Mumbai: For a Monday evening, the mood is upbeat at a small office near Arthur Road Naka with Shiv Sena (UBT), MNS and NCP (SP) flags and banners adorning it as well as the pandal outside. The office functions as a Sena (UBT) shakha. While UBT workers wait for the arrival of party chief Uddhav…
Thane: MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders on Tuesday met chief election officer and Thane municipal commissioner Saurabh Rao, accusing two returning officers (ROs) of rigging nominations to ensure Shiv Sena candidates were elected unopposed in several wards.MNS Thane-Palghar president Avinash Jadhav warned that if action is not taken within 24 hours, the party will…
Navi Mumbai: A Panvel court rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of NCP’s Raigad district chief Sudhakar Ghare and the party’s local spokesperson Bharat Bhagat, who are accused of being involved in the murder last month of Mangesh Kalokhe, husband of Khopoli councillor Manasi Kalokhe from Sena, said Raigad SP Aanchal Dalal. Eleven persons have so…
Thane: The acrimonious battle between Mahayuti partners BJP and Shiv Sena for control of Ambernath municipal council took a new turn Tuesday as rivals BJP and Congress, in a rare move, joined hands to keep out Shiv Sena in its traditional stronghold falling within MP Shrikant Shinde’s constituency. The Eknath Shinde-led party won the highest…
Mumbai: A fire broke out on the 11th floor of a 12-storey residential building in Kher Nagar, Bandra East, on Tuesday night. It was confined to the floor and completely doused in 13 minutes. No one was injured. The cause of the fire was not known. TNN Source link
Mumbai: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the suicide of state BJP minister Pankaja Munde‘s personal assistant’s dentist wife has not yet found any evidence to prove abetment to suicide charges against the husband, his sister and brother, police sources said.An official said that the abetment to suicide charges may not stick and the offence…
Mumbai: An independent candidate contesting the municipal election from Ward No. 122 in Powai has released a manifesto on a Rs 500 stamp paper, pledging to fulfil key promises within 100 days of being elected. The candidate, Prashant Thakur, solemnly promised to resolve and diligently address most of the key civic issues of Powai within…
Vasai: Busting a suspected transnational cyber investment fraud ring, Mira-Bhayander Vasai-Virar (MBVV) crime branch’s unit 4 arrested seven persons hailing from Mumbai, Vasai and Karnataka for duping victims from 11 states of Rs 200 crore. Police said the kingpin, Abdul Sattar, who hails from Sakinaka, is currently holed up in Dubai and those arrested have…
Mumbai: Alleging that Rs 47.32 crore meant for execution of the Pune Waste to Energy Project was misappropriated through the creation and use of forged and dummy invoices, and that the funds were diverted for buying luxury cars and high-end properties, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Prateek Kanakia, the founder of private firm,…
Mumbai: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) has filed an application before the Supreme Court in the petition related to the stray dogs issue, urging the court to reconsider its order for the jailing of dogs from various areas and the rounding up of cows in “an out-of-sight-out-of-mind approach”; and instead…
