Mumbai: Over a hundred passengers were stranded at the Mumbai airport for six hours on Monday because their SpiceJet flight to Ayodhya was inordinately delayed.SpiceJet flight SG 443 scheduled to depart at 12.25 pm left Mumbai at 6.42 pm. An airline spokesperson said the flight was delayed “due to a technical issue.” The flight which…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the 2014 conviction and life sentence awarded to Sajjad Mughal, alias Sajjad Pathan, who, as a building security guard, was found guilty of entering the rental Wadala flat of Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, 25, on Aug 9, 2012, and murdering her. The trial court directed that the…
Pune: Vijay Kumbhar of Surajya Sangharsh Samiti, a citizens’ group, on Sunday demanded that criminal proceedings be expedited against all involved in alleged cases of fraud involving govt land.“Mere cancellation of the deals will not be enough. Processes like arresting and other legal procedures should be expedited against those whose names have appeared in the…
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the 2014 conviction and life sentence awarded to Sajjad Mughal, alias Sajjad Pathan, who, as a building security guard, was found guilty of entering the rental Wadala flat of Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, 25, on August 9, 2012, and murdering her. The trial court, however, directed that…
In a dramatic legal showdown, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra have approached the Bombay High Court, aiming to dismiss a staggering Rs 60-crore cheating allegation brought against them by Mumbai police. They claim the FIR is a cynical ploy for financial gain, rooted in a business endeavor thrown into turmoil by demonetisation. MUMBAI: Bollywood actor…
Palghar: Thieves looted gold worth around Rs 4 crore from a jewellery shop Saturday night.The thieves broke the shutter of a cloth shop, entered and made a hole on the wall, which led them to the adjacent jewellery shop. An FIR has been registered. Cops confirmed that after analysing the CCTV footage, they found that…
Navi Mumbai: In a show of honesty, a 28-year-old auto rickshaw driver returned a woman passenger’s bag containing gold ornaments worth Rs 16 lakh, which she accidentally left behind in his vehicle on Thursday. The honest auto rickshaw driver was identified as Santosh Shirke, a resident of Ghansoli.API Ravindra Narote of Vashi informed that the…
Navi Mumbai: A survey was conducted recently within the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), in which 513 buildings were declared dangerous under various sections of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act. Under Section 265(A) of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, it is mandatory for any building in use for more than 30 years…
Pune: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Sunday said he was shocked at the manner in which the registration of the sale deed for the controversial Mundhwa land linked to his son Parth occurred. “I fail to understand how it happened without paying even a single paisa and how the person at the registrar’s office allowed it…
Mumbai: With less than two months to go, the state govt has met only 25% of its target of building 1.5 lakh slum rehab tenements from 2022-25. Only 37,560 tenements were completed and occupation granted till this Sept, said Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) officials. The slow pace of construction may render the goal of constructing…
