Mumbai: In yet another money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has named the wife of the alleged mastermind and key beneficiary as an accused. Vaishali Joshi, spouse of Viresh Joshi, former chief dealer at Axis Mutual Fund arrested for allegedly misappropriating investors’ money, is accused of being actively involved in a Rs 107 crore…
Mumbai: Eleven years after a fatal altercation over refusal to bring the victim liquor, a sessions court on Friday convicted and sentenced a now 35-year-old man, Ranjeet Chauhan to life imprisonment for the murder of Sandeep Dhamnaskar. The accused worked for a decoration business and lived in Malad East. The murder took place after the…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has sought the state govt’s reply on a petition stating that senior officers of the education department are facing notices and even FIRs for refusing to entertain complaints by rank outsiders against teachers and employees.“We expect the department to be more pragmatic in such matters, rather than indulging in undue haste…
Thane: A truck caught fire near a tunnel on the Samruddhi Expressway in Thane district in the early hours of Saturday, an official said.There were no reports of casualties in the incident that occurred near the Shirol tunnel in Shahpur taluka around 4 am, the official from the disaster management cell said.The heavy vehicle heading…
Kalyan: Animal lovers in Kalyan came together to save the life of a frail senior dog after he was found struggling to walk with a massive 2.25 kg tumor on his back. The heartwarming rescue was led by the Plant & Animals Welfare Society (PAWS), an animal welfare NGO that assists thousands of community and…
Mumbai: Two employees of AI Airport Services Limited (AIASL) were caught red handed while retrieving 1.2 kgs of gold dust worth Rs 1.60 crores hidden in the aircraft by the smuggling syndicate.On specific intelligence the DRI Mumbai unit kept a vigilance at the Aircraft that had arrived from Dammam, Saudi Arabia post disembarkation of passengers….
Mumbai: The Air Cargo Customs officials at the Air Postal Sorting Centre (APSC), Mumbai, arrested a 39-year-old pharmacy owner, Paresh Shambjibhai Senghani, for allegedly attempting to export psychotropic drugs without authorisation, in violation of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Senghani is a resident of Kutch in Gujarat.According to customs sources, on…
Bhiwandi: A 19-year-old college student died after a container truck ran over him when he fell off his motorcycle on an uneven stretch of road in Bhiwandi’s Temghar area on Thursday night. Shantinagar police have booked the truck driver for rash and negligent driving under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has issued a show-cause notice for contempt of court to a doctor for suppressing facts while claiming a rehabilitation tenement in a Santacruz (W) slum redevelopment scheme.“Such conduct amounts to abuse of process and, if unchecked, would undermine the court’s duty to dispense justice,” said Justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata…
Thane: The Thane civic administration on Friday shunted out assistant commissioner Sachin Borse from his posting at TMC’s election branch on Friday following an appeal made by opposition leaders early last week after the Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS rally in Thane.The transfer that apparently came close on the heels of the UBT-MNS rally is seen as…
