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Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two more individuals — Mandar Gawade and Sandeep Pawaskar — in connection with the escalating bribery case involving suspended Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) deputy municipal commissioner Shankar Patole. Investigators suggest this could unravel a larger political-bureaucratic nexus operating within the civic body.Sources have hinted at the involvement of…

Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 13.85 lakh to the family of a 53-year-old security guard killed in a road accident in 2022. The victim, Kamlesh Rammurat Singh, was on duty at the compound of a private company in Wagle Estate area in Thane. A pick-up truck, owned…

Mumbai: The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg police have made a breakthrough in a recent robbery where an armed gang barged into a gold manufacturing unit in Kalachowki area in Central Mumbai, assaulted the security guard and fled with 400 grams of gold worth Rs 50 lakh. Police have arrested four persons namely Manish Rathod 24,…

Navi Mumbai: A Ratnagiri woman, Priyanka Kumbhar (35), succumbed to her injuries five days after being flung out of the emergency door of a moving ST bus. The tragic accident was reported when the speeding bus driver suddenly applied brakes while driving along a bad stretch of Guhagar – Sawarde road, which is riddled with…

Mumbai: Two men were arrested by Gamdevi police on Saturday for allegedly extorting Rs 1 lakh from the manager of a private bank after posing as detectives hired by her estranged husband to keep tabs on her.Police have recovered Rs 95,000 and have lodged an FIR against the two under BNS for impersonation, threats, stalking…

Mumbai: Within 12 hours, Aarey police arrested a father-son duo responsible for a burglary at Royal Palms Estate, Aarey Colony, Goregaon East, Mumbai. The suspects, Niyamatullah Khan alias Julie (38), and his son Shahid (19), were apprehended with gold, silver, diamond ornaments and brass idols valued at Rs 47.65 lakhs from Bungalow No. 31.The case…

Mumbai: Tata Power entered into multiple power purchase agreements (PPAs) in the past couple of weeks to bring renewable energy to Mumbai and ensure that peak power demand from city consumers, especially in the hot and sultry weather, is catered to, announced a senior official on Sunday. Tata Power has nearly 800,000 electricity consumers in…

Navi Mumbai: A 55-year-old widow was found murdered by strangulation in her ground floor room in Kundevahal village, Panvel taluka, on Saturday. Nitin Thakare, senior inspector of Panvel City said, “As there was no forcible entry into the house, it seems like the accused was known to the victim and she allowed entry to her…

Mumbai: The Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg police have made a breakthrough in a recent robbery where an armed gang barged into a gold manufacturing unit in Kalachowki area in Central Mumbai, assaulted the security guard and fled away with 400 grams of gold worth Rs 50 lakh. Police have arrested four persons namely Manish Rathod…

MUMBAI: Pope Leo XIV Saturday appointed Rev. Fr Stephen Fernandes as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Bombay.Born Sept 1961, Fr Stephen did his B.Ed. from the University of Mumbai. He was ordained a priest in March 1990, and started his career as assistant parish priest at St John the Evangelist Church, Marol. He then…