…

MUMBAI: Unidentified persons fired shots outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence in Mumbai’s Juhu area in the western suburbs in the early hours of Sunday, officials said.Following the incident, security around the building was stepped up, an official added. “Someone fired on the building. Zonal police and crime branch teams are investigating,” the official said. It…

Navi Mumbai: The Raigad local crime branch (LCB) team has detected the murder case of a 70-year-old woman by arresting her son-in-law and his three aides on Saturday within 48 hours of registering an FIR at Revdanda police station, Alibaug taluka on Jan 29. The murder motive was robbery of the victim’s gold ornaments, informed…