Mumbai:The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested Chandrakant Vasudev, 40, a clerk at the Mazgaon City Civil and Sessions Court, on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh from a Bandra-based businessman to secure a favourable order in a property dispute. Additional sessions judge Aejazuddin S Kazi, 55, has been named in the…
Thane: Residents can soon expect affordable and advanced treatment at the state-of-the-art Thane Civil Super Speciality Hospital, which is set to be operational in the coming months, state health minister Prakash Abitkar said on Wednesday.Abitkar, who visited the hospital site, said the reconstruction work is nearing completion.“Launched in 2022-23, this is a dream project of…
Navi Mumbai: Kharkopar-Uran suburban train services were suspended for over three hours on Wednesday after a leak was spotted in a petroleum pipeline running parallel to the tracks. Swapnil Nila, CR’s chief PRO, said power supply to overhead equipment providing traction power to trains was cut after the leak was spotted. “After the petroleum company…
Mumbai: All India Majlise Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) city president Haji Farooq Maqbool Shabdi has announced that his party will contest at least 50 seats in the upcoming BMC polls.Speaking to mediapersons, Shabdi said that the new reservation of wards for SCs, STs and OBCs has upset many of the aspirants who hoped to fight the…
Mumbai: Terming the deaths of infants due to malnutrition in the remote tribal belt of Melghat in Amravati district as “horrific”, Bombay HC on Wednesday pulled up the state govt for its “extremely casual” approach towards the issue.From June 2025 to date, 65 infants under the age of six months died due to malnutrition in…
Mumbai: An Air India Express aircraft received a bomb threat when it was en route from Mumbai to Varanasai on Wednesday. The flight landed safely at its destination, and the passengers and aircraft underwent a security check on the tarmac.“A paper chit with the words ‘Bomb. Goodbye’ was found in the lavatory by one of…
MUMBAI: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have engineered a novel material that can detect adulteration of kerosene in petrol — a common yet dangerous practice — and selectively absorb oil from water, turning it into a gel that can be easily removed.Their findings, recently published in Chemical Engineering, mark a breakthrough in…
MUMBAI: The Govt Railway Police (GRP), late on Tuesday, registered a case of ‘unlawful assembly‘ against 30 to 40 members of the Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh (CRMS) in connection with their demonstration at CSMT on Nov 6 which stalled trains for one hour and disrupted commutes. The FIR names two office-bearers of CRMS while the…
MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced the list of senior leaders who will campaign for its candidates in the upcoming local self government elections in Maharashtra in 2025. The list, released by BJP Maharashtra president Ravindra Chavan, includes 40 prominent leaders from across the state. Top party figures such as former chief…
MUMBAI: The Sessions Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the developer and his wife who are accused in a large scale fraud case registered with the Economic Offences Wing, stating that both as directors of the construction firm played active role in executing the agreements for sale and allotment letters of the flats and…
