Mumbai: The city has seen a rise in crimes against women (up 13%) and children (up 7%) in 2025 from 2024, while cyber crime has dipped 5%, Mumbai Crime Reports for 2025, released on Monday, show.The report has highlighted a significant increase of 55% in snatching incidents compared to 2024, underlining a rise in street…
Thane: Shiv Sena on Monday released its manifesto for Thane civic polls, promising a slum-free city and a 260m tower that will offer a panoramic view of the city.The manifesto, released by minister Pratap Sarnaik and Lok Sabha MP Naresh Mhaske, is a roadmap of “unbroken development”, said party functionaries. It includes a comprehensive plan…
Navi Mumbai: Raigad police have detected the murder of an unidentified man who was found at a plot along Tamhini ghat in the jurisdiction of Mangaon police station on Jan 11.Nivrutti Borhade, senior inspector of Mangaon police station informed that, on Jan 11, an unidentified man was found murdered by strangulation and then assaulted with…
Navi Mumbai: Over 40 animal rights activists and feeders on Monday visited the NMMC head-office in Belapur and met the municipal commissioner, with regards to the sensitive issue of police complaint lodged against two animal feeders who asked the civic staff where they were taking away sterilized dogs from Ghansoli.A member of Rakshak animal welfare…
Nashik: Motorists from Nashik who opt for the Samruddhi expressway while travelling to Mumbai have welcomed the announcement of linking the Samruddhi expressway with the Eastern Freeway to reach Mumbai faster.Motorists from the Nashik often face traffic at Amne village, after which vehicles from Samruddhi expressway joins the regular Nashik–Mumbai Expressway for the onward journey…
Mumbai: Booked on charges of abetment to suicide, Anant Garje, personal assistant of environment minister Pankaja Munde, has moved the sessions court seeking bail following his arrest in connection with the death of his wife, Gauri, a dental surgeon.The defence submitted that the suicide was a result of Gauri’s personal emotional distress rather than any…
Thane: A magistrate court in Thane convicted a resident of Borivali and sentenced him to one year of simple imprisonment for dishonouring two cheques totalling Rs 30 lakh. The court took a stern view of the decade-old property dispute, ordering the accused to pay Rs 60 lakh—double the original cheque amount—as compensation to the complainant….
Mumbai: With campaigning for BMC elections set to end at 5.30 pm tomorrow, on January 13, the civic administration directed all political parties and candidates to immediately remove campaign material across the city, warning of strict action in case of violations.Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) and senior election official Dr Ashwini Joshi said failure to remove…
Mumbai: Kalina’s ward 90 has probably the most diverse voter profile, with centuries-old gaothans, airport slum pockets that form the largest voter bloc, staff quarters, including four Air India colonies, and residential societies. With nine candidates in the fray and over 40,000 voters spread across socially and religiously diverse neighbourhoods, the contest is expected to…
Mumbai: Municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, who is also the district election officer for the municipal polls, has said that mobile phones have not been banned from polling stations but these should be kept switched off. “We discourage the public from taking their mobile phones to the polling booths, but then, in case they are carrying…
