PUNE: Even as BJP emerged as the single largest party in the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections across the state, Congress managed to halt BJP’s juggernaut in several municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Vidarbha. In Maharashtra’s sugar bowl of western Maharashtra, BJP battled its own Mahayuti alliance partners as Congress and NCP (SP)…
Mumbai: Three persons were injured of whom one suffered over 95 percent burns, following an explosion of accumulated gas and accompanying fire in a chawl at Andheri East at around 7.15 am on Sunday. “The three injured were on the ground floor plus one chawl structure, and one of the injured women was trying to…
Mumbai: Fire broke out in the kitchen of a Colaba bar and restaurant, behind Taj, on Sunday evening. It was extinguished in a few minutes. Two people suffered around 5-15% burn injuries. The fire started in the basement of the Hotel Diplomat Building, housing the Social Bar and Restaurant. The building is a basement plus…
Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against a man for allegedly stealing jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from a woman after claiming to perform rituals to ward off ‘black magic’ at her residence.According to police, the accused identified as Ramchandra Sutar, told the complainant that somebody had cast a black magic spell on her family,…
Thane: A 55-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly possessing mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 7.2 lakh in Ulhasnagar, police said on Sunday.Ismail Mohammad Safhi Abbasi, a native of Indore, was caught with the contraband on Friday afternoon, an official said. “A patrolling team from Vitthalwadi police station spotted the accused moving around in a suspicious…
Mumbai: BMC is spending Rs 4.27 crores on an infection control product that infection control specialists do not seem to recognise. These are “anti-infective bed cover mats,” and 43,000 of them are being bought for four medical college hospitals.These mats are supplied by a real estate firm, Veer Housing Projects LLP, procured from an Uttarakhand-based…
Thane: A Thane court has sentenced three people to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for kidnapping a baby of five months in the city. Additional sessions judge Suryakant S Shinde found the accused, including two women, guilty of charges under BNS for the crime that took place in Oct last year.As per the case…
Mumbai: A motorman of Western Railway (WR) died after being knocked down by a long distance train at Virar station, officials said on Sunday.Motorman Dilip Kumar Sahu was performing shunting duty at Virar yard on Saturday evening when the incident occurred, an official said. “He was involved in pulling a suburban rake to platform number…
Pune: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Sunday proved his dominance over Baramati, the Pawar family’s traditional stronghold, as well as Pune district as the municipal council elections delivered a clear win for his faction of NCP in the first civic contest since the party’s split.NCP won 35 of the 41 seats in Baramati, the same…
Mumbai: Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab on Sunday said seat sharing talks with MNS are over and a formal alliance with it for the BMC polls could be announced anytime by party president Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray. He expressed confidence that Mumbaikars will stand with the Thackeray brothers. MNS functionary Nitin Sardesai,…
