Mumbai: With Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) set to join the region’s skies on Dec 25, early fares reveal a two-track trend. While IndiGo fares from Navi Mumbai are more expensive than from the existing Mumbai airport, Akasa Air is doing the opposite.After Akasa Air, IndiGo opened bookings for flights from NMIA on Saturday, but…
Thane: Police booked five persons for allegedly kidnapping a 35-year-old doctor from a civic hospital in Kalwa, holding the victim captive for nearly nine hours, and extorting Rs 2 lakh after threatening to implicate him in a fabricated currency case. Kalwa police registered an FIR on Thursday under multiple sections of the BNS. One of…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of the deputy registrar, cooperative societies (R north ward) that directed a housing society in Borivli to give a no objection certificate (NOC) to a member to apply to BMC to change the use of her flat from residential to commercial. Siddharth Borivali…
Mumbai: A special court on Saturday recalled a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against senior Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut in a criminal appeal case, after his lawyer cited his hospitalization due to serious health issues.The court was informed that Raut was “serious”. Last month, following sudden health complications, Raut announced…
Thane: State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Saturday inaugurated Thane city’s first gas-based pet crematorium at Majivada village. The eco-friendly facility, built at a cost of Rs 50 lakh, was constructed adjacent to the existing crematorium with a separate entrance.“Thane has a large number of pet lovers who treat their pets as family. After their…
Navi Mumbai: In a significant judgment aimed at curbing financial fraud, the Uran court sentenced accused Santosh Anant Pedhvi to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for cheating multiple individuals under the pretext of providing permanent jobs. Pedhvi collected Rs 5 lakh from the main complainant and took money…
Navi Mumbai: A 42-year-old man died after his car driven allegedly at high speed by him, plunged into Kharghar creek along the Sion-Panvel highway Friday night.PSI Arun Chavan of Kharghar police station informed that the deceased, identified as Jobin Benedict, hailed from Bengaluru and resided in Panvel. He worked as a consultant for a private…
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old Assistant Engineer of the Electrical Inspector’s Office, Kurla (West), after he was allegedly caught red-handed accepting a bribe of ₹1 lakh from a contractor.The accused has been identified as Gajanan Prahlad Rathod, posted as Assistant Engineer (Electrical department) at the Office of the Electrical Inspector,…
Navi Mumbai: A 75-year-old Ayurvedic doctor was booked by Alibaug police for allegedly sexually harassing a 23-year-old woman patient when she went to his apartment in Alibaug for her asthma treatment on Nov 9. An FIR has been registered.Kishore Sale, senior inspector of Alibaug, said, “The victim went with her mother. The accused doctor made…
Mumbai: The one per cent reservation for orphans in government jobs in Maharashtra will apply to “vacant posts” instead of “available posts”, as per the revised provisions.A government resolution (GR) or order issued on Thursday tightened eligibility norms and changed the method of calculating posts for the implementation of the orphan quota.The GR narrowed the…
