AI Image (Representative) MUMBAI: Police have launched an investigation into a Rs 100 crore real estate scam in Wadala, after homebuyers alleged they were cheated by a developer and others, officials said on Thursday. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) registered the case on Wednesday following a preliminary enquiry, based on a complaint filed by 62-year-old…
Vasai: While Crime Branch Unit 3 has named a couple of senior officers of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) as “suspected accused” in the Virar building collapse, the corporation has defended its staff, stating that all due processes were followed. The case was assigned to Crime Branch Unit 3 after the Virar police…
Does Mumbai need mayoral system like NYC? MUMBAI: Can a mayor for Mumbai whip this city back into shape provided the post is reformed to give it teeth?This question comes back to haunt the city from time to time, and now again, with the historic win of Zohran Mamdani, elected mayor of New York City…
Navi Mumbai: Seven members of a gang have been arrested by Navi Mumbai cyber police for cheating a 40-year-old orthopaedic surgeon from Kharghar of Rs 1.1 crore after luring him into investing in fake shares online over two months. They claimed that the masterminds were in China and Cambodia. Police said the defrauded money was…
Thane: Days after a 52-year-old labourer died after falling from the 12th floor of an under-construction high-rise in Badlapur, the police on Tuesday booked a contractor on charges of negligence causing death. The incident occurred on October 29 at the under-construction Trident Avalon project, where the deceased, identified as Ramprakash Molhu, was assigned tiling work…
Mumbai: The Anti-narcotics cell of the Mumbai police have busted a drug peddling racket with the arrest of Farid Shaikh alias Chuha and have seized 64 grams of Mephedrone drug worth Rs 12.7 lakhs.Police are looking for his mentor, identified as Ahmed Shafi Shaikh alias Khau, a notorious criminal with 18 offences registered against him,…
Mumbai: People who live or commute to south Mumbai cannot fail to notice the old world buildings with curved balconies, porthole windows, pastel coloured facades and sunburst motifs along Churchgate and Oval Maidan. The kind that house the iconic Eros Cinema as well as Gaylord Restaurant. These structures are shining examples of the Art Deco…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai crime branch unit-2 team arrested a history-sheeter from Pune who posed as a cop and robbed unwary citizens in Navi Mumbai. The accused, Sajjad Garibshah Irani, was arrested on 28 October while probing a cheating case wherein a Kharghar resident, Pawan Kumar Kejriwal (68), was conned on the street by…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Thane, directed a private bus owner and an insurance company to jointly pay Rs 30.11 lakh to the family of a man who died in a road accident at Naupada in 2020.Presiding Member R.V. Mohite observed that the fatal incident occurred due to the rash and negligent driving…
Mumbai: BMC has suspended a former medical officer of health (MOH) of M-East, Dr Sanjay Funde, over delayed registration of birth certificates in the ward following former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya’s allegations of irregularities in 2024-25.Action is also being taken against two birth registration karkoons (clerks). Their suspension notices will be issued on Thursday, said…
