Thane: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Thane Police arrested a fraudster who allegedly duped hundreds of Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel across Maharashtra, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh among other states of crores on the pretext of share market investment. While initial investigations pegged the total fraud at Rs 50 crore, officials believe it could…
Mumbai: Metro One services were disrupted Wednesday evening after a train developed a technical snag near Azad Nagar station, leaving the rake stuck for nearly 25 minutes around 5 pm. The snag caused delays and crowding on the Versova–Andheri section. Officials said the faulty rake was later moved to the depot, and services normalised gradually…
MUMBAI: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Police has summoned social media influencer Orry in connection with the Rs 252-crore drug manufacturing and trafficking case. The summons to Orry, whose real name is Orhan Awatramani, follows disclosures made by arrested drug supplier Mohammed Salim Sohail Shaikh alias Lavish, who was recently deported from Dubai for…
Mumbai: A week after a 56-year-old man died by suicide at his Borivli residence, the police have registered a case of abetment against his business partner and two others on Nov 18. The 56-year-old deceased had overdosed on pharmaceutical drugs. He was found lying in the bathroom of his residence on Nov 11.According to the…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has objected to the alleged display of a Gujarati signboard at an eatery in Girgaon area of Mumbai and given it a 15-day ultimatum to change it to Marathi.MNS functionary Dinesh Punde on Wednesday stated that a complaint was received from locals about Sakhi Gruha Udyog maintaining a Gujarati…
Mumbai: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday announced it will exit the oppposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance and contest the coming local body elections in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra on its own.The decision was taken after the Congress, a prominent member of the MVA, decided to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections…
Mumbai: Developers are being offered a slew of incentives to create rental housing in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). From a complete waiver of income tax on rental income for 10 years to a waiver of property tax for 5 years and a concession in GST, the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (Mhada) has also…
Navi Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) clubbed two applications regarding an alleged illegal stone quarry behind the Tata Cancer Hospital at Kharghar and fixed a joint hearing for Dec 5, its Western Zonal Bench at Navi Mumbai said. The move gained significance after RTI responses from Cidco and the State Environment Department to NatConnect…
Mumbai: Observing that it was a serious matter concerning “national health security”, a sessions court recently rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the daughter of a retired Airport Health Organisation (APHO) employee in a case involving the alleged manufacture and distribution of fake yellow fever vaccination cards.Dismissing the plea filed by Amrin Khan (45), a…
Mumbai: As infrastructure works take a toll on civic utilities, BMC commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, in an unusually sharp communication, wrote to the MMRDA chief Tuesday pointing out multiple road cavities and sewer network damage allegedly caused during Metro and bridge constructions. He said Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is responsible for fixing potholes/defects on roads…
