VASAI: The Pelhar police have registered an FIR against six staff members of a CNG pump located in Dhanivbaug, Nalasopara East, for allegedly assaulting a government officer and overcharging customers. The case has been filed under sections related to assault, causing grievous hurt to a public servant on duty, along with provisions of the Essential…
Navi Mumbai: A trekker from Thane who slipped from a cliff and fell 100 feet down, was rescued by locals in a four-hour long operation. Srikanta Sahu (27) started his journey from Dadar by walking a few days ago, but stayed at the Khandas village, Karjat on Thursday. Sahu, while searching for pathways amidst the…
Mumbai: The BMC will conduct ‘Vruksha Sanjeevani’ campaign for the conservation of trees at public places from April 1 to 30. Under this campaign, measures such as removing cement-concrete accumulated around trees and replacing it with loose red soil, removing nails hammered into tree trunks, advertisement boards, ropes and cables, as well as pruning branches…
Mumbai: The Bandra police registered a case against nine individuals for fighting at the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) toll plaza around Friday midnight. The accused included six toll plaza staff members, a taxi driver and his two associates. A video of the incident went viral. Police said the altercation broke out over honking. They booked…
For Malabar Hill resident Mehul N. Shah, the daily commute home has an ironic twist — after a swift drive on Coastal Road, nearly 40% of his total travel time is spent crawling through a 300-metre stretch after exiting at Breach Candy. Shah, who is also vice president of Bharat Diamond Bourse in BKC, is…
Mumbai: Police have booked a 20-year-old man and his accomplice for allegedly abusing and assaulting a college girl and her fiance in Wadala on Thursday afternoon.The complainant told police that Ayan Pandlekar was stalking her for some time and on Thursday he followed her again. She then called up her fiance and informed him about…
Mumbai: The CSMI airport commissionerate, Mumbai customs cone-III authorities have destroyed a total of 1,010.8 kgs of NDPS drugs valued at around Rs 1,079 crore during the financial year 2025-26. The last lot in this destruction drive was carried out on March 27 where over 376 kg narcotic substances were disposed of. The exercise underscores…
Mumbai: Even as the police were eager to bring chain snatching under the ambit of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), with the prosecution’s failure to provide documentary evidence linking the accused to a criminal syndicate, it has not stuck in all cases. While a special court this week convicted and sentenced…
It’s 3.30 in the afternoon when police inspector Mousami Subhash Patil answers the phone, her voice still heavy with sleep. “I had a night shift,” says the cyber cop, continuing the call anyway. Time, in her line of work, is rarely her own. And yet, she insists on carving some out.Late at night or in…
Mumbai: Food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Saturday that LPG supplies may dry up in the next three months in the backdrop of the US-Iran war and there should be an increased focus on switching to piped natural gas (PNG).“We have had a discussion in Delhi with the food and civil supplies…
