Mumbai: The city crime branch arrested a 45-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly making threat calls to comedian Kapil Sharma’s personal assistant, using the name of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang and demanding Rs 1 crore.The incident took place a few days ago. Sharma’s PA approached the police about the threat calls. The police…
Thane: A 24-year-old youth died after accidentally falling from the 11th floor of a residential building on Saturday in Dombivli.The deceased has been identified as Rishikesh Parab, a resident of the fifth floor in the same building located in Vishnu Nagar, Dombivli East.Parab lived with his two brothers—both well-qualified, one of whom is a bank…
Thane: A 62-year-old retired senior director of a private company was duped of Rs 74.25 lakh by fraudsters who lured him into fake stock market investments through WhatsApp groups, police said.The victim, a resident of the Panchpakhadi area in Thane, filed a complaint at Naupada police station detailing how cybercriminals exploited his interest in stock…
Mumbai: Two persons posing as a couple allegedly cheated a Borivli-based jeweller in Mumbai on Thursday by exchanging their old fake gold ornaments weighing 46 grams for new gold items worth Rs 4.4 lakh that weighed 35.97 grams. The thieves lured the jeweller into the deal, hoping to gain an additional 10 grams without verifying…
Mumbai: Santacruz police arrested Pappu Nayak, a 20-year-old labourer from the Nehru Nagar slum locality in Juhu, Friday night for allegedly molesting a minor student in Santacruz earlier this month. The arrest was made after the police team analysed the footage of at least 100 CCTVs from various locations including Juhu, Santacruz, Vakola and Vile…
NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old passenger was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for allegedly smoking in the lavatory of a flight, police said on Saturday.The incident triggered panic on board when passengers noticed smoke coming from the lavatory during a Phuket-Mumbai flight on Friday night, an official added.The accused, Bhavya Gautam Jain, a resident…
IMD has issued an orange alert for Mumbai and its suburbs, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall in Mumbai and its suburbs on Saturday, with an orange alert already in place.In its 8 am forecast, valid for the next 24 hours, the IMD said…
Police representative image MUMBAI: The car of OBC leader Lakshman Hake was allegedly targeted by some unidentified people using sticks when he was heading to Pathardi for a public rally.The OBC leader and others escaped unharmed, said assistant inspector Pralhad Gite of Ahilyanagar Taluka Police Station, where the incident occurred. He added three people had…
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court recently expressed shock at a Savitribai Phule Pune University circular that grants provisional admission to third year for students who failed the first year. The court stated that this was lowering the academic standards of students of a tech-savvy generation. The High Court expressed concern and was critical of a…
Navi Mumbai: Environment lovers will form a silent human chain on Saturday, Sept 27, to protest against the repeated chopping of an almond tree at Sector-1, Vashi, allegedly to clear the view for an advertisement hoarding. Activists Madhu Shankar and Anarjit Chavan said they repeatedly drew the attention of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) officials…
