Mumbai: Two societies representing the koli community in Danda Koliwada, a fishing village in Khar, have moved Bombay high court against an order of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) that declared a part of their land used for drying fish and related activities as slum rehabilitation area.Danda Koli Masemari Vyavasayik Sahakari Maryadit and Danda Koli Samaj…
Mumbai: Bombay high court recently frowned at the RBI ombudsman for summarily dismissing a “serious” complaint of Rs 2 crore being siphoned off from an account with a private bank in Khar West without a hearing.“This complaint could not have been disposed of in a summary manner without even minimum compliance with the principle of…
Mumbai: BEST will get 150 new wet lease buses in it’s fleet and the new buses are likely to be launched by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at Colaba bus depot Oct 28 afternoon.Sources said that while 115 buses belong to one contractor, 35 belongs to another wet lease operator, sources said.The BEST had faced acute…
Mumbai: An FIR was registered against a 32-year-old man for sexually harassing a young woman in Goregaon West while she was returning from a public lavatory recently. The accused, Yasin Shaikh, is a welder.The incident occurred on Oct 25. The 24-year-old victim was on her way to a public lavatory around 11.30 pm when someone…
Navi Mumbai: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday met Navi Mumbai police chief Milind Bharambe demanding an FIR against Sena minister Sanjay Shirsat and the Bivalkar family in the alleged Rs 5,000-crore Cidco land scam.The demand came in the wake of the Uran and Pen range forest officers writing to Panvel and Rasayani police…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) party president Uddhav Thackeray and son and MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Monday launched a two-pronged attack over anomalies in voters’ list. Uddhav said that if the Election Commission (EC) doesn’t rectify the errors in the voters’ lists, then the opposition will have to jointly decide if they will allow the local…
Navi Mumbai: A 19-year-old girl undergoing psychiatric treatment allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the 10th-floor refuge area of a Taloja building, where she resided with her parents. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon. Prima facie, Taloja police registered an accidental death case.Sagar Nikam, PI (crime) of Taloja, informed that the deceased girl was pursuing…
Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice on a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against a Bombay High Court order that declared the agency’s arrest of former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) chief Anil Pawar in an alleged money laundering case as illegal.The high court, on Oct…
NEW DELHI: Actor and engineer Sachin Chandwade, known for his role in ‘Jamtara 2’ and upcoming Marathi projects, has died by suicide at his home in Parola, Jalgaon, according to media reports. He was 25.Chandwade was reportedly found hanging from a ceiling fan. He was first taken to a private hospital in his native village…
Mumbai: A 30-year-old man from Jogeshwari ended his life under a local train at Jogeshwari railway station on Saturday, police confirmed. The Andheri railway police identified the deceased as Bhavesh Shinde, who was employed at a medical shop. A case of accidental death has been registered.Shinde, a resident of Mograpada in Jogeshwari (East), left his…
