Mumbai

Like the ribbon inside this underground train that reads “Ladies Only”, the cover of the book in its only burqa-clad passenger’s hands is pink. ‘A Woman Is No Man’ — the fictional story of a teenage Arab woman resisting an arranged marriage — has transported Sumaiyya Momin to Palestine during her 15-minute, air-conditioned afternoon ride…

Mumbai: Two underage boys, aged 15 and 17, were detained by the DN Nagar Police recently on charges of allegedly killing their roommate, also a minor. Police said the victim was 15-years-old. According to police, the motive for the killing was a dispute. Both the accused have been sent to the Children’s Home at Dongri….

Mumbai: In an incident of road rage, a motorcyclist damaged a BMW and attacked its owner at Bandra West on Friday. Bandra Police have registered an FIR.The 23-year-old complainant was driving his father to their office in Bandra Reclamation around 6 pm. There was heavy traffic on the road and the complainant was driving his…

Navi Mumbai: A 17-year-old girl who had been battling for life after a horrific late-night crash on Palm Beach Road earlier this month has died after 16 days in hospital, turning the case into one of culpable homicide and intensifying the probe into the role of two SUV drivers. Harman Kaur, a resident of Koparkhairane,…

Mumbai: In Oct 2024, Mangibai Naik, a 53-year-old woman from Ghatkopar, walked into a Govt Railway Police (GRP) chowky at Kurla station. She had been summoned by the police to examine a photo of an unidentified young man who had lost his life in a railway accident. After sharing a copy of the image with…

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Saturday allowed medical termination of the 28-week pregnancies of two minor girls who are survivors of sexual assault.Justices Bharti Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande passed the orders on their petitions, filed through their parents, seeking HC’s permission as the pregnancies had crossed the 24-week permissible limit under the Medical Termination…

Mumbai: Former deputy mayor and Khar corporator of Ward No. 98, Alka Kerkar, passed away on Saturday after a brief illness. She had recently been elected as a corporator in Jan 2026 for the third time in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections.Offering condolences to Kerkar, Bandra (W) MLA Ashish Shelar said, “Deeply saddened by the…

Mumbai: In a joint operation, the Mumbai Crime Branch and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) apprehended Pradeep Sharma alias Golu on Saturday in connection with the firing on filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s Juhu residence. Sharma is the 14th accused to be arrested in the case. He will be produced before a Mumbai court on…

Thane: The anti-extortion cell of Thane Crime Branch has arrested a history-sheeter with 44 criminal cases against him, who allegedly carried out a brutal chopper attack just four days after being released from jail.The accused, Omkar Bhosale (28), along with his associate Nilesh Yadav (31), was nabbed by the anti-extortion cell in connection with an…