Navi Mumbai: Police have registered a case of murder against eight indivisuals on Saturday for allegedly killing a young man in Turbhe village. Vikram alias Vicky Patil (32), Vedant Gharat (22), Shakil Shaikh (18), Sanket Lad (37), Maula (22) and three absconding had previously on Oct 8, allegedly assaulted the victim Kishore Varak (23), after…
Navi Mumbai: A major fire broke out in the electrical meter cabin on the ground floor of a 19-storey residential building in Kharghar on Sunday afternoon. The fire spread through the electrical duct, and the smoke filled the building up to the top floor, resulting in several residents getting trapped and feeling suffocated. Firefighters from…
Mumbai: Bombay high court has restrained Mumbai police’s economic offences wing from proceeding further with its investigation into an alleged Rs 68-crore fraud case involving the family-run Rizvi Estates and Hotels Pvt Ltd based on a complaint filed by builder Akhtar Hasan Rizvi against his former wife Meena (81), daughter Reshma and several associates.Meena had…
Thane: An unidentified man died after jumping in front of a speeding express train at Kopar railway station near Dombivli on Sunday afternoon, police said. The incident brought train movement to a brief halt and left passengers in shock.According to officials from the Govt Railway Police (GRP), the man was seen loitering on the platform…
Mumbai: Sakinaka police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly cheating the director of a software products manufacturing company of nearly Rs 20 crore by selling its patented product to another firm. The case has been transferred to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for investigation.Complainant Joe Pious Jude Miranda’s Neebal Technologies Pvt Ltd…
Thane: A video of a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) functionary, Swara Kate, slapping a woman who allegedly abused her husband during a minor spat at Kalwa railway station has gone viral. No police complaint was registered in the matter.The incident took place on Friday, when Swara’s husband, Arjun, was allegedly pushed by the woman commuter…
Mumbai: With various govt departments failing to fulfil assurances given by ministers in the legislature and officials not delivering on assurances, the state govt has set up a permanent assurance fulfilment committee. This committee is headed by the secretary in each department to fulfil pending assurances and deliver them in a time-bound manner. The Parliamentary…
Mumbai: Police arrested a 28-year-old man for killing his 64-year-old roommate over a SIM card dispute at their Bandra (W) home on Thursday. Both the victim, Shivajee Banarassing and the accused, Sanjeev Yadav, worked as a caretaker. “Yadav is in police custody till Oct 13,” said a police officer. The deceased, the accused, and a…
Navi Mumbai: The forest department has appointed architects to design two mangrove parks in Navi Mumbai, advancing forest minister Ganesh Naik’s initiative. The facilities will be established at Airoli and Ghansoli, situated along the flamingo sanctuary across Thane creek. Initially, Naik had proposed four mangrove parks in Navi Mumbai, with two receiving official approval.Environmentalists are…
Mumbai: Although more young people than ever before are consulting cardiologists, there is a tendency among them to ignore chest pain until after substantial heart damage occurs, according to a recent survey among 300 cardiologists across the country. Heart attacks among Indians are known to occur at least a decade earlier than in other ethnicities,…
