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Congress targets Maharashtra govt over acid attack on minor girl MUMBAI: An alleged acid attack on a Class 6 girl in Sangamner’s Ahilyanagar district prompted sharp criticism of the Maharashtra government in the legislative assembly on Wednesday. Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar called the incident “extremely disturbing” and accused the state government of failing…

Mumbai: The north region cyber police have arrested a man who allegedly procured 300 SIM cards illegally and provided them to cyber fraudsters for use in scams. The accused, Kamal, 25, used to work as an agent for various telecom companies. One of the SIM cards provided by him was used in a digital arrest…

MUMBAI: An IT consultant from Kandivli, Ajay Kumar, got an FIR registered on March 6 at Samta Nagar police station over alleged fraudulent credit card transactions on June 28, 2024 — nearly 21 months after the incident.Kumar alleged that around 60 transactions worth approximately Rs 2.75 lakh were carried out between June 28 and July…

Navi Mumbai: A 26-year-old man has been arrested by APMC police for alleged sexual harassment of a 9-year-old girl residing in his locality at a chawl in Koprigaon, Vashi node, on Monday evening.Ajay Shinde, senior inspector of APMC, informed that the arrested accused has been identified as Hrushikesh Kadam, who works as housekeeping staff. Around…

Mumbai: Even as the BMC pushes ahead with its ambitious Rs 12,000-crore plan to turn the city pothole-free, it is already lining up the next phase of road concretisation.Civic sources said the next phase of works is approximately pegged at an additional Rs 2,500 crore, triggering sharp political pushback over timing and execution.Officials said estimates…

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has cleared an amendment that allows for the removal of pro-vice-chancellors. The proposed change empowers the management council to remove a pro-vice-chancellor on the recommendation of the vice-chancellor. Experts called it a “dangerous” amendment. Up until now, the removal of the pro-vice-chancellor after being recommended by the vice-chancellor, needed the final…

BMC Mayor Ritu Tawde (File Photo) MUMBAI: A sessions court recently rejected the discharge plea of city mayor Ritu Tawde in a case involving the alleged assault of school teachers in 2016. The order paves the way for the accused to stand trial for offences including the use of criminal force to deter public servants…

Mumbai: The state transport network got a major upgrade with the addition of 50 advanced buses on Tuesday as part of a larger plan to operate 3,000 such vehicles. Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said in the legislative council that the buses are aimed at making intercity travel safer, faster and more comfortable. The CM will…

Mumbai: Maharashtra legislative assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to repeal roughly 80 of 100-odd, outdated laws that remained on the statute book despite constitutional changes, state reorganisation, and enactments of new laws. Laws struck down include The Maharashtra Opium Smoking Act 1936, The Bombay Abolition of Whipping Act, 1957, The Lepers (Bombay Unification) Act,…

Kalyan: Holding that the victim’s consent to granting anticipatory bail was immaterial since it appeared to have been made under duress, a Kalyan sessions court refused relief to an alleged former aide of gangster Chhota Rajan in a murder attempt case.The applicant, Prashant Laxman Deshmukh, and his associates allegedly attacked a railway contractor two weeks…